What is it about?

This paper aims to review the research and to summarise the evidence on communities of practice (CoPs) as a tool for sharing knowledge. It will highlight the related literature from the past two decades by looking at potential barriers, solutions and influential factors regarding CoPs within business organisations.

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Why is it important?

This paper provides insights about the important role of CoPs in fostering knowledge-sharing within business organisations. It suggests that the impact of globalisation has encouraged many business firms to intentionally establish CoPs as a vital tool for knowledge management (KM) initiatives. It also appears that the importance of the three organisational factors – top management, structure and culture – lies in their ability to have a direct effect on intentionally established CoPs within business organisations.

Perspectives

This paper provides a detailed insight into the management literature on CoPs as an initiative for knowledge sharing within business organisations.

Dr Abobakr A Aljuwaiber
Taibah University

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This page is a summary of: Communities of practice as an initiative for knowledge sharing in business organisations: a literature review, Journal of Knowledge Management, July 2016, Emerald,
DOI: 10.1108/jkm-12-2015-0494.
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