Identify the community of practice in a work setting (preferably your current workplace

Etienne and Beverly Wenger-Trayner, 2015. Introduction to communities of practice: A brief overview of the concept and
its uses. Retrieved from

http:/iwenger-trayner.com/introduction-to-communities-of-practice/ (Links to an external site.) .. “The community that
acts as a living curriculum for the apprentice… Dynamic and involves learning on the part of everyone…”;

Wenger, E., McDermott, R., & Snyder, W. M. (2002). Seven Principles for Cultivating Communities of Practice, HBSP.
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Module 1 Discussion Posting

Post a response in the discussion area to the following

1. Affer reading the above selections and chapters, give a comprehensive definition of “community of practice.” Define:
Domain, Community, and Practice. Give an example of each

2. Identify the community of practice in a work setting (preferably your current workplace. My current work place is team
lead in a call center). Describe the characteristics of the CoP (1e., Domain, Community, and Practice). If you cannot
identify a current CoP, describe why it would be of value to your workplace to create a CoP.

3. Discuss why you would use or not use the Seven Principles for Cultivating a Community of Practice in developing a
learning community at your workplace.

4, Select one of the Seven Principles and describe how it would work in your workplace. Give an example.

5. Select one of the Seven Principles that would be most difficult to implement in your workplace and explain why?

6. Identify 3 Leadership Skills needed to support a learning community in your workplace.
This is a discussion post. If you habe any questions please feel free to reach out to me. Thank you!