Introduction -- Theoretical Background -- Research Design and Methodology -- Case Descriptions of the studied Communities of Practice -- CoPs as Enabler of Organizational Knowledge Creation -- CoPs as Loci of Collective Lead Userness -- CoPs as an Enhancement of Organizations’ Innovative...

Introduction; Peter Nugus, Charo Rodriguez, Jean-Louis Denis and Denis Chênevert -- Part I. Coordinating Care across Organizational and Sectoral Boundaries -- 1. Implementing the New Care Models in the NHS: Reconfiguring the Multilevel Nature of Context to Make it Happen; Gregory Maniatopoulos,...

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...