Limits to Communities of Practice
批判性地探讨了实践社区方法在知识管理中的应用，识别了其在管理学术和实践中的局限，并提出了进一步挑战。
abstract The purpose of this paper is to critically explore the communities of practice approach to managing knowledge and its use among management academics and practitioners in recent years. In so doing, the aim is to identify the limits of the approach in the field of knowledge management. The paper begins with a brief description of the communities of practice approach. This is followed by a review of critiques of the approach evident in the management literature. A number of further challenges are then elaborated. The limits of communities of practice are subsequently discussed and brief conclusions drawn.