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Subject(s)

• Social networks [Browse]
• Technology—Economic aspects [Browse]
• Communication in learning and scholarship [Browse]

Related name

• Cross, Robert L., 1967- [Browse]
• Parker, Andrew [Browse]
• Sasson, Lisa [Browse]

Summary note

"Networks in the Knowledge Economy is a collection of readings on the application of social network analysis to managerial concerns. Social network analysis (SNA), a set of analytic tools that can be used to map networks of relationships, allows one to conduct very powerful assessments of information sharing within a network with relatively little effort. This approach makes the invisible web of relationships between people visible, helping managers make informed decisions for improving both their own and their group's." "Networks in the Knowledge Economy is specifically concerned with networks inside of organizations and addresses three critical areas in the study of social networks: social networks as important individual and organizational assets, social network implications for knowledge creation and sharing, and managerial implications of social networks in organizations." "Professionals and students alike will find this book especially valuable, as it provides readings on the application of social network analysis that reflect managerial concerns."--BOOK JACKET.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Introduction / Rob Cross, Andrew Parker and Lisa Sasson
• Pt. I. Social Networks as Important Individual and Organizational Assets
• 1. The Social Structure of Competition / Ronald Burt
• 2. Social Capital in the Creation of Human Capital / James S. Coleman
• 3. The Strength of Strong Ties: The Importance of Philos in Organizations / David Krackhardt
• Pt. II. Social Network Implications for Knowledge Creation and Sharing
• 4. The Strength of Weak Ties / Mark S. Granovetter
• 5. Diffusion Networks / Everett Rogers
• 6. Designs for Working: Why Your Bosses Want to Turn Your New Office into Greenwich Village / Malcolm Galdwell
• 7. Six Degrees of Lois Weisberg: She's a Grandmother, She Lives in a Big House in Chicago, and You've Never Heard of Her. Does She Run the World? / Malcolm Gladwell
• 8. Knowing What We Know: Supporting Knowledge Creation and Sharing in Social Networks / Rob Cross, Andrew Parker, Laurence Prusak and Stephen P. Borgatti
• Pt. III. Managerial Implications of Social Networks in Organizations
• 9. Informal Networks: The Company behind the Chart / David Krackhardt and Jeffrey R. Hanson
• 10. The People Who Make Organizations Go - or Stop / Rob Cross and Laurence Prusak
• 11. Making Invisible Work Visible: Using Social Network Analysis to Support Strategic Collaboration / Rob Cross, Stephen P. Borgatti and Andrew Parker
• 12. A Social Network Perspective on Human Resources Management / Daniel J. Brass
• 13. Constraints on the Interactive Organization as an Ideal Type / David Krackhardt.

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ISBN

0195159500 (alk. paper)

LCCN

2003045996

OCLC

51861963

RCP

C - S

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