https://www.bibsonomy.org/user/xckuk/Community_of_PracticeBibSonomy RSS Feed for /user/xckuk/Community_of_PracticeAlthough 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>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>