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Handbook of research on communities of practice for organizational management and networking : methodologies for competitive advantage /

"This book provides a sound understanding of the managerial implications of communities of practice as well as their opportunities and limits for knowledge management"--Provided by publisher.

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Corporate Authors: IGI Global
Group Author: Rivera Hern aez, Olga. (Editor); Bueno Campos, Eduardo. (Editor)
Published: IGI Global,
Publisher Address: Hershey, Pa. :
Publication Dates: 2011.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Subjects:
Knowledge management.
Organizational learning.
Management.
Basis model knowledge management
Business performance evaluation
Communities of practice as work teams
Critical success factors
Cross boundary learning trajectories
Evolution of communal practice
People-focused knowledge sharing initiatives
Power dynamics
Practice as organizational structures
Virtual communities of practice
Online Access: http://services.igi-global.com/resolvedoi/resolve.aspx?doi=10.4018/978-1-60566-802-4
Summary: "This book provides a sound understanding of the managerial implications of communities of practice as well as their opportunities and limits for knowledge management"--Provided by publisher.
Carrier Form: PDFs (466 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN: 9781605668031 (ebook)
Access: Restricted to subscribers or individual electronic text purchasers.
Index Number: HD30
CLC: C931.6
Contents: 1. A Communities of practice approach to management knowledge dissemination / Joanne Roberts -- 2. Sharing knowledge through communities of practice / Eduardo Campos, Carlos Moreno, Reinaldo Landaeta -- 3. Communities of practice as work teams to knowledge management / Celia Z arraga-Oberty -- 4. Ba and communities of practice in research and strategic communities as a way forward / Irma M ak ar ainen-Suni, Jianzhong Hong -- 5. Unraveling power dynamics in communities of practice / Marcel Veenswijk, Cristina Chisalita -- 6. Conceptual foundations of communities of practice as organizational structures / Sandra Sanz, Mario P erez-Montoro -- 7. Samson and Delilah as a discourse of communities of practice / Jennifer Adelstein -- 8. Communities of practice / Edurne Loyarte, Olga Hern aez -- 9. Knowledge creation, Ba and CoP / Monica Somoza, Julio Prado, Cecilia Rivera -- 10. Community and advantage in the effects industry / Paul Skilton -- 11. People-focused knowledge sharing initiatives in medium-high and high technology companies / Nekane Aramburu, Josune S aenz -- 12. Communities of practice based business performance evaluation / Mei-Tai Chu, Rajiv Khosla -- 13. Management fads, communities of practice and innovation / Athanasios Hadjimanolis -- 14. Triple helix organisations, communities of practice and time / Kathryn Hayes -- 15. Cross-organization virtual CoP / Demosthenes Akoumianakis -- 16. Future tools for sharing knowledge / David Oyarzun, Amalia Ortiz, Mar ia Carretero --
17. The roles of peripheral participants and brokers / Fran cois Grima, Emmanuel Josserand -- 18. CoPs & organizational identity / Eduardo Campos, M onica Somoza, M. Salmador -- 19. Within- and between- CoP knowledge sharing in knowledge-intensive firms / Thomas Garavan ... [et al.] -- 20. Knowledge sharing within and between communities of practice in a knowledge intensive organization / Tuija L ams a, Satu N atti -- 21. Creativity in action / David Calvey -- 22. A CoP for research activities in universities / Willi Bernhard, Marco Bettoni, Gabriele Schiller -- 23. Communities of practice in public administration / Mario P erez-Montoro, Jes us Mart inez -- 24. Growing the eLIDA CAMEL community of practice case study / Jill Jameson -- 25. Evaluating CoPs in cancer surgery / Michael Fung-Kee-Fung, Robin Morash, Elena Goubanova.

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