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Our Community: CoP Benefits

The documented CoP benefits include:

Hard Cost Reductions
  • Easy distribution of digital content
  • Reduced duplication
  • Elimination of geographical barriers and time zones


Improved Information Sharing
  • Automatic creation of central knowledge repository
  • Timely dissemination of content


Enhanced Communications
  • Ability to share best practices
  • New opportunities created through peer interaction
  • Greater effectiveness - compelling, interactive medium


Knowledge for Development Perceived Benefit by U.S. Corporations: 52% agree it is a major strategic imperative to stay competitive, 33% agree it is a valuable way to organize and use corporate information, 12% agree it is a new spin on old technology, and 3% agree it is the latest management fad.
Knowledge management's perceived value by U.S. corporations is based predominantly on a major strategic imperative to say competitive, according to a study conducted by the Gartner group.
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