Social Network Analysis
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PeoplePatty AnklamSteve BorgattiShawn CallahanRob CrossAlistair GibbonsBruce HoppeValdis KrebsSteffen Mazanek smiley-goodJacob MorenoAndrew ParkerKaren StephensonMany, many moreResourcesBooksRobert Hanneman, Mark Riddle: Introduction to social network methodsAlbert-László Barabási: LinkedRob Cross, Andrew Parker: The Hidden Power of Social NetworksCommunitiesInternational Network for Social Network AnalysisYAHOO! ONA-pracWeblinksWikipediaMany, many morePractice contributed by Alistair GibbonsInterventionscross-discipline projectsjob shadowingcommunities of practice'skunkworks'mentor/apprentice schemesself-descriptive awareness'grandfathering'knowledge fairsknowledge 'speed-dating'Organizational Network AnalysisTheoryRelationsAttributesIntensityKindSourceSinkNodesPosition in networkBoundary spanner Boundary spanners are connected to different clusters, they are probably even the single point of contactPeripheral PlayerCentral PlayersDegree Number of ties to othersCloseness Distance of a give node to all other nodesBetweenness How many shortest pathes pass this node?Eigenvector Centrality Links from central nodes are more important and weighted higherEthics thumb-upno innocenceno harmData collectionautomatically fromemail flash violation of data protection and privacy? filtering relevant data nearly impossiblecollaboration in projectssurvey thumb-upeasy to completestrive for a particular goalnarrative capture/analysis contributed by Alistair GibbonsToolsNetwork visualization/analysisnetdraw thumb-upnetminerinflowpajekData collectionnetwork.mdb thumb-upExcelWeb surveyMany, many more