COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE AND THE CHALLENGE OF MANAGEMENT SUPPORT

Eric Bun, Pieter de Vries, Gwendolyn Kolfschoten, Wim Veen

2009

Abstract

Communities of Practice (CoP) are a strategic asset for innovative organisations. However, managers have problems to manage and facilitate CoPs, and therewith to harvest the benefits of these communities for the organisation. The goal of this research is to supply managers with a support framework to facilitate the development of CoPs, the CoP activities, and their contribution to the organisation. A design science study is conducted, which comprises of a literature research to develop a knowledge base and a study of cases to develop an environment base. Combined these sources are used to create a support tool, which was then evaluated by an expert panel.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Bun E., Vries P., Kolfschoten G. and Veen W. (2009). COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE AND THE CHALLENGE OF MANAGEMENT SUPPORT . In Proceedings of the International Conference on Knowledge Management and Information Sharing - Volume 1: KMIS, (IC3K 2009) ISBN 978-989-674-013-9, pages 186-193. DOI: 10.5220/0002305801860193

in Bibtex Style

@conference{kmis09,
author={Eric Bun and Pieter de Vries and Gwendolyn Kolfschoten and Wim Veen},
title={COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE AND THE CHALLENGE OF MANAGEMENT SUPPORT},
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Conference on Knowledge Management and Information Sharing - Volume 1: KMIS, (IC3K 2009)},
year={2009},
pages={186-193},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0002305801860193},
isbn={978-989-674-013-9},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the International Conference on Knowledge Management and Information Sharing - Volume 1: KMIS, (IC3K 2009)
TI - COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE AND THE CHALLENGE OF MANAGEMENT SUPPORT
SN - 978-989-674-013-9
AU - Bun E.
AU - Vries P.
AU - Kolfschoten G.
AU - Veen W.
PY - 2009
SP - 186
EP - 193
DO - 10.5220/0002305801860193