my perception on organization,and cop...

In my three weeks of knowledge management classes i tried to learn something about organization and cop and social networking . this is my perceptual view of definitions ,examples and differences of an organization, cop(community of practice) and social networking .
my perception on organization.
Here we are looking a word ' organization' as a entity where different multi functional groups work together to achieve towards their common goal.after careful observation of many articles and web pages i found that organizations exist in all sizes and forms, with different purposes . The performance of the organization as a whole in pursuit of its goals determines the success or failure of that organization.
briefly these are the steps of how organization works.
a)They contain people who work individually and in groups
b)The people perform roles
c)The organization has a purpose (goal)
d)There is a hierarchy of authority (control) for controlling whole process to attain success.

perception of scholars:according to (Simon Griffey,1998)The organisation is a concept consists of sets of values, goals and beliefs. As consensus grows about these values, goals and beliefs, the probability increases that the concept will be translated from representational status to action and behavioral change. simon argues that the organisation that attaches its strategic development to the highest level of conceptual framework will be the organisation best suited to manage adaptation to change and challenge in the future. It is suggested that the learning organisation concept can be thought of as the lowest of a three-stage conceptual hierarchy of learning-wisdom-enlightenment. he suggests that this sequence of development is not accidental but intimately related to the evolution of the human mind from pre personal to personal to trans personal.according to (peter& saint -0nge,1996) change is a crucial concern to all organizations in these turbulent business times. Its impact increasingly leads to business demise, in spite of the wealth of information purporting to help managers solve change-related problems. Contends that, in dealing with change, and ultimately in ensuring business survival, the mindsets of the organization’s managers are the most critical factor. Approaches influencing management thinking positively based on two simple notions: first, that the best way to deal with mindsets is to keep them from hardening; second, that by changing activities and tools we can change habits of thinking and learning.
according to (susan j.H,2006)Absorptive capacity has been defined as an organization's ability to recognize the value of new information, assimilate it, and apply it to productive ends. his approach was Based on previous research, this study proposes a measure of absorptive capacity that includes managerial IT knowledge and communication channels and tests its relationship to the level of success implementing new systems. A sample of 192 hospital administrators shared their opinions about their organizations culture, ability to absorb new technology, and the extent to which their latest IT implementation operational for at least one year has been a success. The results show the importance of organization culture as an important factor in developing absorptive capacity, and the latter's influence in the implementation of new technologies.
THEORY IN ACTION:
university, school , it company are some of the examples of an organization.
we can consider our university as an organization.where students,lecturers,and other staff work both individually and in groups for their own success at the same time work for the success of the organization which in turn effect the reputation(goal) of the university(organization).definitely a organization need a hierarchy of authority for the success of the organization here in this situation there are different level of authorities like module leader,module instructor,university vice chancellor etc it will help the organization to be controlled properly and get a productive results.

my perception on cop
frankly speaking i never heard before something like cop(community of practice) before the lecture.i think its a social process where people come from different organizations and share
their ideas or knowledge for their common interest or goal .before the communities of practice concept knowledge is treated only as a explicit one,but after that Communities of Practice offer a way to treat knowledge as tacit one which can not easily be captured, codified and storedThe knowledge that is shared and learned in communities of practice is social capital. People connect at various levels and across departments, both internally and externally of the company or organization, without the rules of a formal company structure. As people connect with each other they are able to share their knowledge and learn from each other.Problem solving ,Developing new strategies, Time savings ,Avoiding mistakes are some of the benefits of the community of practice.to attain all these participation and proper understanding and communication are very important.

People are the best source of information. Studies have shown that workers spend a third of their time looking for information and is five times more likely to turn to a coworker rather than an explicit source of information (book, manual, or database). Time is saved by communicating with members of a CoP. People will have tacit knowledge which is not found in a book. for example, one person can share the best way to handle a situation based on his experiences, which may enable the other person to avoid mistakes and shorten the learning curve. In a CoP, members can openly discuss and brainstorm about a project which can lead to new strategies. The type of information that is shared and learned in a CoP is boundless. (Dalkir, 2005)

perception of scholars
according to (tuomo,2004)Agile development practices respect tacit knowledge, make communication more effective, and thus foster the knowledge creation process. However the current agile methods, like XP, are focused on practices that individual teams or projects need, and the use of the methods in organizations consisting of multiple cooperating teams is difficult. The Community of Practice theory suggests that large agile organizations should have various overlapping, informal cross-team communities. he explains using Communities of Practices theory - why these methods work in multi-team settings. he suggest that workshop practices that amass people from different parts of organizations to perform a specific well-defined task can be used effectively to solve issues that span over multiple teams and to build up Communities of Practice. This result suggests that the Community of Practice concept could provide a basis for adapting agile methods for the needs of large organizations.
In year (2005 ,tang&yang) investigated the relationship between users' role and users' perception of requirements in a web-based community of practice.
They study classified user roles as advisors and two types of regular users (both aware of advisors and not); each type of user demonstrated different sets of requirement perceptions. The findings showed that user roles and the level of user involvement did have a significant effect on users' perceptions of requirements. Advisors paid less attention to the interface, communication and recommendation links than the regular users.
It implies that high involvers (core members) are more appropriate for requirement elicitation, even though high involvers might not be the only candidates for requirements elicitation. this is how users roles and their perceptions are divided in web based community of practice,which is one of the example of cop.

theory in action
basically cop is a shared practice for example any local cricket team is like a community of practice for the individuals who come from different organizations some of them will be students,some may be working professions come for their common interest which is cricket and share their ideas and skills.there will be no particular rules to share their knowledge on cricket every one will tell their experiences, their knowledge on game and their strategies this will help a help that particular team which is here an organization to attain great success.the knowledge or the information they share was purely tacit and it will help their game more than any external knowledge like books and all.hope my example is an apt to the context.i think community of practice characteristics in small organizations are different from cop in large organizations.

references:

simon, g,1998,'Conceptual frameworks beyond the learning organisation',
journal of The Learning Organization,vol. 5,no. 2,pp. 68 - 73.
peter,A .c,& saint -0nge, H,1996,'The evolutionary organization: avoiding a fate',
journal of The Learning Organization,vol. 3,no. 4,pp. 4 - 21.
caccia -bava,m.d.c,guimarares, t,& susan,j.H,2006,
'Hospital organization culture, capacity to innovate and success in technology adoption',
Journal of Health Organisation and Management,vol. 20,no. 3.
Tuomo K?hk?nen, "Agile Methods for Large Organizations - Building Communities of Practice," adc,pp.2-11 , Agile Development Conference (ADC'04), 2004
Dalkir, K. (2005). Knowledge Management in Theory and Practice. Burlington: Elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann
tang,h.t,& yang,h.l,2005,'User role and perception of requirements in a web-based community of practice',journal of Online Information Review,vol. 29,no. 5,pp. 499 - 512