by Team BE | Dec 28, 2011 | All entries, FAQ's, Resources, Social learning in organizations
If knowledge is power, why would anyone want to share it? Knowledge is indeed a source of power; but hoarding knowledge is not necessarily the best way to benefit from its power, especially in the context of communities of practice. Generalized reciprocity. In a...
by Team BE | Dec 28, 2011 | All entries, FAQ's, Resources, Social learning in organizations
What about power? Wouldn’t communities become a threat to the organizational hierarchy? Existing across an organization’s formal structures, communities of practice rarely derive much power directly from positions in formal hierarchies. But communities do not usually...
