Communities of practice are groups of people who have no boundary or goals but they share ideas of they do regularly.The concept of community of practice has found a number of practical applications in business, organizational design, government, education, professional associations, development projects, and civic life(http://www.co-i-l.com/coil/knowledge-garden/cop/definitions.shtml).
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[1] http://www.ewenger.com/theory/(accessed on 23rd january,2009)
[2] http://www.co-i-l.com/coil/knowledge-garden/cop/definitions.shtml (accessed on 23rd january,2009)
[3] http://www.co-i-l.com/coil/knowledge-garden/cop/lss.shtml (accessed on 23rd january,2009)
[4] http://www.team-wise.co.uk/theory/defintion_of_team.htm (accessed on 23rd january,2009)
Short but how do we connect this to KM and strategies?
ReplyDeleteAlso you need better references, more authoritative from journals. Don't rely on the Web.