1. Comunities of Practise Jim Yonazi (PhD) The Institute of Finance Management P.O Box 3918 Dar es Salaam, Tanzania yonaz@ifm.ac.tz

2. Introduction ›Communities of practice ›Benefits and challenges ›Success and failure ›Communities of practice in the public sector ›Conclusion

3. Communities of Practice ›Groups of people who share a concern, a set of problems, or a passion about a topic, and who deepen their understanding and knowledge of this area by interacting on an ongoing basis ›At work, people learn though daily activities and experiences ›CoP are formed to address the need to share knowledge, experiences, expertise or/and concerns

4. Communities of Practice ›They are not formal organizations ›However they have several things in common Domain (area of knowledge) Community – he relationship among people Practise - activities that anchor the knowledge (Dealing with Citizen) Purpose ( a domain of interest) Place (environment that will support content) Profile (identity Participation (find and invite colleagues and friends) Process (the means to create and share content) Trust

5. CoP: Value ›Rapid problem solving ›Development of professional skills ›Promotion of best practice ›Guiding strategic initiatives ›>>

6. CoP: In the Public sector ›The context is very formal and political ›Provide informal channel for knowledge sharing ›Promotes innovation ›Linkage between public and business contexts ›Learning centers

7. CoP: Success factors ›They need leadership Balancing guided/unguided facilitation on the Purpose ›They need stewards (passionate/self motivated) to promote them ›Trusted environment ›Culture ›They have a life cycle ›Needs commitment and time to sustain ›A blend with face-to-face interaction ›Conflicts may arise ›>>

8. CoP: Challenges ›They need stewards (Passionate people) ›They have a life cycle ›Needs commitment and time to sustain ›Conflicts may arise ›>>

9. CoP: Examples: EthinkTanktz

10. CoP: Examples: Idea.gov.uk

11. Discussion ›What CoP do you know? ›How have you been Participating

12. Some selected references ›Saint-Onge, H. & Wallace, D. (2003). Leveraging Communities of Practice for Strategic Advantage. Butterworth-Heinemann, Burlington, MA, USA ›Wenger, E., McDermott, R. and Snyder, W.M. (2002). Cultivating Communities of Practice: A Guide to Managing Knowledge. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Business School Press.

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