by Team BE | Dec 28, 2011 | All entries, FAQ's, Resources, Social learning in organizations
Why should organizations pay attention to communities of practice and networks? Communities of practice are the perfect vehicle for involving practitioners directly in the management of the knowledge they need individually and collectively to do their work. As a...
by Team BE | Dec 28, 2011 | All entries, Definitions, FAQ's, Resources
How is a community of practice different from an informal network in regard to social learning? All communities of practice are networks in the sense that they involve connections among members. But not all networks are communities of practice: a community of practice...
by Team BE | Dec 28, 2011 | All entries, Definitions, FAQ's, Resources
How are communities of practice different from more familiar structures like teams or task forces? A team is held together by a task. When the task is accomplished the team disperses. Team members are likely to learn something in the performance of that task, but this...
by Team BE | Dec 28, 2011 | All entries, Definitions, FAQ's, Resources
A community of practice is a group of people who share a concern or a passion for something they do, and learn how to do it better as they interact regularly. This definition reflects the fundamentally social nature of human learning. It is very broad. It applies to a...
by Team BE | Dec 28, 2011 | All entries, BEtreat, News
We are running three different BEtreat workshops in 2012 and starting a one-year certificate as a professional development program. A primer BEtreat – July 9-13: By popular demand we are holding a “State-of-the-art BEtreat” Primer BEtreat for people...
