Learning in Communities of Standardisation Professionals

Henk J. Vries (), Jeroen Trietsch () and Paul M. Wiegmann ()
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Henk J. Vries: Erasmus University
Jeroen Trietsch: Knowledge Network for Continuous Improvement
Paul M. Wiegmann: Technical University of Eindhoven

A chapter in Sustainable Development, 2020, pp 179-189 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract A natural step in the development of disciplinesDiscipline is that practitioners establish communities to share knowledgeKnowledge and experience, and further develop the field. This chapter presents literature on such Communities of PracticePractice and NetworksNetwork of PracticePractice , and applies the findings to the field of standardisationStandardisation . Some of the existing organisations are described. It can be concluded that these unite a limited number of standardisation professionalsProfessional , often full timers, but most people involved in standardization work are part timers and not organised yet. Establishment of professionalProfessional communities per standardisation task may help to improve the situation but broader communities of standardization professionalsProfessional and academic researchers in this field are needed as well.

Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-28715-3_11

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