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5 Knowledgesharing
5 Knowledgesharing
5 Knowledgesharing
Traditional communities –
which often use face to face meetings
Virutal communities –
who use the Internet or technology-mediated communication
Video conferencing as instance
worked well but only after participants had met in
person and established some sort of social
presence.
If participants met one another for the first time
during a videoconference, or a teleconference, the
interactions were much more awkward and slower,
the knowledge that was exchanged tended to be less
significant
Communities of Practice
Allcommunities share some basic characteristics,
regardless of the type of community
There are membership rules,
Each member agrees to carry out certain roles and
responsibilities in order to help achieve the goals of the
CoP.
shared workspace in which members can
communicate with one another,
They need one another to reach to a common goal
COPs…..
Serial Transfer (“the source team and the receiving team are one and
the same”). Dixon then describes
Networked culture,
members are treated as friends and family.
People have close contact with each other and love each other.
They are willing to help each other and share information.
people are so kind to each other that they are reluctant to point
out and criticize the poor performance.
Types of organizational culture……
mercenary culture
focuses on strict goals. Members are expected to
meet the goals and to get the job done quickly.
Since everyone focuses on goals and objectivity, there
is little room for political cliques.
employees think alike but are not friendly to one
another
those with poor performance may be treated
inhumanely.
Types of organizational culture……
fragmented culture,
the sense of belonging to and identification with the
organization is usually very weak.
Commitment is given first to individual members and
task work.
Lack of cooperation
employees are distant and disconnected from one
another
High Low
Solidarity Solidarity
High Communal Networked
Sociability Culture Culture