Knowledge and Communities

<p>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.<br><br> 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.</p> Part 1 Practical Applications; Chapter 1 Communities of Practice, Etienne Wenger; Chapter 2, Richard McDermott; Chapter 3, William Q. Judge, Gerald E. Fryxell, Robert S. Dooley; Chapter 4 Communities of Practice, David Stamps; Chapter 5, John Storck, Patricia A. Hill; Chapter 6, Arthur Armstrong, John Hagel III; Part 2 Theory Development; Chapter 7 Organizational Learning and Communities of Practice, John Seely Brown, Paul Duguid; Chapter 8, Eric Lesser, Laurence Prusak; Chapter 9, Jeanne Liedtka; Chapter 10 Communities of Practice at an Internet Firm, Robin Teigland; Chapter 11 Computer Networks as Social Networks, Barry Wellman, Janet Salaff, Dimitrina Dimitrova, Laura Garton, Milena Gulia, Caroline Haythornthwaite; Chapter 12 Anatomy of a Flame, Vivian Franco, Hsiao-Yun Hu, Bruce V. Lewenstein, Roberta Piirto, Russ Underwood, Noni Korf Vidal; Chapter 13, Catherine C. Marshall, Frank M. Shipman III, Raymond J. McCall;