Organisational change elements of establishing, facilitating, and supporting CoPs

Encyclopedia of Communities of Practice in Information and Knowledge Management

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 400-406

  Smith, P A C ^a  

^a Leadership Alliance Inc   (Canada)

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EID: 33845627572     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59140-556-6.ch069     Document Type: Chapter

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