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A Knowledge Management Tool for the Interconnection of Communities of Practice

A Knowledge Management Tool for the Interconnection of Communities of Practice

Élise Lavoué, Sébastien George, Patrick Prévôt
Copyright: © 2011 |Volume: 7 |Issue: 1 |Pages: 22
ISSN: 1548-0666|EISSN: 1548-0658|EISBN13: 9781613508190|DOI: 10.4018/jkm.2011010104
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Lavoué, Élise, et al. "A Knowledge Management Tool for the Interconnection of Communities of Practice." IJKM vol.7, no.1 2011: pp.55-76. http://doi.org/10.4018/jkm.2011010104

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Lavoué, É., George, S., & Prévôt, P. (2011). A Knowledge Management Tool for the Interconnection of Communities of Practice. International Journal of Knowledge Management (IJKM), 7(1), 55-76. http://doi.org/10.4018/jkm.2011010104

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Lavoué, Élise, Sébastien George, and Patrick Prévôt. "A Knowledge Management Tool for the Interconnection of Communities of Practice," International Journal of Knowledge Management (IJKM) 7, no.1: 55-76. http://doi.org/10.4018/jkm.2011010104

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Abstract

In their daily practice, practitioners belong to local communities of practice (CoPs) within their organisation. This knowledge is rarely capitalised upon because discussions are mainly verbal. Practitioners can also belong to general CoPs online. Within these general CoPs, discussions are rarely linked to the context in which they appeared, since the members are from different companies or institutions. This paper (1) connects these two levels of CoPs by contacting practitioners belonging to CoPs centred on the same general activity but who are geographically distributed and (2) capitalises on the produced knowledge by contextualising, allowing it to be accessible and reusable by all the members. The authors detail the main results of the research: (1) a model of the interconnection of CoPs (ICP) to support knowledge sharing and dissemination; and (2) a specific knowledge management tool for the ICP knowledge base. The authors apply the model and platform to university tutors by: (1) developing a use case, which links the model and the TE-Cap 2 platform and highlights the new possibilities offered by the knowledge management tool; and (2) conducting a descriptive investigation lasting for five months.

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