Organizational Intelligence / Communities of Practice

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Dear Colleague,

Knowledge Ecology University invites you to participate in either or both of the following two virtual courses:

1. Increasing an Organization's Intelligence http://www.KnowledgeEcology.com/keu/cc/98f3.shtml taught by Michael McMaster November 2-14, 1998

2. Communities of Practice http://www.KnowledgeEcology.com/keu/cc/98f1.shtml taught by Etienne Wenger, Ph.D. November 16 to December 1, 1998

1. In the "Organizational Intelligence" course you will develop a basic understanding of how to:

* Move from current levels of intelligence to its powerful, self-generating increase * Engage the whole organization in removing obstacles to its intelligence * Lead an intelligent organization * Engage the whole population of an organization in supporting such crucial initiatives as communities of practice and generation of knowledge

The instructor, Michael McMaster, is author of:

"The Intelligence Advantage: Organizing for Complexity" http://www.co-i-l.com/coil/knowledge-garden/oi/books/tia/

"The Praxis Equation: Design Principles for Intelligent Organization" http://www.co-i-l.com/coil/knowledge-garden/oi/books/odp/

Michael has been a member of the Santa Fe Institute, produced and led international conferences on Complexity and Strategy: The Intelligent Organization in '95 and Complexity and Technology: Organizing for Innovation in '97.

2. In the "Communities of Practice" course you will learn:

* What communities of practice are and what they are good for * How theyhave the potential of becoming part of a knowledge strategy * What it takes to foster and sustain them * What the fundamental "infrastructures of knowing" are * What it really means to "manage" knowledge * How to address the challenges and opportunities of new technologies

Etienne Wenger, PhD, is a globally recognized thought leader in the field of learning theory and its applications to business. He is a pioneer of the "communities of practice" research and author of Communities of Practice: Learning, Meaning, and Identity http://www.co-i-l.com/coil/bookstore/ctcw.shtml (Cambridge University Press, 1998). His seminal work on communities of practice has been featured in Fortune and Training magazines.

Tuition is $450 per course. 10% discount applies if you register to both courses, group discount also available

Please register at at: http://www.KnowledgeEcology.com/keu/reg/index.shtml#form

George Por Founder and Sr. Consultant of Community Intelligence Labs, http://www.Co-I-L.com, the home of "knowledge ecology": http://www.KnowledgeEcology.com/

-- Gabor Por (webmaster@co-i-l.com), October 17, 1998


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