What is an Organisation? An organisation is a collection of people with a common aim
An example of organisations includes middlesex university.
Communities of practice on the other hand as defined by Etienne Wenger "are groups of people who share a concern or a passion for something they do and learn how to do it better as they interact regularly" (www.ewenger.com/theory)
An example of Communities of practice is the IMPERIAL group in BIS4410
All communities of practice must have 3 characteristics which include
Domain, practice and community
Differences between an Organisation and Communities of practice
1 An organisation is like a platform for communities of practice.
2 An organisation's scope is very wide but a community of practice's scope is small
3 Organisations have strategies and visions but communities of practice do not necessarily need to have strategies and vision
4 People in an organisation do not necessarily have the same domain of interest but people in communities of practice MUST share the same domain of interest
5 Communities of practice must have 3 distinct characteristics which are Domain, practice and community while the characteristics for organisations varies
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I would be convinced of this if it was explained in terms of a real organisation, and if your own position was explained (what you support, reject and why) with suitable references to support your argument.
ReplyDeleteHello Rose,
ReplyDeleteI would like to just a suggestion of thought... This ref is good example provided by Aboubakr on Referencing style
I think a good example of CoP would be in the fashion industry: Gap because these type of people like to gather together to see the new/next style trend coming out.
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