Cultivating Communities of Practice - by Etienne Wenger & Richard A McDermott & William Snyder (Hardcover)

Cultivating Communities of Practice is a comprehensive guide for organizations seeking to leverage knowledge-sharing groups to drive strategy, generate new business opportunities, solve problems, transfer best practices, develop employees' professional skills, and recruit and retain top talent.

Written by leading experts in the field, this book provides models and methods for systematically developing communities of practice within and across organizations.

With compelling research and company examples from DaimlerChrysler, McKinsey & Company, Shell, and the World Bank, Cultivating Communities of Practice is the definitive guide to fostering, designing, and developing powerful knowledge-sharing groups that drive success in today's knowledge economy.