Knowledge characteristics of communities of practice

Knowledge characteristics of communities of practice

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Article ID: iaor2008654
Country: United Kingdom
Volume: 3
Issue: 2
Start Page Number: 106
End Page Number: 114
Publication Date: May 2005
Journal: Knowledge Management Research & Practice
Authors: , ,
Abstract:

This paper proposes a typology of communities of practice based on their knowledge characteristics. The structure of a community of practice, in terms of knowledge, may tend to the stratified or to the egalitarian. The predominant knowledge activity of the community may be sharing or nurturing. This produces four classes of community of practice. The paper identifies and discusses examples of these classes. It is argued that the class to which a community belongs tends to determine the rapidity with which knowledge within the community evolves and the degree of pluralism, as opposed to homogeneity, that the knowledge exhibits. The paper concludes by discussing some of the implications of the typology for knowledge management practice.

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