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MANG3010 L8
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- 1What are CoPs?Wenger et al 2002
Groups of people who share a concern, a set of problems, or passion about a topic, and who deepen their knowledge and understanding in this area by interacting on an on-going basis. - 2How does a CoP differ from a formal work group?- Internally negotiated
- Voluntary
- Non-hierarchical structure
- Self-managing
- Indefinite time frame. - 3What are the 2 ideas on which CoPs are based?1. Knowledge is action based (i.e. we know through doing)
2. Organisational activities are typically collective rather than individual. - 4What are the 3 structural levels within CoP and what is the theory? (name, date)Lave and Wenger 1991
1. Masters 'old-timers'
2. Young Masters 'journeymen'
3. Apprentices 'newcomers'
Legitimate Peripheral Participation- the process by which newcomers to a community acquire the knowledge required to become a community member, through gradually increasing levels of participation in community activities. - 5What are stratified, egalitarian, sharing-based and nurturing-based communities?Stratified- where there are different grades in knowledge
Egalitarian- where they minimise any differences in grades of knowledge
Sharing-based- sharing may be the purpose of the community or a by-product of their community
Nurturing-based community- provides an environment where knowledge might be developed independently of the knowledge of other members. - 6Give examples of stratified-nurturing, stratified-sharing etcStratified-nurturing: military situations, for examples those sharing rank
Stratified-sharing: Professions e.g. accounting, law medicine
Egalitarian-nurturing: musicians
Egalitarian-sharing: university teachers, communities of research scientists. - 7How do CoPs arise?- Natural emergence
- Self selection
- Forced together- collectivities of practice (Lindkvist, 2005) knowledge is highly dispersed and there is not a long term sense of identity. - 8How should you manage a CoP?- In a nurturing way: light touch, allow them time to develop
- Reinforcing: support them in tangible ways e.g. provide space, time resources. - 9What are some disadvantages of CoPs?- Them and us culture
- Maintain old practices
- Power inequalities