01178pab a2200157 454500008004000000100001700040245010800057260000900165300001300174362000800187520067800195650003900873650003700912650002500949773004600974180718b2005   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aHinton, Brad  aKnowledge management and communities of practice: an experience from Rabobank Australia and New Zealand  c2005  ap.57-68.  aDec  aKnowledge and information transfer have become important ingredients for an organization's competitive advantage. Knowledge management has emerged as an overarching strategy to enhance knowledge creation, information transfer, utilization, and retgiculation in order to generate innovation and improve organizational performance. Part of this strategy involves the creation of Communities of Practice. These are networks of individuals with a common, shared purpose grouped together to facilitate knowledge building, idea creation and information exchange. The experience establishing Communities of Practice at Rabobank Australia and New Zealand is examined. - reproduced.  aKnowledge management - New Zealand  aKnowledge management - Australia  aKnowledge management  aThe ICFAI Journal of Knowledge Management