C. M.Olszak

D.Skyrme

D.Sullivan

E. C.Wenger

E. L.Lesser

E.Woods

H.Collins

I.Nonaka

J. A.Sena

J. C.Terra

J. M.Firestone

J. S.Brown

J.Hopkins

J.McKenzie

K.Kelly

P. M.Senge

S.Newell

It is believed that communities of practice (CoPs) more and more frequently become a critical success factor for contemporary organisations. This article, following the network organisation paradigm, identifies the most important properties of CoPs, presents CoPs capacities in the socialisation, externalisation, combination, internalisation (SECI) knowledge spiral model, and suggests information technologies that support the work of CoPs. Theoretical considerations are contrasted against empirical research results obtained in 2008 while examining 160 organisations in Upper Silesia, the most industrialised and densely populated region in Poland.</jats:p

Celina M. Olszak

Ewa Ziemba

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Communities of Practice in Knowledge Management and Organisational Learning

Communities of Practice in Knowledge Management and Organisational Learning

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