Posted by Denham on January 21, 1998 at 14:42:19:

In Reply to: Re: Teams and Communities: A Feeling of Déjà -vu posted by Yogesh Malhotra on January 21, 1998 at 12:10:01:

Yogesh,

Thank you for that synergistic view. You pointed out an important distinction that I did not make. Team members are assigned, communitity members decide if they wish to particpate or not. I agree participation is a self-driven decision and is the key to both team and community membership. I think the mising ingredient that you hint at is alignment. So often we assume others are onboard when they have hidden agendas, different perceptions, understandings or attach other meanings to the same concepts and words.

Alignment is key, it is something that seems to be less of an issue in CoPs due to members ability to self-select. In teams alignment is an important factor and something that KM folks would do well to take heed of.

I must still visit your 'knowledge gold mine'.

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