Search Results - subject:"COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE"

Communities of practice as a teaching tool in the development of entrepreneurial behavior

Kõnig, Ljerka Sedlan - In: Economy of eastern Croatia yesterday, today, tommorow 1 (2012), pp. 296-303

Communities of practice (Lave i Wenger, 1991) are groups of people who share a concern or a passion for something they … do and learn how to do it better as they interact regularly. In order to define the impact that communities of practice … students who take part in the activities of communities of practice, demonstrate higher propensity for entrepreneurial behavior …

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Managing knowledge sharing — Case study of a consulting firm

Szirtes, Tamás - In: Society and Economy 34 (2012) April, pp. 139-160

, organization of communities of practice, and new use of the intranet portal. This shows that the extension of Fiske’s theory …

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Transactive knowledge from communities of practice to firms : An empirical investigation of innovative projects performance

Longo, Maria Cristina; Narduzzo, Alessandro - In: European Journal of Innovation Management 20 (2017) 2, pp. 291-311

team members’ participation in spontaneous and work-related communities of practice (CoPs). Design …

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Building Communities of Practice Through Faculty Mentorship Programs

Lari, Pooneh; Barton, Denise H. - In: International Journal of Adult Vocational Education and … 8 (2017) 4, pp. 1-12

Building an effective mentoring program for community college faculty is a complex and multifaceted task. There are multiple layers of stakeholders and levels of involvement, which at times makes navigating the mentoring relationships challenging and complicates the decision of what types of...

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Understanding Knowledge Networks Through Social Network Analysis

Davel, Ronel; Du Toit, Adeline S. A.; Mearns, Martie M - In: International Journal of Knowledge Management (IJKM) 13 (2017) 2, pp. 1-17

the interactions between SNA, Communities of Practice (CoPs) and knowledge maps could potentially influence knowledge …

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Supporting Electronic Collaborative Experiences at Universities Based on Learning Spaces and LAMS

Papadimitriou, Sofia Th.; Papadakis, Spyros; … - In: International Journal of e-Collaboration (IJeC) 13 (2017) 1, pp. 27-52

The development of networks and web based environments combined with modern learning theories compose the new area of Learning Spaces aiming at enhancing interactive processes between educators, the Net generation's learners and the educational content. Collaboration at a distance...

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Balancing control and autonomy in communities of practice: governance patterns and knowledge in nine multinationals

Borzillo, Stefano - In: Journal of Business Strategy 38 (2017) 3, pp. 10-20

Purpose This research aims to uncover three forms of communities of practice (CoPs), based on a set of six governance …

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A Knowledge Lens for information literacy: conceptual framework and case study

Freeburg, Darin - In: Journal of Documentation 73 (2017) 5, pp. 974-991

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to introduce a Knowledge Lens for information literacy. This lens shifts the focus and potential outcomes of information literacy in three ways. First, it promotes self-reflection as a means of integrating information. Second, it promotes creation,...

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Men’s health and communities of practice in Australia

Henwood, Maree; Shaw, Amie; Cavanagh, Jillian; Bartram, … - In: Journal of Health Organization and Management 31 (2017) 2, pp. 207-222

/methodology/approach Explore five case study sites through Wenger’s (1998) active communities of practice (CoP). Qualitative methods are presented …

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Knowledge collaboration between organizations and online communities: the role of open innovation intermediaries

Randhawa, Krithika; Josserand, Emmanuel; Schweitzer, Jochen - In: Journal of Knowledge Management 21 (2017) 6, pp. 1293-1318

Purpose This research paper aims to examine how open innovation (OI) intermediaries facilitate knowledge collaboration between organizations and online user communities. Drawing on a Community of Practice (CoP) perspective on knowledge, the study lays out a framework of the knowledge boundary...

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