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Enhancing Knowledge Transfer: The Role of Communities of Practice

This study by Harry Scarbrough from the ESRC explores the impact of research on knowledge transfer, emphasizing the significance of communities of practice. It challenges traditional views of knowledge as a mere object that can be transferred, asserting instead that learning occurs through social interaction and shared experiences. Key insights include the importance of shared meanings and identities in effective knowledge transfer and the role of practitioner groups in mediating and actively translating knowledge across different contexts. These findings suggest a nuanced approach to fostering knowledge transfer in professional settings.

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Enhancing Knowledge Transfer: The Role of Communities of Practice

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  1. Impact of Research – Transfer, Translation and Practice Harry Scarbrough Director, ESRC’s Evolution of Business Knowledge programme

  2. Modes of knowledge transfer

  3. Communities of practice • Community of practice “An activity system about which participants share understandings concerning what they are doing and what it means in their lives and for their community” (Lave & Wenger, 1991) • Challenges the view that knowledge is an object that can be transferred from one place to another • People learn by working with others – they learn not only the practice but to be a practitioner • Importance of shared meanings & identity • Knowledge leaks and sticks according to divisions in practice

  4. Skateboarding as a social practice + +

  5. Knowledge transfer across contexts Translation activities Practitioner groups

  6. Conclusions • Knowledge transfer is mediated by the available institutional mechanisms • The success of knowledge transfer across contexts is linked to the sharing of knowledge within contexts • The success of knowledge transfer is linked to the active translation of knowledge by practitioner groups

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