Open AccessExploration of Network Theory to Evaluate Organizational Resilience
Author(s) -
Cristina Ruiz-Martín,
Gabriel Wainer,
Adolfo López-Paredes
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
international journal of mathematical, engineering and management sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.228
H-Index - 10
ISSN - 2455-7749
DOI - 10.33889/ijmems.2022.7.1.003
Subject(s) - organizational network analysis , telecommunications network , organizational communication , robustness (evolution) , resilience (materials science) , communication theory , network theory , computer science , organizational structure , organizational theory , knowledge management , communications system , emergency management , telecommunications , organizational learning , management , biochemistry , chemistry , physics , statistics , mathematics , communication , sociology , political science , law , economics , gene , thermodynamics
Recent disasters and rapid changes in the environment have shown various open issues in organizational resilience, in particular the use of communications. We explore the use of Network Theory to study the robustness of communications in organizations regardless their structure and the communication mechanisms used. We focus on how a collapse in the communication mechanisms affects the communication structure in an organization. We use a case study based on an emergency management plan from a Nuclear Power Plant in Spain. We show that Network Theory along with the number of connected components in a network provides a cost-effective way to analyze the communication infrastructure and organizational relations. Network Theory also allows us to build awareness about the communication and information structure inside an organization, and to design a more robust communication network.