Communities of Practice
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- Strategy method
- Macro method
- Innovation Phase
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Description
The aim of the Communities of Practice (CoPs) method is to bring together employees who have to solve similar problems or work on a joint project.
Within the meetings useful knowledge can be exchanged among each other. For this purpose, a group of people is defined who meet regularly, detached from the primary company organisation (or maintain contact via an appropriate IT system), and exchange experiences on a topic.
The advantage of this method compared to classical knowledge databases is that experience knowledge is actively passed on by the knowledge carriers themselves and, if necessary, detailed questions and follow-up questions can be clarified immediately. In this context, CoPs are also well suited to introduce, train and share new employees.
Within the meetings useful knowledge can be exchanged among each other. For this purpose, a group of people is defined who meet regularly, detached from the primary company organisation (or maintain contact via an appropriate IT system), and exchange experiences on a topic.
The advantage of this method compared to classical knowledge databases is that experience knowledge is actively passed on by the knowledge carriers themselves and, if necessary, detailed questions and follow-up questions can be clarified immediately. In this context, CoPs are also well suited to introduce, train and share new employees.