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Communities Of Practice (CoPs)

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Sandra Mathison
In:Encyclopedia of Evaluation
Chapter DOI:https://doi.org/10.4135/9781412950558
Subject:Anthropology, Business and Management, Criminology and Criminal Justice, Communication and Media Studies, Economics, Education, Geography, Health, Marketing, Nursing, Political Science and International Relations, Psychology, Social Policy and Public Policy, Social Work, Sociology

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A community of practice is a small group of people who work together over a period of time. People in CoPs can perform the same job, collaborate on a shared task, or work together on a product. ...

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  Mathison, S. 2005. Communities Of Practice (CoPs). In: Encyclopedia of Evaluation. Sandra Mathison Editor, Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, Inc. pp. 69-70 Available at: <https://doi.org/10.4135/9781412950558> [Accessed 28 Nov 2023].
  
  Mathison, Sandra. "Communities Of Practice (CoPs)." Encyclopedia of Evaluation. Edited by Vol. 0. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications, Inc., 2005, pp. 69-70. Sage Research Methods, doi: https://doi.org/10.4135/9781412950558.
  
  Mathison, Sandra. Communities of practice (cops). In Encyclopedia of Evaluation. Vol. 0. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, Inc.; 2005: 69-70. doi:10.4135/9781412950558
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