Communities of Practice in Organizational Learning Strategies

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Author(s): Mario Perez-Montoro (University of Barcelona, Spain)and Sandra Sanz (Open University of Catalonia, Spain)
Copyright: 2016
Pages: 18
Source title: Handbook of Research on Effective Communication, Leadership, and Conflict Resolution
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Anthony H. Normore (California State University Dominguez Hills, USA & International Academy of Public safety, USA), Larry W. Long (Illinois State University, USA & International Academy of Public Safety, USA)and Mitch Javidi (North Carolina State University, USA & International Academy of Public Safety, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-9970-0.ch014

Keywords: Administration & Leadership / Business & Management / Business and Organizational Research / Business Science Reference

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In recent years, the interest in and development of communities of practice (CoPs) has undergone exponential growth. However, this uncontrolled expansion has, to a large extent, led to the name of community of practice being attributed to working groups or communities that are not communities of practice. The aim of this work is to shed a little light on this confusion and identify and characterise communities of practice compared with other types of groups or organizational structures. To achieve it, first of all, we are going to introduce an intuitive and agreed definition of community of practice. In a second movement, we will identify and define the principal groups or organizational structures that are used, besides communities of practice, by organizations to improve their strategies when meeting these aims that they are pursuing. We will then present a comparison between these organizational structures or groups and communities of practice. The chapter ends by offering a number of conclusions and providing some guidelines on the future development of communities of practice.

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