Communities of Practice: The Organizational Frontier - 2 views
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he organic, spontaneous, and informal nature of communities of practice makes them resistant to supervision and interference
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managers cannot mandate communities of practice
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may create communities of practice as a way of maintaining connections with peers.
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This article by Wenger and Snyder in the Harvard Business Review is a great reflection of a community of practice (CoP) by the creators themselves in a well-known publication. While the article is in-depth and covers every aspect of a CoP, the included chart may have been the most helpful part of this article to really break down a CoP and the difference between that and other groups.
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In this article the author provides an introduction to the concept of communities of practice, describes benefits and utility for business, and strategies for implementation in that context.
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The highlight of this article for me is that CoPs have to be organic in their organization and management.