Australian Events
Asian Events
Magazines
Reports
Ark Interactive
About
Contact
Conference CDs
Interactive CDs
Resources
Request Email Updates
Delegate Info
Speaker Info
Sponsorship
Marketing Partners
Careers with Ark

 

 
Communities of Practice

 

Author: Simon Lelic
Year published: 2004
Pages:
190
Format: PDF
Price: A$ 180 + GST

Download Table of Contents and Executive Summary

Communities of Practice: Lessons from Leading Collaborative Enterprises offers a unique opportunity for you to benchmark your own strategies and techniques against 16 of the world's leading practitioners.

This extensive new report is written by Simon Lelic, managing editor of Knowledge Management, and features interviews with indisputable thought leaders in the field, including Etienne Wenger, Hubert Saint-Onge, Debra Wallace and Richard McDermott.

By drawing on this wealth of expertise, the findings from Ark Group surveys and information from our series of successful CoPs events, we are able to provide you with a comprehensive review of good practice and lessons learnt.

Communities of Practice: Lessons from Leading Collaborative Enterprises allows you to learn from the experiences of others, replicate what works and sidestep avoidable mistakes. This report will help you give your existing and future communities the best possible chance of success, turning your organisation into a leading collaborative enterprise.

Simon Lelic is managing editor at Ark Group, publishers of Knowledge Management , ei and a number of other industry-leading magazines. In addition to managing the editorial content and production of these titles, Simon heads up the reports division of the company.

Prior to taking up his current role, Simon was editor of Knowledge Management magazine for almost four years. Widely regarded as the leading journal in its field, Knowledge Management is the only industry publication to feature in-depth case studies from leading blue-chip companies, together with interviews with KM luminaries, industry news and analysis. The magazine is read by more than 20,000 KM professional and practitioners from both the public and the private sector and in countries throughout the world.

Simon has interviewed and profiled the likes of Tom Stewart, Dorothy Leonard, Karl-Erik Sveiby, Leif Edvinsson, Bob Buckman, Warren Bennis, Fons Trompenaars and Arie de Geus. His articles on knowledge-management issues have also been translated and published in numerous publications across Europe and Asia. Prior to joining Ark Group, Simon worked as a freelance journalist, writing on a variety of topics, including business, finance and sport. He studied history at the University of Exeter before taking an MA in European History. He also has a Magistar (MA equivalent) in Sociology from the Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland.

 
Email Ark Group