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Exploring the Embeddedness of an Informal Community of Practice Within a Formal Organizational Context: A Case Study in the German Military
Journal of Leadership & Organizational Studies ( IF 3.611 ) Pub Date : 2019-03-11 , DOI: 10.1177/1548051819833382
Benjamin Schulte 1 , Florian Andresen 1 , Hans Koller 1
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The embeddedness of communities of practice (CoPs)—self-organized groups of practitioners, who engage in the same practices, learn from each other, and innovate together—in contexts of formal hierarchical systems, is characterized through tension. CoPs drive learning and change, while formal systems are focused on stable execution and control, suppressing informality and self-organization. How leadership navigates this tension and shapes embeddedness is of interest to scholars and practitioners alike. In this article, we employ an interpretative research approach to explore how a CoP emerges and interacts with the formal hierarchy of the German Armed Forces. The findings of this study indicate that the embeddedness of a CoP within the formal organizational context molds through the dynamic interplay between administrative leaders and community members. In drawing from complexity leadership theory our grounded, cross-level, process model uncovers how a CoP evolves as individuals experience adaptive pressures in their practices stemming from environmental changes and start to generate new resources in response. Furthermore, it reveals how organizational leaders alternate between administrative leadership and enabling leadership techniques, allowing for both self-organized activities and also the integration of the emergent outcomes. Therefore, the model contributes to our understanding of the processes that unfold at the interface between a CoP and formal hierarchical system.

中文翻译:

探索正式组织环境中非正式实践社区的嵌入性:德国军队的案例研究

实践社区(CoP)——从事相同实践、相互学习、共同创新的自组织实践者群体——在正式等级制度的背景下的嵌入性,以紧张为特征。CoP 推动学习和变革,而正式系统则专注于稳定的执行和控制,抑制非正式和自组织。学者和实践者都对领导力如何驾驭这种张力并塑造嵌入性感兴趣。在本文中,我们采用解释性研究方法来探索 CoP 如何出现并与德国武装部队的正式等级制度相互作用。这项研究的结果表明,通过行政领导和社区成员之间的动态相互作用,将 CoP 嵌入正式的组织环境中。在借鉴复杂性领导理论的过程中,我们扎根的、跨级别的流程模型揭示了当个人在实践中经历源于环境变化的适应性压力并开始产生新资源作为回应时,CoP 如何演变。此外,它揭示了组织领导者如何在行政领导和赋能领导技术之间交替,允许自组织活动和新兴结果的整合。因此,该模型有助于我们理解在 CoP 和正式分层系统之间的界面上展开的过程。在借鉴复杂性领导理论的过程中,我们扎根的、跨级别的流程模型揭示了当个人在实践中经历源于环境变化的适应性压力并开始产生新资源作为回应时,CoP 如何演变。此外,它揭示了组织领导者如何在行政领导和赋能领导技术之间交替,允许自组织活动和新兴结果的整合。因此,该模型有助于我们理解在 CoP 和正式分层系统之间的界面上展开的过程。在借鉴复杂性领导理论的过程中,我们扎根的、跨级别的流程模型揭示了当个人在实践中经历源于环境变化的适应性压力并开始产生新资源作为回应时,CoP 如何演变。此外,它揭示了组织领导者如何在行政领导和赋能领导技术之间交替,允许自组织活动和新兴结果的整合。因此,该模型有助于我们理解在 CoP 和正式分层系统之间的界面上展开的过程。过程模型揭示了当个人在实践中经历源于环境变化的适应性压力并开始产生新资源作为响应时,CoP 如何演变。此外,它揭示了组织领导者如何在行政领导和赋能领导技术之间交替,允许自组织活动和新兴结果的整合。因此,该模型有助于我们理解在 CoP 和正式分层系统之间的界面上展开的过程。过程模型揭示了当个人在实践中经历源于环境变化的适应性压力并开始产生新资源作为响应时,CoP 如何演变。此外,它揭示了组织领导者如何在行政领导和赋能领导技术之间交替,允许自组织活动和新兴结果的整合。因此,该模型有助于我们理解在 CoP 和正式分层系统之间的界面上展开的过程。
更新日期:2019-03-11
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