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The Organizational Embeddedness of Communities of Practice

Exploring the Cultural and Leadership Dynamics of Self-organized Practice

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Authors:
  1. Benjamin Schulte

    1. Institute for Technology and Innovation Management, Helmut Schmidt University – University of the German Federal Armed Forces, Hamburg, Germany

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Part of the book series: Forschungs-/Entwicklungs-/Innovations-Management (FEIM)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiii
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  2. Introduction

    • Benjamin Schulte
    Pages 1-9

  3. Literature Review

    • Benjamin Schulte
    Pages 11-52

  4. Theoretical Background

    • Benjamin Schulte
    Pages 53-82

  5. Research Setting and Methods

    • Benjamin Schulte
    Pages 83-110

  6. Findings

    • Benjamin Schulte
    Pages 111-199

  7. Grounded Model of CoPs’ Embeddedness

    • Benjamin Schulte
    Pages 201-215

  8. Discussion

    • Benjamin Schulte
    Pages 217-243

  9. Concluding Remarks

    • Benjamin Schulte
    Pages 245-246

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 247-278
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About this book

This dissertation uncovers how informal and self-organized communities of practice as a source of learning and adaptability are embedded in their formal organizational surroundings. Based on an interpretative case study of three communities of practice within the German Federal Armed Forces, the author theorizes this embeddedness as shaped through cultural dynamics and leadership processes. In particular, the author draws on a practice lens and complexity leadership theory in explaining how communities of practice generate new resources (i.e., adaptability), produce and reproduce broader socio-cultural structures, and are enabled as well as influenced by formal leadership.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Institute for Technology and Innovation Management, Helmut Schmidt University – University of the German Federal Armed Forces, Hamburg, Germany

    Benjamin Schulte

About the author

The primary research area of the author is located at the intersection between organization and management theory and strategy-as-practice. He is interested in the micro-activities and micro-dynamics of organizational adaptability and aims to understand how these are embedded in their broader cultural and institutional context. The author is currently employed as a project officer at the Institute of Technology and Innovation Management at the Helmut-Schmidt-University. In this capacity, the author investigates organizational adaptation and communities of practice in the German Federal Armed Forces as part of a research project.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Organizational Embeddedness of Communities of Practice

  • Book Subtitle: Exploring the Cultural and Leadership Dynamics of Self-organized Practice

  • Authors: Benjamin Schulte

  • Series Title: Forschungs-/Entwicklungs-/Innovations-Management

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-31954-0

  • Publisher: Springer Gabler Wiesbaden

  • eBook Packages: Business and Management, Business and Management (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH, part of Springer Nature 2021

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-658-31953-3Published: 24 November 2020

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-658-31954-0Published: 23 November 2020

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXIII, 278

  • Number of Illustrations: 10 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Management

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