Communities of Practice: Performance and Evolution

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26 October 1994

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Published by arXiv in arXiv

Abstract

We present a detailed model of collaboration in communities of practice and we examine its dynamical consequences for the group as a whole. We establish the existence of a novel mechanism that allows the community to naturally adapt to growth, specialization, or changes in the environment without the need for central controls. This mechanism relies on the appearance of a dynamical instability that initates an exploration of novel interactions, eventually leading to higher performance for the community as a whole.

Keywords

ADAPT
CENTRAL CONTROLS
COLLABORATION
COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE
COMMUNITY
DETAILED MODEL
DYNAMICAL CONSEQUENCES
DYNAMICAL INSTABILITY
EVOLUTION
MECHANISM RELIES

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