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The book “Cultivating Communities of Practice” represents a major milestone in knowledge management literature.  It provides a crystallized perspective by submitting an important structural model for the communities of practice based on the experiences culled from the World Bank, Shell Oil and McKinsey and Company.
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The purpose is to invite greater inquiring into such an approach of managing knowledge in the organisation.
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Chapter 1 introduces the communities of practice and explains why they are appropriate social structures suitable for developing and sharing knowledge in the organisation.  The value of the communities of practice lies in its ability to connect personal development and the professional identity of practitioners to the strategy of the organisation. Hence, communities of practice yield short-term and long-term benefits to both the organisation and the individual community member. 
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Chapter 10 enlarges the scope of communities of practice and argues that they may transcend organisational boundaries and be formed with suppliers, distributors, consumers other organisations across national borders. In closing, it suggests that communities of practice may be formed even in the society and include areas outside business such as housing, parenting, health, education and areas of practice associated to the human society. It is insightful of the authors to conceive the far-reaching applicability of communities of practice across organisations, nations and societies. This concluding chapter asserts that the need to manage knowledge is not merely restricted within the business arena.  Furthermore, the notion of communities of practice is relevant to any context so long as there is a domain of knowledge to explore and develop, a community of members who interact and a practice in which they are engaging.
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Chapter 9 provides the strategy to design community-based knowledge initiative for the entire organisation.
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