Keeping the Wheels Turning: The Dynamics of Managing Networks of Practice Export

@article{citeulike:6097443, abstract = {Intra-organizational networks of practice (NOPs) confront managers with a dilemma: they must manage NOPs to reap benefits from integrating geographically dispersed knowledge, but the inherently emergent nature of NOPs implies that management control may frustrate practice-related knowledge to be shared. Based on a case study of 22 NOPs in a geographically dispersed development organization ('TDO'), we develop a model that disentangles the dynamics underlying this dilemma, helping to better understand it. Specifically, four dynamic relationships are interrelated and involve four kinds of embeddedness (organizational, in practice, relational, and structural) that relate dynamically to knowledge sharing in NOPs. Interventions in both the content shared in the network and the connections among network members can influence each of these relations. This study contributes to theoretical and practical understanding of how to manage NOPs without killing them.}, address = {VU University Amsterdam}, author = {Agterberg, Marlous and van den Hooff, Bart and Huysman, Marleen and Soekijad, Maura}, citeulike-article-id = {6097443}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-6486.2009.00867.x}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/122603734/ABSTRACT}, doi = {10.1111/j.1467-6486.2009.00867.x}, issn = {1467-6486}, journal = {Journal of Management Studies}, keywords = {dynamics, keeping, managing, networks, practice, turning, wheels}, number = {1}, pages = {85--108}, posted-at = {2009-11-11 11:46:59}, priority = {3}, title = {Keeping the Wheels Turning: The Dynamics of Managing Networks of Practice}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-6486.2009.00867.x}, volume = {47}, year = {2010} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:6097443 L3 - citeulike-article-id:6097443 N2 - Intra-organizational networks of practice (NOPs) confront managers with a dilemma: they must manage NOPs to reap benefits from integrating geographically dispersed knowledge, but the inherently emergent nature of NOPs implies that management control may frustrate practice-related knowledge to be shared. Based on a case study of 22 NOPs in a geographically dispersed development organization ('TDO'), we develop a model that disentangles the dynamics underlying this dilemma, helping to better understand it. Specifically, four dynamic relationships are interrelated and involve four kinds of embeddedness (organizational, in practice, relational, and structural) that relate dynamically to knowledge sharing in NOPs. Interventions in both the content shared in the network and the connections among network members can influence each of these relations. This study contributes to theoretical and practical understanding of how to manage NOPs without killing them. IS - 1 JF - Journal of Management Studies SN - 1467-6486 AD - VU University Amsterdam EP - 108 TI - Keeping the Wheels Turning: The Dynamics of Managing Networks of Practice VL - 47 SP - 85 KW - dynamics KW - keeping KW - managing KW - networks KW - practice KW - turning KW - wheels AU - Agterberg, Marlous AU - van den Hooff, Bart AU - Huysman, Marleen AU - Soekijad, Maura PY - 2010/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-6486.2009.00867.x ER -