PHIN Communities of Practice

Resource Kit

Resource Kit Home

Introduction to CoPs

Overview of PHIN CoPs

Aligning with PHIN

Launch and Sustain a CoP

Evaluate

Glossary

References

Resources

References

This section contains all References cited in the Resource Kit, as well as a collection of books, web sites, and information related to communities of practice.

1. Wenger, Etienne, McDermott, Richard, Snyder, William M. Cultivating Communities of Practice. Harvard Business School Press. Boston, MA. 2002.
2. Wenger, Etienne. “Communities of Practice: Learning as a Social System.” Systems Thinker, 1998.
3. Wenger, Etienne. Communities of Practice: Learning, Meaning and Identity. New York: Cambridge University Press. 1998.
4. Wenger, Etienne. “Communities of Practice: The Key to Knowledge Strategy.” Knowledge and Communities. Edited by Eric L. Lesser, Michael A. Fontaine, and Jason A. Slusher. Butterworth-Heinemann, 225 Wildwood Avenue, Wobrurn MA. 2000.
5. Israel, B.A., Schulz, A.J., and van Olphen, J. (1998). Review of community-based research: Assessing partnership approaches to improve public health. Annual Review of Public Health, 19, 173-202.
6. Saint-Onge, Hubert. Wallace, Debra Leveraging Communities of Practice for Strategic Advantage. Butterworth-Heinemann, 225 Wildwood Avenue, Wobrurn MA. 2003.
7. Snyder, W. M., Wenger, E., and Briggs, X. de S. Communities of practice in government: Leveraging knowledge for performance. The Public Manager, 32, 4 (Winter 2003), 17—22.
8. Snyder, William M., de Sousa Briggs, Xavier. “Communities of Practice: A New Tool for Government Managers.” IMB Center for the Business of Government. November 2003.
9. Wenger, Etienne. “Knowledge management as a doughnut: Shaping your knowledge strategy through communities of practice.” Ivey Business Journal, Improving the Practice of Knowledge Management. January/February 2004.
10. Strock, John. Hill, Patricia A. “Knowledge Diffusion through “Strategic Communities.” Sloan Management Review. Winter 2000: 63-74.
11. Etienne Wenger, McDermott, R., and Snyder, W.M. (2002). “Cultivating Communities of Practice: A Guide to Managing Knowledge—Seven Principles for Cultivating Communities of Practice.” Harvard Business School Archive, http://hbswk.hbs.edu/archive/2855.html, 6/8/08.
12. Wagenaar, S., and Hulsebosch, J. (2008). From 'a meeting' to 'a learning community' Community of Practice theory-informed facilitation of an inter-organizational community of practice: the case of the e-collaboration learning community. Group Facilitation: A Research and Applications Journal, 9, 4-25.
13. McDermott, Richard. “Why Information Technology Inspired but Cannot Deliver Knowledge Management.” Knowledge and Communities. Edited by Eric L. Lesser, Michael A. Fontaine, and Jason A. Slusher. Butterworthe-Heinemann, 225 Wildwood Avenue, Wobrurn MA. 2000.
14. Etienne Wenger. “Communities of Practice: a Brief Introduction” http://www.ewenger.com.
15. Etienne Wenger, Jean Lave. “Communities of Practice” http://www.infed.org/biblio/communities_of_practice.htm
16. Wenger, Etienne. “Cultivating communities of practice; a quick start-up guide.” http://www.ewenger.com/theory/start-up_guide_PDF.pdf (accessed May 27, 2008).
17. Etienne Wenger. “My biographical information” http://www.ewenger.com/bio/.
18. Nickols, Fred. Distance Consulting. 2000. Accessed at: http://home.att.net/~discon/KM/CoPTypes.htm
19. Wenger, E. (2000a). Communities of practice: Stewarding knowledge. In C. Despres (Ed.) Knowledge horizons: The present and the promise of knowledge. Woburn, MA: Butterworth-Heinemann Ltd.
20. Synder, William M. Wenger, Etienne. “Our World as a Learning System: a Communities-of-Practice Approach.” Create a Learning Culture: Strategy, Practice, and Technology. Marcia L. Conner, James G. Clawson, editors. Cambridge University Press: 2004.
21. Preece, Jennifer. “Etiquette, empathy and trust in communities of practice: Stepping-stones to social capital.” Journal of Universal Computer Science. 2004.
22. Agranoff, Robert. Levering Networks: A Guide for Public Managers Working across Organizations. .” IMB Center for the Business of Government. March 2003.
23. McDermott, Richard. “Building Spontaneity Into Strategic Communities: Eight tips to put excitement into management-created CoPs.” Knowledge Management, Volume 5 Issue 6 January/February 2003.
24. Clark, Regina. Accessed July 2008. “Innovate or Perish! Ten tips for Fostering Innovative Practices” Left Brain Leverage, P.O. Box 383, Goshen, New York 10924. www.reginaclark.com.

Note

Inclusion in this resource kit does not imply CDC endorsement or recommendation. CDC is not responsible for the content of any “offsite” Web page on this list or elsewhere in the resource kit. Web addresses listed were accurate at the time of printing. Web addresses sometimes change as sites are updated and improved. If you cannot access an address, try deleting the information to the right of the first slash (/) to connect to the home page of the site.

• Home
• A-Z Index
• Site Map
• Policies
• About CDC.gov
• Link to Us
• All Languages
• Contact CDC