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| − | #*Decide what topic you wish to address in a community in order to identify the domain. Pick a compelling topic that will be of interest to many people in your organization | + | #*Decide what topic you wish to address in a community in order to identify the domain. Pick a compelling topic that will be of interest to many people in your organization, will be relevant to their work and will build on the core values of the organization. The potential members must be passionate about the subject for collaboration and the domain can itself invite involvement. |
| − | #*Start a discussion on a domain or a problem and | + | #*Start a discussion on a domain or a smal problem and raise ideas for resolving this problem. |
| + | #*Find a committed leader or coordinator for the community. Volunteer to be the community leader, or identify someone else with the right attributes and well-respected. The community leader should know the subject, have energy for stimulating collaboration, have sufficient time to devote to leadership, and then regularly spend time increasing membership, lining up speakers, hosting calls and meetings, asking and answering questions, and posting information which is useful to the members. | ||
<ref>[http://www.kstoolkit.org www.kstoolkit.org] (24 September 2008), [http://www.kunnskapsnettverk.no http://www.kunnskapsnettverk.no] (25September 2008)</ref>}} | <ref>[http://www.kstoolkit.org www.kstoolkit.org] (24 September 2008), [http://www.kunnskapsnettverk.no http://www.kunnskapsnettverk.no] (25September 2008)</ref>}} | ||
Revision as of 16:22, 25 September 2008
 COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE (CoPs) |
| A process of social learning where a group of people who share an interest, a concern, a set of problems, or a passion about a topic, collaborate to share ideas, find solutions, and build innovations without necessarily being in a formal work meeting. CoP members are bounded one another through exposure to a common class of problems, common pursuit of solutions, and embodying a store of knowledge, by shared practices and common beliefs. Community of practice generally cut across organizational boundaries and helps create and share knowledge. It is the best way to :
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 Processing a CoP |
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References
- ↑ Wikipedia (16 April 2008), www.km4dev.org (16 April 2008), www.kstoolkit.org (24 September 2008)
- ↑ www.kstoolkit.org (24 September 2008), http://www.kunnskapsnettverk.no (25September 2008)