Cultivating communities of practice

A guide to managing knowledge

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Cultivating communities of practice

A guide to managing knowledge

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From the author's website at http://www.ewenger.com:

This book is targeted to practitioners in organization who want to cultivate communities of practice as a way to manage knowledge. It explains why communities of practice are a key to managing knowledge. It provides practical advice on the art of cultivating communities and on creating an organizational context to support communities.

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Language
English
Pages
284

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Cultivating communities of practice: A guide to managing knowledge
2002, Harvard Business School Press
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First Sentence

"Some connections are inevitable. (from the preface)"

Table of Contents

Communities of practice and their value to organizations
Communities of practice and their structural elements
Seven principles for cultivating communities of practice
The early stages of development: planning and launching communities of practice
The mature stages of development: growing and sustaining communities of practice
The challenge of distributed communities
The downside of communities of practice
Measuring and managing value creation
Community-based knowledge initiatives
Reweaving the world: communities beyond organizations.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-274) and index.

Published in
Boston, Mass

Classifications

Library of Congress
HD30.2 .W46 2002, HD30.2 .W46 2002

Contributors

Author
Richard McDermott
Author
William Snyder

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Format
Hardcover
Pagination
xii, 284 p. :
Number of pages
284

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL18242152M
ISBN 10
1578513308
LCCN
2001051483
OCLC/WorldCat
51844708
Library Thing
241332
Goodreads
251182

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