ISBN:
1282330160
,
9781282330160
,
9781136390524
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0080509789
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0750672935
,
9780080509785
,
9780750672931
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (1 online resource (xi, 260 p.))
,
ill
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2010 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
Resources for the knowledge-based economy series
Parallel Title:
Print version Knowledge and communities
DDC:
307
Keywords:
Organizational learning
;
Communities
;
Community life
;
Knowledge management
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Electronic books
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
Knowledge and Communities is the first book dedicated to a major new knowledge management topic. "Communities of Practice" are cross-organizational groups of people sharing knowledge, solving common problems, and exchanging insights and frustrations. Knowledge and Communities, a collection of authoritative articles, describes the dynamics of these groups and explains how they enable organizational knowledge to be creating, shared, and applied. The book teaches how organizations can empower both traditional and on-line communities and make them a cornerstone of a general knowledge management strategy. Readers will learn how communities can help unify an organization and its external stakeholders, such as customers and suppliers, and how they can critically support an e-commerce strategy. Knowledge and Communities will help readers understand a primary vehicle for building an organization's social capital and competitive advantage. Hot-topic - addresses how virtual/on-line communities drive an organization's e-commerce and knowledge strategies Establishes best practices for building and maintaining traditional and virtual communities
Abstract:
Knowledge and Communities is the first book dedicated to a major new knowledge management topic. Communities of Practice are cross-organizational groups of people sharing knowledge, solving common problems, and exchanging insights and frustrations. Knowledge and Communities, a collection of authoritative articles, describes the dynamics of these groups and explains how they enable organizational knowledge to be creating, shared, and applied. The book teaches how organizations can empower both traditional and on-line communities and make them a cornerstone of a general knowledge management strategy. Readers will learn how communities can help unify an organization and its external stakeholders, such as customers and suppliers, and how they can critically support an e-commerce strategy. Knowledge and Communities will help readers understand a primary vehicle for building an organization's social capital and competitive advantage. Hot-topic - addresses how virtual/on-line communities drive an organization's e-commerce and knowledge strategies Establishes best practices for building and maintaining traditional and virtual communities
Description / Table of Contents:
pt. 1. Practical applicationsCommunities of practice: the key to knowledge strategy -- Why information technology inspired but cannot deliver knowledge management -- The new task of R & D management: creating goal-directed communities for innovation -- Communities of practice: learning its social, training is irrelevant? -- Knowledge diffusion through "Strategic Communities" -- The real value of online communities -- pt. 2. Theory development -- Organizational learning and communities of practice: toward a unified view of working, learning, and innovation -- Communities of practice, social capital and organizational knowledge -- Linking competitive advantage with communities of practice -- Communities of practice at an internet firm: netovationa vs. on-time performance -- Computer networks as social networks: collaborative work, telework, and virtual community -- Anatomy of a flame: conflict and community building on the internet -- Making large-scale information resources serve communities of practice.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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