Cultivating Communities of Practice: A Guide to Managing Knowledge,9781578513307

Cultivating Communities of Practice: A Guide to Managing Knowledge

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ISBN13: 9781578513307
ISBN10: 1578513308
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2002-01-01
Publisher(s): Perseus Distribution Services
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Table of Contents

Preface ix
Communities of Practice and Their Value to Organizations
1(22)
Communities of Practice and Their Structural Elements
23(26)
Seven Principles for Cultivating Communities of Practice
49(64)
The Early Stages of Development
Planning and Launching Communities of Practice
65(28)
The Mature Stages of Development
Growing and Sustaining Communities of Practice
93(20)
The Challenge of Distributed Communities
113(26)
The Downside of Communities of Practice
139(22)
Measuring and Managing Value Creation
161(26)
Community-Based Knowledge Initiatives
187(46)
Reweaving the World
Communities beyond Organizations
219(14)
Notes 233(28)
Bibliography 261(14)
Index 275(8)
About the Authors 283

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