Question

This week we focus on some additional terms for IT users. This week lets discuss what a community of practice is.   Why are they important and how can they impact the culture within an organization?( 300 - 350 words)

Answer 1

A community of practice can be defined as the collection or the group of various individuals or team members who have the commonly shared concern or they have the commonly shared passion for anything related to their job or operations and they always try to focus on learning new things so that the prevailing practice and actions can be improved and they can learn to do it effectively and efficiently while interacting with each other on a consistent and regular manner. The above-stated definition is a representation of the basic or fundamental social nature of mankind to learn and develop new things and concepts.

the community of practice is important because of the following points

It facilitates interaction among the different individuals who may not interact with each other otherwise.

It facilitates a shared and mutual context to interact with other individuals

It facilitates effective and meaningful communication between the different individuals so that new opportunities can be explored, different problems can be solved and new opportunities can be created

            It also enhances the learning opportunities as people share the thought and view with each other.

It also induces the collaborative effort among the people in order to work as a team and help each other.

These assist the individuals working in the organization to focus on a given fact and group together around a purposeful objective

These are quite useful in creating a learning and tea work culture in the organization The different employees and the members of the organization come together to share their views and opinions on the various topic and discuss the possible solution of any given problem The people come together to work as a team, helping each other, learning from others, supporting others. Therefore a culture of the organization becomes more friendly, tea oriented and collaborated so that a common goal can be accomplished