Designing and Operating Communities of Practice for Managing Knowledge: Lessons from a Comprehensive Global Knowledge Management Survey

A. D. Amar () and Elayne Coakes ()
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A. D. Amar: Seton Hall University
Elayne Coakes: University of Westminster

A chapter in Emerging Dimensions of Technology Management, 2013, pp 87-104 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Based on a survey of 1,034 knowledge managers, knowledge workers, and senior managers from organization of all types, forms, and sizes from many industrial sectors from 76 countries around the world, from July 17, 2007, to November 14, 2011, we study the role of communities of practice (CoPs) in managing knowledge in organizations. We formulate 10 hypotheses and draft 51 questions to test these hypotheses pertaining to forming and operating CoPs. We find that properly managed CoPs could perform many essential tasks in creating, sharing, and applying knowledge to operations for change and innovation. The lessons drawn help us provide guidelines for designing and operating communities of practice (CoPs) in organizations.

Keywords: Knowledge Management; Tacit Knowledge; Product Idea; Knowledge Worker; Normal Practice (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1007/978-81-322-0792-4_7

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