Harnessing Your Staff’s Informal Networks
How can you effectively manage communities of practice?
Author(s): Richard McDermott, Douglas Archibald
Publisher: Harvard Business Review
Date of publication: 2010
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Summary
Communities of practice have been on the upswing since the 2000s. They indeed seem like a good way to support the circulation of knowledge and ideas among employees. However, it isn’t always easy to ensure the success of this type of community. Building on several years of feedback from experience, the authors draw out the management principles that seem to have been most effective to date.
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