search query: @freeterm knowledge creation / total: 20
reference: 4 / 20
| Author: | Borzillo, S. Kaminska-Labbé, R. |
| Title: | Unravelling the dynamics of knowledge creation in communities of practice though complexity theory lenses |
| Journal: | Knowledge management research & practice
2011 : DEC, VOL. 9:4, p. 353-366 |
| Index terms: | knowledge management chemical industry energy industry case studies companies USA |
| Freeterms: | knowledge creation communities of practice theories |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | Based on a longitudinal case study of Alpha Chemicals, four complexity theory constructs are used to explain the continuous knowledge creation (here as: k-c.) dynamics in Communities of Practice (CoPs). It is shown that the virtual cycle of k-c. results from CoPs oscillating btw. guided and self-directed modes. This study uncovers the value of conceptualizing CoPs as complex adaptive systems with emergent and intentional processes coexisting to create a virtual k-c. cycle etc. |
SCIMA