CSCL at the workplace is subject to the special characteristics of a situation where learning is not the primary taskof the learners. The gap between the goal to work efficiently and the need to increase qualification and skills is evenwider in organizations which operate in knowledge-intensive...

Today's enterprises have to continuously extend their operational limits to earn profit, thrive and prosper. Over time evolution led to the development of two concepts to master this challenge: intelligence and knowledge. This work introduces a system theoretic perspective on enterprises,...

Knowledge-based communities are important but poorly understood systems for helping enterprises maintain their organizational integrity and address organizational imperatives. Based on an autopoietic theory of organization, we examine the emergence and development of knowledge-based communities...