Communities of Practice in the Royal National Lifeboat Institution Export

@incollection{KNICOP_7, abstract = {This chapter concentrates on Communities of Practice (CoPs) in the volunteer organization the Royal National Lifeboat Institution. It argues that overlapping CoPs throughout the organization are needed to deal with a variety of unstructured practices at sea. In addition, altruism and trust are vital elements for sharing and creating knowledge among volunteers in the organization. The author hopes this chapter will provide a practical understanding of CoPs. He also hopes the discussion of a volunteer organization will bring some new insights into the concept of CoPs.}, address = {Hershey, PA}, author = {Kolbotn, Roger}, booktitle = {Knowledge Networks: Innovation through Communities of Practice}, chapter = {7}, citeulike-article-id = {2663625}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://www.chris-kimble.com/KNICOP/Chapters/Chapter_7.html}, editor = {Hildreth, Paul and Kimble, Chris}, keywords = {altruism, case\_study, collective\_knowledge, communities\_of\_practice, community\_of\_practice, cop, decision\_making, face-to-face, knicop, knowledge\_reuse, knowledge\_sharing, management\_issues, meetings, non-governmental\_organization, non-profit\_organization, organizational\_context, reciprocity, trust, uncertainty, volunteers}, pages = {70--78}, posted-at = {2008-04-13 14:59:35}, priority = {2}, publisher = {IGI Global}, title = {Communities of Practice in the Royal National Lifeboat Institution}, url = {http://www.chris-kimble.com/KNICOP/Chapters/Chapter_7.html}, year = {2004} }

TY - CHAP ID - KNICOP_7 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2663625 N2 - This chapter concentrates on Communities of Practice (CoPs) in the volunteer organization the Royal National Lifeboat Institution. It argues that overlapping CoPs throughout the organization are needed to deal with a variety of unstructured practices at sea. In addition, altruism and trust are vital elements for sharing and creating knowledge among volunteers in the organization. The author hopes this chapter will provide a practical understanding of CoPs. He also hopes the discussion of a volunteer organization will bring some new insights into the concept of CoPs. AD - Hershey, PA EP - 78 TI - Communities of Practice in the Royal National Lifeboat Institution PB - IGI Global T2 - Knowledge Networks: Innovation through Communities of Practice SP - 70 KW - altruism KW - case_study KW - collective_knowledge KW - communities_of_practice KW - community_of_practice KW - cop KW - decision_making KW - face-to-face KW - knicop KW - knowledge_reuse KW - knowledge_sharing KW - management_issues KW - meetings KW - non-governmental_organization KW - non-profit_organization KW - organizational_context KW - reciprocity KW - trust KW - uncertainty KW - volunteers AU - Kolbotn, Roger A2 - Hildreth, Paul A2 - Kimble, Chris PY - 2004/// UR - http://www.chris-kimble.com/KNICOP/Chapters/Chapter_7.html ER -