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Communities of practice. --- Organizational learning. --- Learning organizations --- Learning --- Communities of practice --- Knowledge management --- Practice, Communities of --- Social groups --- Organizational learning --- E-books

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Knowledge is a strategic resource of any organization and its deployment is critical in achieving a sustainable competitive advantage. Knowledge strategies were born at the intersection of strategic thinking and knowledge management. Strategic thinking is a mental process of understanding the future and, based on that understanding, of searching for practical ways of achieving a competitive advantage on the market. Strategic thinking is operating in the opportunity space of the organization. The book explains the strategizing process and presents the knowledge strategies as a result of that complex mental process. Organizations can design deliberate and emergent knowledge strategies, which can be integrated into the corporate vision and its strategies.

Organizational learning. --- Knowledge management. --- Management --- Information technology --- Intellectual capital --- Organizational learning --- Management of knowledge assets --- Learning --- Communities of practice --- Knowledge management --- Learning organizations

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Bringing together the latest research among various communities of practice (disciplinary and place based as well as thematically organised), this volume reflects upon the knowledge, experience and practice gained through taking a unique community of practice approach to fostering gender equality in the sectors of research and innovation, and higher education in Europe and beyond. Based on research funded by the European Union, it considers how inter-organisational collaboration can foster change for gender equality through sharing of experiences of Gender Equality Plan implementation and examining the role of measures such as change-monitoring systems. As such, it will appeal to social scientists with interests in organisational change, the sociology of work and gender equality.

Sex discrimination in science --- Sex discrimination in higher education --- Sex discrimination against women --- Women in science --- Research --- Communities of practice --- Science --- Science research --- Scientific research --- Information services --- Learning and scholarship --- Methodology --- Research teams --- Minorities in science --- Discrimination against women --- Subordination of women --- Women, Discrimination against --- Feminism --- Sex discrimination --- Women's rights --- Male domination (Social structure) --- Education, Higher --- Social aspects --- Practice, Communities of --- Social groups --- Organizational learning --- Communities of practice. --- Sex discrimination against women. --- Women in science.

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This cutting-edge book explores the practices and socialization of the everyday foreign policy making in the European Union (EU), focusing on the individuals who shape and implement the Common Foreign and Security Policy despite a growing dissension among member states. The authors provide theoretically informed analyses based on up-to-date empirical material from the Political and Security Committee, Council working groups, the European External Action Service, EU delegations, military and civilian missions and operations and EU member state embassies. They illustrate the ways in which European foreign policy is shaped through the daily work of diplomats, exploring the communities of practice that are formed in the process of policy-making in the EU. Combining socialization and practice approaches, the book offers an innovative take on the motivations behind integration at a time of European discord. Providing a unique inside account of diplomatic practices and the coordination of EU foreign policy, this insightful book is crucial reading for students of political science and international relations at all levels seeking to better understand the minutiae of formulating and coordinating EU foreign and security policy. Its empirical analyses will also benefit scholars and researchers interested in European integration and socialization in international organizations, as well as practitioners, such as diplomats and European civil servants.

National security. --- European Union --- Foreign relations --- Law and legislation. --- Security measures. --- National security --- National security policy --- NSP (National security policy) --- Security policy, National --- Economic policy --- International relations --- Military policy --- Government policy --- E.U. --- Communities of practice --- Socialization --- Diplomatic practices --- policy-making in the EU --- European Union countries --- Pays de l'Union européenne --- European Union countries. --- Foreign relations. --- Relations extérieures. --- EU countries --- Euroland --- Europe