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Limits to communities of practice

Limits to communities of practice
Limits to communities of practice
The purpose of this paper is to critically explore the communities of practice approach to managing knowledge and its use among management academics and practitioners in recent years. In so doing, the aim is to identify the limits of the approach in the field of knowledge management. The paper begins with a brief description of the communities of practice approach. This is followed by a review of critiques of the approach evident in the management literature. A number of further challenges are then elaborated. The limits of communities of practice are subsequently discussed and brief conclusions drawn
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Roberts, Joanne
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Roberts, Joanne
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Roberts, Joanne (2006) Limits to communities of practice. Journal of Management Studies, 43 (3), 623-639. (doi:10.1111/j.1467-6486.2006.00618.x).

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The purpose of this paper is to critically explore the communities of practice approach to managing knowledge and its use among management academics and practitioners in recent years. In so doing, the aim is to identify the limits of the approach in the field of knowledge management. The paper begins with a brief description of the communities of practice approach. This is followed by a review of critiques of the approach evident in the management literature. A number of further challenges are then elaborated. The limits of communities of practice are subsequently discussed and brief conclusions drawn

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Published date: May 2006
Organisations: Winchester School of Art

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Local EPrints ID: 360341
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/360341
ISSN: 0022-2380
PURE UUID: 6fb01512-4f3f-434e-9bed-7f1aca1d62ed
ORCID for Joanne Roberts: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-5337-1698

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Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 03:46

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