A comparative analysis of professional forums in the United States Army and hybrid communities of practice in the civilian sector

Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Brickey, Jon ^a   Walczak, Steven ^b  

^a U S ARMY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEST PRACTICE; BUSINESS UNITS; COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; GLOBAL COLLABORATION; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURES; PROFESSIONAL FORUMS; SOCIAL NETWORKS; STRUCTURAL CHANGE;

KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

EID: 77951735328     PISSN: 15301605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/HICSS.2010.6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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