https://www.bibsonomy.org/user/xckuk/CommunitiesofPracticeBibSonomy RSS Feed for /user/xckuk/CommunitiesofPracticeAlthough Communities of Practice have become a core concept in understanding how knowledge is managed within organizations, there have been few studies of the praxis of formation of Communities of Practice. In this article, we report on a Grounded Theory study of the members of a previously identified Community of Practice within the UK Higher Education Academy Psychology Network. In addition to providing data on the functioning of the community, the study also revealed a hitherto unrecognized form of community that exhibits all of the characteristics of CoPs yet has only a transient existence that seems to nucleate around an existing core community. Drawing on the metaphor of quantum behaviour, we termed these communities Quantum Communities of Practice. We describe a theory to explain this phenomenon that is grounded in the data from the study. We conclude by discussing the value and validity of our findings and methodology and indicating the next steps we will take in our research.http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2009.11.003xckuk2010-04-22T21:57:52+02:00CoP CoPs CommunitiesofPractice Community_of_Practice community-of-practice <span itemprop="description">Although Communities of Practice have become a core concept in understanding how knowledge is managed within organizations, there have been few studies of the praxis of formation of Communities of Practice. In this article, we report on a Grounded Theory study of the members of a previously identified Community of Practice within the UK Higher Education Academy Psychology Network. In addition to providing data on the functioning of the community, the study also revealed a hitherto unrecognized form of community that exhibits all of the characteristics of CoPs yet has only a transient existence that seems to nucleate around an existing core community. Drawing on the metaphor of quantum behaviour, we termed these communities Quantum Communities of Practice. We describe a theory to explain this phenomenon that is grounded in the data from the study. We conclude by discussing the value and validity of our findings and methodology and indicating the next steps we will take in our research.</span>Lists chapters and authorshttp://www.chris-kimble.com/KNICOP/ToC.htmlxckuk2008-08-09T23:35:28+02:00BooksOnline CdP CoP CoPs Communities Communities_of_Practice CommunitiesofPractice Innovation KM Knowledge Knowledge-Management KnowledgeManagement Knowledge_Management Management Networks Online Practice books community-of-practice distributedCoPs onlinebooks virtualCoPs <span itemprop="description">Lists chapters and authors</span>This paper presents a critical review of some of the claims made for CoPs. It will address questions such as "Are CoPs really suitable for use in a business setting?" and "Can a CoP ever be truly virtual?"http://papers.ssrn.com/abstract=634642xckuk2008-08-09T23:32:57+02:00Apprentissage Business CdP CoP CoPs Communauté Communities Communities_of_Practice CommunitiesofPractice Connaissance Environment Gestion KM Knowledge Knowledge-Management KnowledgeManagement Knowledge_Management Management Networks Practice Social Virtual community-of-practice distributedCoPs travailcollaboratif virtualCoPs <span itemprop="description">This paper presents a critical review of some of the claims made for CoPs. It will address questions such as &#034;Are CoPs really suitable for use in a business setting?&#034; and &#034;Can a CoP ever be truly virtual?&#034;</span>NGOs need to tackle the problems of effective communication that arise from their local-global nature. This paper examines Knowledge Management (KM) practices for use with portal technologies in order to promote Communities of Practice in both local andhttp://papers.ssrn.com/abstract=734223xckuk2008-08-09T23:28:20+02:00Aid CdP CoP CoPs Communities_of_Practice CommunitiesofPractice Humanitarian KM Knowledge-Management KnowledgeManagement Knowledge_Management NGO Non-Governmental-Organisations SocialNetwork Social_Network community-of-practice distributedCoPs virtualCoPs <span itemprop="description">NGOs need to tackle the problems of effective communication that arise from their local-global nature. This paper examines Knowledge Management (KM) practices for use with portal technologies in order to promote Communities of Practice in both local and</span>Call for Chapters - Communities of Practice: Creating Learning Environments for Educators - An edited book by Chris Kimble and Paul Hildrethhttp://www.chris-kimble.com/CLEE/Call_for_Chapters.htmlxckuk2008-08-09T23:20:35+02:00Call_for_Chapters Call_for_Papers CdP CfC CfP CoP CoPs Communauté Communities_of_Practice CommunitiesofPractice Distance_Education Education Hildreth Kimble community-of-practice distributedCoPs e-learning elearning <span itemprop="description">Call for Chapters - Communities of Practice: Creating Learning Environments for Educators - An edited book by Chris Kimble and Paul Hildreth</span>Selection of other papers and technical reports by members of the MIS group at the university of Yorkhttp://www.chris-kimble.com/Publications/index.htmlxckuk2008-08-09T23:17:13+02:00CMC CSCW CoP CoPs Communities_of_Practice CommunitiesofPractice DCW Epistemology KM KMS Kimble Knowledge-Management Knowledge_Management Ontology Philosophical Social_issues Software Teams Virtual VirtualTeams Virtual_Communities Virtual_Communities_of_Practice Virtual_Teams articles community-of-practice essays papers <span itemprop="description">Selection of other papers and technical reports by members of the MIS group at the university of York</span>Communities of Practice: Creating Learning Environments for Educators: Vol. 2 - contains links to authors and a full introductory chapter - deals with distributed CoPshttp://www.chris-kimble.com/CLEE/Book_2/Book2_ToC.htmlxckuk2008-08-09T23:09:35+02:00Adult_Education CoP CoPs Communities_of_Practice CommunitiesofPractice Community-of-Inquiry Day_Schools Distance_Education Education FE Further_Education HE Higher_Education Independent_Schools Information_Systems Learning_Communities OnlineEducation Open_University Pedagogy Primary_Schools School_Reform Secondary_Schools SocialNetwork Studies TEFL TEYL Virtual_Communities Virtual_Communities_of_Practice Vocational_Education community-of-practice distributedCoPs e-learning edtech educationtechnology elearning onlinelearning schools virtualCoPs <span itemprop="description">Communities of Practice: Creating Learning Environments for Educators: Vol. 2 - contains links to authors and a full introductory chapter - deals with distributed CoPs</span>Communities of Practice: Creating Learning Environments for Educators: Vol. 1 - contains links to authors and a full introductory chapter - deals with co-located CoPshttp://www.chris-kimble.com/CLEE/Book_1/Book1_ToC.htmlxckuk2008-08-09T23:08:37+02:00Adult_Education CoP CoPs Communities_of_Practice CommunitiesofPractice Community-of-Inquiry Day_Schools Distance_Education Education FE Further_Education HE Higher_Education Independent_Schools Learning_Communities Open_University Pedagogy Primary_Schools School_Reform Secondary_Schools SocialNetwork TEFL TEYL Virtual_Communities_of_Practice Vocational_Education community-of-practice educationtechnology schools <span itemprop="description">Communities of Practice: Creating Learning Environments for Educators: Vol. 1 - contains links to authors and a full introductory chapter - deals with co-located CoPs</span>Single Table of Contents for both Volumeshttp://www.chris-kimble.com/CLEE/ToC.htmlxckuk2008-08-09T23:07:32+02:00Apprentissage CoP CoPs Communauté Communities_of_Practice CommunitiesofPractice Community-of-Inquiry Day_Schools FE Further_Education HE Higher_Education OnlineEducation Open_University Primary_Schools Secondary_Schools TEFL TEYL Virtual_Communities_of_Practice Vocational_Education community-of-practice educationtechnology onlinelearning schools tutors virtualCoPs <span itemprop="description">Single Table of Contents for both Volumes</span>Communities of Practice Creating Learning Environments for Educators, Volume 1&2 on Information Age Publishing Websitehttp://www.infoagepub.com/products/content/p47324ca87b012.phpxckuk2007-11-12T18:30:32+01:00Adult_Education BooksOnline CdP CoP CoPs Communities Communities_of_Practice CommunitiesofPractice Community_of_Practice Distance_Education Education Further_Education Independent_Schools OnlineEducation books community-of-practice distributedCoPs e-learning elearning tutors <span itemprop="description">Communities of Practice Creating Learning Environments for Educators, Volume 1&amp;2 on Information Age Publishing Website</span>Le concept des communautés de pratique correspond à un type de réseau qui regroupe des personnes oeuvrant au sein d’un même domaine.http://www.fcrss.ca/knowledge_transfer/pdf/network_notes_3_f.pdfxckuk2007-08-21T08:36:59+02:00CdP CoPs Communauté Communities_of_Practice CommunitiesofPractice community-of-practice <span itemprop="description">Le concept des communautés de pratique correspond à un type de réseau qui regroupe des personnes oeuvrant au sein d’un même domaine.