Organisational Strategy

For an organisation to be successful, it usually has goals and objectives. To achieve these goals, strategies are developed to ensure the goals are achieved to the maximum. These strategies are activities or a group of activities the organisation carries out.

Organisations

An organisation

can be said to be a group of people working together to achieve a collective goal. An organisation could be a commercial or industrial body.

A community of practice

According to Etienne Wenger (2007), "Communities of practice are groups of people who share a concern or a passion for something they do and learn how to do it better as they interact regularly". This could also be a group of people that have a common interest and also share knowledge and experience within the group to achieve a common goal.
Communities of practice have three characteristics namely the domain, the community and the practice.

Differences between an organisation and a community of practice

• Communities of practice usually have a shared domain of interest unlike organisations that have vast domains of interest.
• An organisation usually has a defined name while a community may or may not have a name.
• An organisation is usually formal in its structure while a community of practise might be formal or informal.
• organisations usually have a hierachy structure( i.e leadership), communities of practice do not.
• An organistion ususally has well defined goals, objectives and strtegies that might help in achieving these goals, this is not always the case for communities of practice.

References:

• Smith, M.K. (2003). "Communities of practice". The Encyclopedia of Informal Education
• http://www.ewenger.com/theory/

Authors Corner

Hi, i'm Funsho Sanni, the author of this blog. I am currently studying Business Information Systems Management.
A recent graduate from middlesex university, I studied Business Information Systems and Information Technology after which I obtained a first class and was awarded an academic alumni scholarship and a certifiacte for academic excellence. I have a diploma in computer science and desktop publishing and I currently work as a trainee business analyst at the learning and skills council. I am a good team player but I can also work on my own inititaive, I am excellent at managing my time and I am also highy organised.
This blog has been created specifically for BIS4410 and it will look at issues raised through out the duration of the module and will also cover topics I have come across that are interesting and obviously related to BIS4410.