Harnessing Your Staff's Informal Networks

By: Material type: ArticleArticleLanguage: ENG Series: ; 5Publication details: March 2010 0Edition: 3Description: 78-85 PpSubject(s): DDC classification:
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Online resources: Summary: The article discusses the integration of employees' informal social networks into the organization's formal management practices. The advantages of having communities of practice share information and collaborate on innovation or problem solving are noted. Research that was conducted by Warwick Business School's Knowledge and Innovation Network and financed by Schlumberger company and the Warwick Innovative Manufacturing Research Centre is discussed. The development of global communities of practice at the construction and engineering company Fluor is mentioned. Four principles related to the communities' effectiveness are discussed. INSETS: Idea in Brief;How Communities Differ from Teams.
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The article discusses the integration of employees' informal social networks into the organization's formal management practices. The advantages of having communities of practice share information and collaborate on innovation or problem solving are noted. Research that was conducted by Warwick Business School's Knowledge and Innovation Network and financed by Schlumberger company and the Warwick Innovative Manufacturing Research Centre is discussed. The development of global communities of practice at the construction and engineering company Fluor is mentioned. Four principles related to the communities' effectiveness are discussed. INSETS: Idea in Brief;How Communities Differ from Teams.

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