This dissertation builds theory regarding the form, creation, and role of communities of practice (CoPs) in project based organizations. In practice today, organizations employ CoPs as a tool to ...

Social knowledge sharing networks are central to organizational success, but with the growth in distributed global organizations, many firms are struggling with the challenge of creating and ...

Founders gathered at the French start-up incubator La Station F, an example of a community of practice. When Neil Armstrong walked on the moon in 1969, he carried a flag from the Explorers Club in ...

Many academic libraries operate under an old-guard mentality and are notorious for resisting change. Some might say this is not true: Libraries are transforming from stockpiles of books to social ...

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Most of these systems allow people to pose questions to the community, have profiles and visibility into all of the questions and shared knowledge that has transpired. 3. Executives do not support ...

We’ve come a long way. Today, knowledge sharing is mission-critical for any organization that hopes to thrive in the digital economy. “Essentially, you’re trying to get knowledge out of people’s heads ...

In the U.S., your quality of healthcare often depends on your ZIP code. According to Alan Morgan, CEO of the National Rural Health Association, 45% of the nation’s rural hospitals are operating at a ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Getting employees to share their skills and knowledge with coworkers is a simple way to drastically improve strategy and quality within ...