This paper presents a critical review of some of the claims made for CoPs. It will address questions such as "Are CoPs really suitable for use in a business setting?" and "Can a CoP ever be truly virtual?"
This is main web page for Computers In Society course (CIS) at the University of York. This page provides links to material for the topics in the course.
This Working Paper is the outcome of a short study commissioned by Intercooperation on existing communities of practice (CoPs) in the development sector in India.
Many perspectives have been offered to explain open source software development but most do not social complexity of the communities found at the heart of such projects