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The Complex Relations Between Communities of Practice and the Implementation of Technological Innovations

In: From Knowledge Management To Strategic Competence Measuring Technological, Market and Organisational Innovation

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  • DONALD HISLOP

    (Lecturer in Organizational Behaviour and The University of Sheffield Management School, University of Sheffield, 9 Mappin Street, Sheffield, S1 4DT, UK)

Abstract

The following sections are included:IntroductionTheorisation on Communities of Practice and Innovation ProcessesOrganisational Context: Organisation-Wide Innovations, Fragmented Knowledge, and Multiple Communities of PracticeRelations Between Communities of Practice and Innovation ProcessesAmbiguous effects: Neth-BankInhibiting knowledge sharing: Clashes between functional communitiesLocal community loyalties: Resistance and transcendenceDiscussionRelations between communities of practice and innovation processesThe (not insignificant) difficulties of knowledge sharing between communitiesThe potential and unexplored dark side of communities of practiceConclusion

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  • Donald Hislop, 2006. "The Complex Relations Between Communities of Practice and the Implementation of Technological Innovations," World Scientific Book Chapters, in: Joe Tidd (ed.), From Knowledge Management To Strategic Competence Measuring Technological, Market and Organisational Innovation, chapter 9, pages 220-246, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd..
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:wschap:9781860948138_0009
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