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The aim of this post is to illustrate the dynamics between a Community of Practice (CoPs) and a Team. CoPs enable workers to be more effective and capable in their team tasks, by being able to discover people and form cross-functional groups to build their know-how on a topic. What is learnt in a CoP can be applied to tasks. Without getting too deep into theory here’s an establishing paragraph on what is a Community of Practice. Communities of Practice typically are a group of people coming together to share and learn about a common interest; as well

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Should we be? technorati tags: communities of practice , CoP roles , CoP' In my role as blogmeister for LCB I've done a lot of reading in the communities of practice literature to gain a better understanding of how online communities work. What can be done to enhance the community? What causes high quality interaction or

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The CoP is terminally dysfunctional if it is not doing what it’s funded or authorized for; of if it is not doing what we (members, founders) signed up for. And it usually results in people voting with their feet or their wallet, killing the CoP. Community management level: There are  several things (indicators, symptoms) that can tell us that the CoP is not working smoothly, and most may be managed away There’s a very interesting thread going on at Com-Prac, instigated by Joitske Hulsebosch , which got me writing again (no mean feat these days).  She’s

On Tuesday I worked with three new communities of practice in a government agency. Each group was quite different but in all of them we talked about the things the groups should do first. I promised to send them ideas on conversations they might consider early on.

CoP Documents The " CoP The resources identified below represent some of the finest work available on communities of practice research and development. This guide was truly the creation of a community and the following are invaluable resources of this communi ...Tags: Tags: elearningColombia communities_of_practic

Home Thinkingshift is ThinkingShift CoPs 101 December 9, 2008 · Filed under Communities of Practice , Knowledge Management , Useful resources , YouTube Once again, I find myself in need of explaining CoPs (communities of practice) to people I’m working with. I’ve been working with CoPs since 2002 in the same organisation. There’s been the usual ups and downs - a couple of CoPs bit the dust (really because they’d reached the limits of their purpose); senior management have tried to get their claws into the CoPs or grilled me over ROI on the CoPs; and the CoPs have survived a recent restructure.

Subject matter expert  - in CoP lingo, these are the people who have a sharp focus on the domain (see  CoP Series #2 ). Again, in CoP lingo, the tutor may be focused both on domain  and it’s application: practice (see CoP Series #4 ) In CoP lingo, they pay attention to community (see CoP Series #5) . Community Leadership in Learning - bees, mentors, coaches, experts and friends  This is the sixth  in a series of blog posts I wrote for  Darren Sidnick .