Research and Markets: Many of the World's Leading Collaborative Enterprises Now Realising Value of Communities Of Practice.DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets has announced the addition of Communities of Practice: Lessons from Leading Collaborative Enterprises to their offering Few concepts in the field of knowledge management (KM) have generated such sustained interest as that of communities of practice. The word 'community' itself connotes so many of the ideals that KM practitioners hold dear: collective strength, openness and trust, a predication In CPU instruction execution, executing all outcomes of a branch in parallel. When the correct branch is finally known, the results of the incorrect branch sequences are discarded. See branch prediction. towards mutual support and collaboration. Little wonder, then, that those charged with building a culture that encourages collaborative working have latched on to the concept with such enthusiasm. For many, communities of practice are the bedrock of the knowledge-enabled enterprise, and rightly so. This report uncovers how some of the world's leading collaborative enterprises are realising the value of communities of practice. In turn addressing exactly what communities of practice are, why they are important, and how organisations can look to derive maximum benefit from them, Communities of Practice: Lessons from Leading Collaborative Enterprises draws together case studies from organisations that have first-hand experience putting theory into practice. This report features in-depth case studies from companies such as Halliburton, Ford, Solvay, Buckman Laboratories, AON, Fidelity Investments Fidelity Investments is a group of privately held companies in the financial services industry. It is made up by two independent but closely cooperating companies, Fidelity Management and Research Corporation (FMR Co. , Rio Tinto Rio Tinto may refer to:
Communities of Practice: Lessons from Leading Collaborative Enterprises presents a comprehensive review of good practices and lessons learnt, and puts theory into a real-world context through the successes and sometimes spectacular failures of organisations that have been there, done that. Contents include: - Building on our sense of community - Defining the concept - The business case - The foundations for success - Case Studies - Halliburton - Dutch KM Open - English Nature English Nature was the United Kingdom government agency that promoted the conservation of wildlife, geology and wild places throughout England between 1990 and 2006. It was a non-departmental public body funded by the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) and - Ford - Solvay - ActKM - AON - Buckman Laboratories - Fidelity Investments - Arthur Andersen For the U.S. Supreme Court case commonly known as Arthur Andersen, see . Arthur Andersen LLP, based in Chicago, was once one of the "Big Five" accounting firms (the other four are PricewaterhouseCoopers, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, Ernst & Young and KPMG), performing - Unilever - Scottish Enterprise Scottish Enterprise is the main national[1] economic development agency of Scotland, the other being Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) carries out similar functions of economic development in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland. - Thames Water Thames Water, known originally as the Thames Water Authority and after privatization as Thames Water Utilities Limited, is the utility responsible for water supply and waste water treatment in parts of Greater London, Surrey, Wiltshire, and the Thames Valley in the - Caterpillar - Chevron For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c7798 |
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