The strategic drivers and objectives of communities of practice as vehicles for knowledge management in small and medium enterprises

International Journal of Information Management

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 61-67

  du Plessis, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Collaboration; Communities of practice; Objectives; Sharing; Strategic drivers

Indexed keywords

ENTERPRISE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

COLLABORATION; COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICES; STRATEGIC DRIVERS;

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 39149104308     PISSN: 02684012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2007.05.002     Document Type: Article

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