Links to Chris Kimble's, research (CMC, CSCW, Knowledge Management, Distributed Teams); teaching (MIS, CIS HI2), and administration (Computer Science, Management)
A paper presented at the Second Workshop on Understanding Work and Designing Artefacts: Design for Collaboration. Communities Constructing Technology at King's Manor, University of York (March 1999).
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?"
Review of "UNDERSTANDING THE BENEFITS AND IMPACT OF COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE" by Michael A. Fontaine and David R. Millen, Chapter 1 in Knowledge Networks: Innovation through Communities of Practice
Our society has focus on life-long learning, both formal and informal, and this might mean new challenges to the librarians. How do we facilitate knowledge sharing and knowledge creation among the users?
This paper examines the nature of virtual teams and their place in the networked economy. It presents a framework for categorising virtual teams and argues that fundamental changes have taken place in the business environment which force people and organi
Communities of Practice are conceptually positioned as a very important and successful element of corporate Knowledge Management. By utilizing IT platforms they enable a direct connection of knowledge workers and the transfer and reuse of tacit expertise
paper is concerned with proposing a model for software experience knowledge. our model aims to strike a delicate balance between explicit and tacit knowledge
The recently developed knowledge-based view of the firm argues that knowledge is the firm’s most valuable resource. Within this field of study, informal social networks are rapidly gaining attention as mechanisms which facilitate knowledge flows. Electr
This study tries to identify the cultural patterns in Knowledge Management. Focusing on the case of Turkish SMEs in Sweden the authors of this research shows the relation between national culture, SMEs and Knowledge Management.
This paper outlines the basic concepts of knowledge management and e-learning and how they can be integrated and leveraged for effective online education.