A community of practice (CoP) is a congregation of people with mutual engagement, a joint enterprise and a shared repertoire of meanings (Wenger 1998, 45ff.). More explicitly, a CoP shows three fundamental elements:
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Sharing a domain of knowledge which creates common ground and a sense of common identity and, as a consequence, legitimises the community
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Caring about this domain, continuously re-creating the social fabric of learning
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Sharing practices that people are developing to be effective in their domain
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(2009). Communities of practice and self-organisation. In: Franz, HW., Sarcina, R. (eds) Building Leadership in Project and Network Management. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-93956-6_10
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