Replying to LO25190 --
Scott,
I am not sure who first coined the phrase, but one of the best books on
the subject is "Communities of Practice: Learning, Meaning, and Identity"
by Etienne Wenger, Cambridge UP.
Antonia Dosik
Managing Director
Action Evaluation Research Institute
1050 President Street
Yellow Springs, Ohio 45387 USA
www.aepro.org
> I have some reference books on this, but I haven't been able to track down
> much history on it. Can anyone tell me where the term "Communities of
> Practice" originated and perhaps provide some references to some of the
> first books or studies on the subject?
>
> Scott Allen
> Practice Manager, Knowledge Management
--"ANTONIA DOSIK" <tdosik@earthlink.net>
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