VPC : a strategic instrument for KM and organisational learning

Imed Boughzala (1) , Aurélie Dudézert (2) , Harm Heibült (2)

1 IMT-BS - DSI - Département Systèmes d'Information
2 LGI - Laboratoire Génie Industriel - EA 2606

Virtual professional communities are virtual communities of practices that provide an environment for professionals to share their knowledge and develop their skills without geographical constraints. Virtual professional Communities became strategic instruments for enterprises, especially for the fields of Research and Development, maintenance and product development. This paper is a bibliographical research about virtual professional communities and their role for knowledge management. One purpose is to give an overview of the research work about virtual professional communities, their definition, benefits, typologies and processes. Different approaches, which discuss the integration of the knowledge management concept into the theory of virtual professional communities, are discussed.

Mots clés: Virtual professional communities; Virtual community; Community of practice; Knowledge management; Organisational learning

Domaines: Gestion et management

Imed Boughzala, Aurélie Dudézert, Harm Heibült. VPC : a strategic instrument for KM and organisational learning. ICICKM 2006 : 3rd International Conference on Intellectual Capital, Knowledge Management and Organisational Learning, Oct 2006, Santiago, Chile. ⟨halshs-00109349⟩