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Tables of Contents for Cultivating Communities of Practice
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface
ix
Communities of Practice and Their Value to Organizations
1
22
Communities of Practice and Their Structural Elements
23
26
Seven Principles for Cultivating Communities of Practice
49
64
The Early Stages of Development
Planning and Launching Communities of Practice
65
28
The Mature Stages of Development
Growing and Sustaining Communities of Practice
93
20
The Challenge of Distributed Communities
113
26
The Downside of Communities of Practice
139
22
Measuring and Managing Value Creation
161
26
Community-Based Knowledge Initiatives
187
46
Reweaving the World
Communities beyond Organizations
219
14
Notes
233
28
Bibliography
261
14
Index
275
8
About the Authors
283