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Network analysis as an organizational diagnostic tool: Bringing structure into process
Author(s) -
Oliver Amalya L.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
strategic change
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.527
H-Index - 16
eISSN - 1099-1697
pISSN - 1086-1718
DOI - 10.1002/jsc.4240040603
Subject(s) - organizational network analysis , social network analysis , organizational structure , network structure , process (computing) , computer science , network analysis , power (physics) , knowledge management , data science , social network (sociolinguistics) , management science , industrial engineering , process management , organizational learning , management , machine learning , business , engineering , economics , social media , physics , quantum mechanics , world wide web , electrical engineering , operating system
The paper highlights the potential of network analysis as a diagnostic and analytic tool, and illustrates the application of several methods on an hypothetical organizational structure. • Mathematical analysis of social networks is an emerging tool used by social scientists in various areas. • The applications of network methods to the study of organizational structure can be used comparatively—by comparing cross‐sectionally various structures and groups, and longitudinal—by comparing changes in structure over time. • Network analysis can introduce deep structure of information flow, social and instrumental exchanges, and power within an organization or a group, and can reflect individual as well as structural characteristics.
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