實務社群對創造力的理論影響與政策意涵

Community-of-Practice and Creativity: Theory & Implication

由於對知識經濟的重視，教育部近兩年多來大力地推動培育創造力的計畫。然而，教育部的政策方向似乎較偏重於學校教育，相對忽略了社會教育在國家整體創造力的重要性。許多全球化企業為了因應全球化競爭下的創新與知識管理等需求，近十年來不斷地調整其組織學習機制，而實務社群乃近十年來備受重視的新發展。以此角度而言，我國的社會教育創造力政策似可思考，如何引導國內實務社群數量之增加、與質量之提升，以助於提升國家整體創造力。本文即探討實務社群與創造力兩方面的理論，嘗試建構出實務社群對創造力之間理論關連，並推論其管理意涵。

In an era where knowledge is extremely valuable, creativity and innovation has become the base of competitive advantage for Taiwan. Government had spent many resources in the creativity education. However, the education policy seems too emphasis on school education rather than on social education. Due to react to the drive force of globalization, many multi-national companies now use the mechanism of Communities-of- Practice(CoP) to increase the total creativity and innovation capability. In this point of view, government may can use the method of CoP to enhance the Taiwan’s social creativity. This paper tries to build the theory of CoP’s influences on creativity. Policy implications for strategy management are also discussed.