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Communities of Practice: a social aspect to virtual worlds? The term CoP is used to describe many groups. Here the CoP is discussed as a means of providing the missing social dimension to the virtual world. http://www-users.cs.york.ac.uk/~kimble/teaching/mis/Communities_of_Practice.html York.ac.uk  ~   Site Info   Whois   Trace Route   RBL Check   Where is the Action in Virtual Communities of Practice? Paper argues that the transfer of a concept that is deeply rooted in the lived-in world to the virtual involves significant conceptual problems. By Christopher Lueg. [PDF] http://www-staff.it.uts.edu.au/~lueg/papers/commdcscw00.pdf Uts.edu.au  ~   Site Info   Whois   Trace Route   RBL Check   Knowledge Management Research at the University of York Chris Kimble's research in CSCW and Knowledge Management, in particular, the representation and dissemination of knowledge in virtual team and in virtual environments. He is interested in the problems associated with cross-cultural or trans-national team http://www-users.cs.york.ac.uk/~kimble/research/research.html York.ac.uk  ~   Site Info   Whois   Trace Route   RBL Check   Communities of practice and organizational performance Lesser and Storck of the IBM Institute for Knowledge Management argue that the social capital in communities, which may be virtual or co-located, lead to changes that positively influence business performance. http://researchweb.watson.ibm.com/journal/sj/404/lesser.html Ibm.com  ~   Site Info   Whois   Trace Route   RBL Check   IBM Global Services experience evolving Communities of Practice Overview of the lessons IBM Global Services have learned since 1995 implementing Communities of Practice. Focuses on people and organization behavior, supporting processes, and enabling technology factors. http://researchweb.watson.ibm.com/journal/sj/404/gongla.html Ibm.com  ~   Site Info   Whois   Trace Route   RBL Check   Knowledge Networks: Innovation through Communities of Practice Introduction, historical view and chapter abstracts of book by Pete Bradshaw, Stephen Powell and Dr. Ian Terrell. Features annotated references. http://www.chris-kimble.com/KNICOP/Chapters/Introduction.html Chris-kimble.com  ~   Site Info   Whois   Trace Route   RBL Check