Learning and Development: What Are Communities of Practice?

Communities of practice (CoPs) are organized groups of colleagues, who share a common interest in a technical or business domain. Often, these groups develop organically among people in a business, and they provide a venue for peer-to-peer learning. They share information related to the subject matter, discuss, ask questions of each other, and interact in a less formal way than they would in a corporate training classroom. HR and leadership encourage this process and try to broaden the scope wh... To continue reading this story Click Here