MGCR 222 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Structural Holes, Organizational Chart, Social Capital
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Lecture 5: links between formal structure and informal social. Review from lecture 4: organizational charts fall under a formal structure while social networks fall under an informal structure, formal structures are prescribed, visible networks of relationships. Informal structures are emergent, invisible networks of relationships or interdependencies (such as friendship, advice, information, financial exchange, and help) Identify the most important contacts in your network (for instance, for private information, advice, inspiration, etc. ) You must choose activities that: evoke passion (and thus, commitment) in participants, require interdependence (thus reliance and the possibility/opportunity of trust, have something at stake (because bonds are built through wins and losses) Note be able to identify the degree of closure (high or low), locate the structural holes, and determine who benefits. The network structures of organizations: effects of task contingencies and. Distributional form: see reading itself for notes. Information broker a person who occupies a key role in a social network by connecting disparate groups of people.
