A Community of Practice or Interest (CoP)

A Community of Practice or Interest (CoP) is a community brought about a by a common interest. Here, knowledge is shared. It connotes a community that involves shared learning and puts its interest into Practice. It provides its members with a sense of belonging, and a definite seat. A CoP is not to be confused with simply put a community, or other forms of organisations. They have the ability to improve organisations (Wenger and Snyder, 2000), and their output is definitely knowledge