MGMT1135 Final: MGMT1135_ INFORMAL SOCIAL NETWORKS
Document Summary
Most corporations, however, treat informal network as an invisible enemy one that keeps decisions from being made and work from getting done. To many senior executives, these intricate webs of communication are often unobservable and ungovernable. However, research has found that managers work around informal networks or neglect them. By recognizing these four key players, can transform ineffective informal networks into productive ones. Alan is clearly the central information source for almost everyone in the network, the incoming arrows indicate he is the go-to person for most of his colleagues, including lisa, the head of the department. Nurture connections mainly outside the informal network. Communicate with other departments, satellite offices, and other organizations entirely. Usually in contact with central connectors in other informal networks. Greatly reduces the steps between all members of various informal networks. In procter and gamble, marketing is the name of the game, and marketers are the most powerful occupational groups.
