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- Communities of Practice (CoPs) - At the simplest level, they are a small group of people who have worked together over a period of time.
www.tcm.com/trdev/cops.htm
- Communities of practice and organizational performance - Lesser and Storck of the IBM Institute for Knowledge Management argue that the social capital in communities, which may be virtual or co-located, lead to changes that positively influence business performance.
www.research.ibm.com/journal/sj/404/lesser.html
- Communities of Practice and Pattern Language - James B. Smethurst. For any member of a Community of Practice, there comes a time to interface with individuals and organizations which do not form part of the Community. The difficulty of this situation is the issue of language. Every Community of Practice has its own pattern language, its own way of expressing and discussing the unique qualities of its chosen art.
www.mgtaylor.com/mgtaylor/jotm/summer97/community_of_practice.htm
- Communities of Practice Bibliography - References grouped by category related to general themes in the field. Features glossary, as well as articles on Community Based Knowledge Management, theory, and technology.
undertheoak.net/cgi-bin/wiki?CoPBibliography
- Communities of Practice Discussion Forum - Group that discusses technology, theory and developmental practices. Features a glossary and links to related sites.
groups.yahoo.com/group/com-prac
- Communities of Practice for the Public Sector: Tomoye - Tomoye is a Canadian firm that helps government agencies and international organizations build communities of practice. Simplify, Tomoye's collaborative software, powers dozens of online communities of practice on intranets, extranets, and public websites.
www.tomoye.com
- Communities of Practice Publications - Downloadable academic publications of Paul Hildreth, University of York.
www-users.cs.york.ac.uk/~pmh/publics.html
- Communities of Practice: a social aspect to virtual worlds? - The term CoP is used to describe many groups. Here the CoP is discussed as a means of providing the missing social dimension to the virtual world.
www-users.cs.york.ac.uk/~kimble/teaching/mis/Communities_of_Practice.html
- Community in the Workplace - Describes an anthology of essays about community building in the workplace, written by a virtual community of community-builders.
www.vision-nest.com/cbw/index.html
- Cpsquare - Resources and information for individuals and organizations who are developing expertise in the cultivation of communities of practice. Features educational resources, publications and contact details.
www.cpsquare.com
- Efios knowledge management - Knowledge management consultants for building and supporting communities of practice, virtual teams and communities in the enterprise organisation.
www.efios.com
- Etienne Wenger - Homepage of the Community of Practice researcher and consultant who coined the term along with Jean Lave. Features links to his widely-read publications on the field, including an exhaustive survey of technologies that can be used to support Communities of Practice.
www.ewenger.com
- Global Gateways - Global Gateways is currently facilitating Communities of Practice (CoPs) for Chief Information Officers (CIOs). We are also forming Communities for other management groups.
global-gateways.com/communit.htm
- Human Interface - Lecture notes from a course taught by Chris Kimble at York University. Provides links to sources of information on knowledge management and communities of practice.
www-users.cs.york.ac.uk/~kimble/teaching/hi-2/hi-2.html
- IBM Global Services experience evolving Communities of Practice - Overview of the lessons IBM Global Services have learned since 1995 implementing Communities of Practice. Focuses on people and organization behavior, supporting processes, and enabling technology factors.
www.research.ibm.com/journal/sj/404/gongla.html
- International Knowledge Management News - Communities of Practice - Communities of Practice (CoP) is an active area of KM research and our understanding of CoPs and their behavioral dynamics is growing daily. This white paper provides an overview of the subject and links to pertinent resources and contains some of the thoughts of the leaders in the area of CoPs.
www.knowledgebusiness.com/resource/news_read.asp?id=627
- Knowledge Alliances - Communities of Practice knowledge exchange. Driving sales, service and innovation through Communities of Practice.
www.best-in-class.com/research/communities/index.html
- Knowledge Management Research at the University of York - Chris Kimble's research in CSCW and Knowledge Management, in particular, the representation and dissemination of knowledge in virtual team and in virtual environments. He is interested in the problems associated with cross-cultural or trans-national team and knowledge work in an international context.
www.cs.york.ac.uk/~kimble/research/research.html
- KnowNet Ltd - Supporting Virtual Communities of Practice - KnowNet is a small software and web services company located in Wales. It was founded in 2000 to research and develop new architectures, ideas and internet software for collaborative knowledge development and learning.
www.theknownet.com
- McDermott Consulting - Communities of Practice researcher Richard McDermott's consulting firm.
www.mcdermottconsulting.com
- PDPNet - Comunidade de prática em Desenvolvimento de produtos - Portal para gestão de conhecimentos em uma comunidade de prática sobre o desenvolvimento de produtos
www.pdp.org.br
- The Invisible Key to Success - Shadowy groups called communities of practice are where learning and growth happen.
www.business.ecu.edu/users/simerlyr/Commprac.htm
- The Meta Network - We help groups and organizations build virtual teams and learning communities through our organization development consulting, web-based conferencing, and facilitation services.
www.tmn.com
- Tips for Learning Expeditions and Communities of Practice - Initial conference structure; creating the framework. facilitating discussion; developing the group; managing content.
home.earthlink.net/~ahasteve/copshortcuts.html
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