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Networks in the Knowledge Economy

byRob Cross, Andrew ParkerandLisa Sasson (eds)

ISBN:0195159500

Oxford Univ. Press

2003

This is a collection on the applications of social network analysis to managerial concerns. The approach makes the invisible web of relationships between people visible, helping managers make informed decisions for improving performance.

Table of Contents

Networks in the Knowledge Economy

Introduction

Part I -
Social Networks as Important Individual and Organizational Assets

Chapter 1
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The Social Structure of Competition

Chapter 2
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Social Capital in the Creation of Human Capital

Chapter 3
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The Strength of Strong Ties—The Importance of Philos in Organizations

Part II -
Social Network Implications for Knowledge Creation and Sharing

Chapter 4
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The Strength of Weak Ties

Chapter 5
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Diffusion Networks

Chapter 6
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Designs for Working—Why Your Bosses Want to Turn Your New Office into Greenwich Village

Chapter 7
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Six Degrees of Lois Weisberg—Shes a Grandmother, She Lives in a Big House in Chicago, and Youve Never Heard of Her. Does She Run the World?

Chapter 8
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Knowing What We Know—Supporting Knowledge Creation and Sharing in Social Networks

Part III -
Managerial Implications of Social Networks in Organizations

Chapter 9
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Informal Networks—The Company behind the Chart

Chapter 10
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The People Who Make Organizations Go—or Stop

Chapter 11
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Making Invisible Work Visible—Using Social Network Analysis to Support Strategic Collaboration

Chapter 12
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A Social Network Perspective on Human Resources Management

Chapter 13
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Constraints on the Interactive Organization as an Ideal Type

Index

List of Figures

List of Sidebars