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Unravelling the dynamics of knowledge creation in communities of practice though complexity theory lenses / Stefano Borzillo in Knowledge management research and practice, Vol. 9 N° 4 (Décembre 2011) 

Public ISBD [article]  in Knowledge management research and practice > Vol. 9 N° 4 (Décembre 2011) . - pp. 353-366 Titre : Unravelling the dynamics of knowledge creation in communities of practice though complexity theory lenses Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Stefano Borzillo, Auteur ; Renata Kaminska-Labbé, Auteur Année de publication : 2012 Article en page(s) : pp. 353-366 Note générale : Management Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : Community  of  practice  Knowledge  creation  dynamics  Complexity  theory Index. décimale : 658 Organisation des entreprises. Techniques du commerce Résumé : Drawing on a longitudinal case study of Alpha Chemicals, we use four complexity theory constructs – adaptive tension, enabling leadership, enhanced cooperation, and boundary spanning – to explain the continuous knowledge creation dynamics in Communities of practice (CoPs). Our findings show that the virtual cycle of knowledge creation results from CoPs oscillating between guided and self-directed modes. In a guided mode, adaptive tension and enabling leadership prevail, resulting in knowledge expansion. In a self-directed mode, enhancing cooperation and boundary spanning are the most significant, resulting in knowledge probing. This research uncovers the value of conceptualizing CoPs as complex adaptive systems with emergent and intentional processes coexisting to create a virtual knowledge creation cycle. Our findings complement the dominant theory on CoPs’ insights by moving beyond the control/autonomy debate and highlighting that knowledge creation dynamics results from a flexible combination and recombination of the different top-down and bottom-up forces. DEWEY : 658 ISSN : 1477-8238 En ligne : http://www.palgrave-journals.com/kmrp/journal/v9/n4/abs/kmrp201113a.html [article] Unravelling the dynamics of knowledge creation in communities of practice though complexity theory lenses [texte imprimé] / Stefano Borzillo, Auteur ; Renata Kaminska-Labbé, Auteur . - 2012 . - pp. 353-366. Management Langues : Anglais (eng) in Knowledge management research and practice > Vol. 9 N° 4 (Décembre 2011) . - pp. 353-366 Mots-clés : Community  of  practice  Knowledge  creation  dynamics  Complexity  theory Index. décimale : 658 Organisation des entreprises. Techniques du commerce Résumé : Drawing on a longitudinal case study of Alpha Chemicals, we use four complexity theory constructs – adaptive tension, enabling leadership, enhanced cooperation, and boundary spanning – to explain the continuous knowledge creation dynamics in Communities of practice (CoPs). Our findings show that the virtual cycle of knowledge creation results from CoPs oscillating between guided and self-directed modes. In a guided mode, adaptive tension and enabling leadership prevail, resulting in knowledge expansion. In a self-directed mode, enhancing cooperation and boundary spanning are the most significant, resulting in knowledge probing. This research uncovers the value of conceptualizing CoPs as complex adaptive systems with emergent and intentional processes coexisting to create a virtual knowledge creation cycle. Our findings complement the dominant theory on CoPs’ insights by moving beyond the control/autonomy debate and highlighting that knowledge creation dynamics results from a flexible combination and recombination of the different top-down and bottom-up forces. DEWEY : 658 ISSN : 1477-8238 En ligne : http://www.palgrave-journals.com/kmrp/journal/v9/n4/abs/kmrp201113a.html