</span>This paper discusses the anatomy of a CoP and examines a number of knowledge management toolshttp://www.ejkm.com/volume-5/v5-i1/Hafeex_and_Alghatas.pdfxckuk2007-05-30T20:50:39+02:00CoP CoPs Communities_of_Practice CommunitiesofPractice KM Knowledge-Management KnowledgeManagement Knowledge_Management VirtualTeams Virtual_Communities Virtual_Communities_of_Practice distributedCoPs virtualCoPs <span itemprop="description">This paper discusses the anatomy of a CoP and examines a number of knowledge management tools</span>http://www.citeulike.org/tag/communities_of_practicexckuk2006-09-07T10:07:50+02:00CoPs Communities_of_Practice CommunitiesofPractice community-of-practice papers <a itemprop="url" data-versiondate="2006-09-07T10:07:50+02:00" href="http://www.citeulike.org/tag/communities_of_practice" rel="nofollow" class="description-link">http://www.citeulike.org/tag/communities_of_practice</a>Systemic reform often involves partnerships between multiple communities of practice (CoP). In order to understand the strengths and challenges of a partnership, it is necessary to examine the objectives and practices of the constituent communities and thhttp://lilt.ics.hawaii.edu/lilt/papers/2006/Suthers-et-al-ICLS-2006.pdfxckuk2006-07-10T07:33:43+02:00CoP CoPs Communities_of_Practice CommunitiesofPractice SocialNetwork <span itemprop="description">Systemic reform often involves partnerships between multiple communities of practice (CoP). In order to understand the strengths and challenges of a partnership, it is necessary to examine the objectives and practices of the constituent communities and th</span>ELISA is a successful professional community in Edinburgh, but where does it go next? Wendy Ball suggests that the next stage of development for such groups involves defining your purpose and continuing to question motives.http://www.slainte.org.uk/publications/serials/infoscot/vol3(6)/vol3(6)article3.htmxckuk2006-06-20T14:02:37+02:00CoP CoPs Communities_of_Practice CommunitiesofPractice Library community-of-practice information-management <span itemprop="description">ELISA is a successful professional community in Edinburgh, but where does it go next? Wendy Ball suggests that the next stage of development for such groups involves defining your purpose and continuing to question motives.</span>The workshop focuses on current research trends in technology enhanced learning solutions that aim at addressing the multiplicity and complexity of needs of Communities of Practice all along their lifecycle.http://palette.cti.gr/workshops/telcops06.htmxckuk2006-06-07T08:01:18+02:00Apprentissage CSCL CSCW Call_for_Chapters Call_for_Papers CdP CfC CfP CoP CoPs Communauté Communities Communities_of_Practice CommunitiesofPractice Education OnlineEducation Technology Virtual_Communities Virtual_Communities_of_Practice community-of-practice e-learning edtech educationtechnology elearning onlinelearning teaching virtualCoPs <span itemprop="description">The workshop focuses on current research trends in technology enhanced learning solutions that aim at addressing the multiplicity and complexity of needs of Communities of Practice all along their lifecycle.</span> This paper examines the nature of virtual teams and their place in the networked economy. Using the evidence from two recent sets of studies, it highlights some of the barriers to effective virtual team working and demonstrates the critical importance ofhttp://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=634645xckuk2006-04-27T14:47:07+02:00CoP CoPs Collaborative_Work Communities_of_Practice CommunitiesofPractice DCW Distributed_Collaborative_Work Distributed_Work Kimble VirtualTeams Virtual_Communities_of_Practice Virtual_Teams community-of-practice distributedCoPs distributedteams virtualCoPs virtualwork <span itemprop="description"> This paper examines the nature of virtual teams and their place in the networked economy. Using the evidence from two recent sets of studies, it highlights some of the barriers to effective virtual team working and demonstrates the critical importance of</span>Re-publishing of conference paper? http://jis.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/31/6/527xckuk2006-04-18T15:04:24+02:00CoP CoPs Communities_of_Practice CommunitiesofPractice community-of-practice <span itemprop="description">Re-publishing of conference paper? </span>Steve Hooker - Brave or foolish?http://www.walsallschools.org/2006/03/29/500-wordsxckuk2006-03-31T09:02:52+02:00CdP CoP CoPs Collaborative_Work Communities_of_Practice CommunitiesofPractice Distributed_Collaborative_Work Distributed_Work Education Virtual_Communities_of_Practice collaboration community-of-practice distributedCoPs onlinelearning writing <span itemprop="description">Steve Hooker - Brave or foolish?</span>This Working Paper is the outcome of a short study commissioned by Intercooperation on existing communities of practice (CoPs) in the development sector in India.http://www.intercooperation.ch/offers/download/ic-india/wp-1.pdf/viewxckuk2006-03-25T08:49:59+01:00CoP CoPs Communities_of_Practice CommunitiesofPractice India KM Knowledge-Management Knowledge_Management NGO Non-Governmental-Organisations Social Social_Network community-of-practice development <span itemprop="description">This Working Paper is the outcome of a short study commissioned by Intercooperation on existing communities of practice (CoPs) in the development sector in India.</span>