The Operational Impact of Organizational Communities of Practice: A Bayesian Approach to Analyzing Organizational Change

Organizations are increasingly making use of communities of practice (CoPs) as a way of leveraging the dispersed knowledge and expertise of their employees. One important way in which CoPs are predicted to benefit organizations is by facilitating the transfer of best practices. In this study, we exa...

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Main Authors:	Cordery, John, Cripps, E., Gibson, C., Soo, C., Kirkman, B., Mathieu, J.
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	2015
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/11268

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spelling	curtin-20.500.11937-112682017-09-13T14:55:04Z The Operational Impact of Organizational Communities of Practice: A Bayesian Approach to Analyzing Organizational Change Cordery, John Cripps, E. Gibson, C. Soo, C. Kirkman, B. Mathieu, J. Organizations are increasingly making use of communities of practice (CoPs) as a way of leveraging the dispersed knowledge and expertise of their employees. One important way in which CoPs are predicted to benefit organizations is by facilitating the transfer of best practices. In this study, we examined the impact of the introduction of global CoPs on changes made to operational procedures in three refineries operated by a multinational company over a period of more than 5 years. We used a Bayesian change point detection model to assess the probability that changes in the rate of adoption of new and revised operational procedures occurred following the introduction of CoPs. The results confirmed our predictions, providing support for the idea that CoPs benefit organizations by contributing to the development of better operational routines and demonstrating the utility of Bayesian techniques for assessing the impact of complex organizational change 2015 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/11268 10.1177/0149206314545087 restricted
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description	Organizations are increasingly making use of communities of practice (CoPs) as a way of leveraging the dispersed knowledge and expertise of their employees. One important way in which CoPs are predicted to benefit organizations is by facilitating the transfer of best practices. In this study, we examined the impact of the introduction of global CoPs on changes made to operational procedures in three refineries operated by a multinational company over a period of more than 5 years. We used a Bayesian change point detection model to assess the probability that changes in the rate of adoption of new and revised operational procedures occurred following the introduction of CoPs. The results confirmed our predictions, providing support for the idea that CoPs benefit organizations by contributing to the development of better operational routines and demonstrating the utility of Bayesian techniques for assessing the impact of complex organizational change
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author	Cordery, John Cripps, E. Gibson, C. Soo, C. Kirkman, B. Mathieu, J.
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title	The Operational Impact of Organizational Communities of Practice: A Bayesian Approach to Analyzing Organizational Change
title_short	The Operational Impact of Organizational Communities of Practice: A Bayesian Approach to Analyzing Organizational Change
title_full	The Operational Impact of Organizational Communities of Practice: A Bayesian Approach to Analyzing Organizational Change
title_fullStr	The Operational Impact of Organizational Communities of Practice: A Bayesian Approach to Analyzing Organizational Change
title_full_unstemmed	The Operational Impact of Organizational Communities of Practice: A Bayesian Approach to Analyzing Organizational Change
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