The Evolution Of communities Of Practice

As a knowledge topic evolves, the nature of the community that owns, or looks after, that knowledge will also evolve. Understanding the nature of this evolution, and managing the changes from one stage to the next, is important to the long term success of Knowledge management. The knowledge held by a company can be roughly divided into four types. The three most relevant to communities are described below. Strategic competence. Competitive competence. Core competence. It has already been suggested above that different types of community are appropriate at different stages of knowledge maturity. The three main generic types of community are as follows. Communities of purpose Communities of practice Communities of interest