The Organizational Network Fieldbook: Best Practices, Techniques and Exercises to Drive Organizational Innovation and Performance

by Robert L. Cross; Jean Singer; Sally Colella; Robert J. Thomas; Yaarit Silverstone

• ISBN13: 9780470627464
• ISBN10: 0470627468
• Format: eBook
• Copyright: 2010-06-01
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass

Summary

"This is the ultimate resource for practitioners who want to implement insights from organizational network analysis and thinking. Dozens of concrete examples, interventions, and practical advice from network experts show you what you can do to strengthen networks and boost performance. This book is essential for anyone in business, government, or consulting who wants to get network thinking from analysis to action in organizations."-Wayne Baker, professor of management and organizations, Stephen M. Ross School of Business, University of Michigan"What a great idea this book is! The Organizational Network Fieldbook will demand to be read by anyone undertaking any social network efforts in their organization. It is not only a unique book, but it is also very well thought-out, finely written, and exceptionally pragmatic. It's a great achievement for the authors and a great boon to all practitioners."-Larry Prusak, researcher and consultant, and the founder and former director of the Institute for Knowledge ManagementIn this practical companion to the best-selling Driving Results Through Social Networks, the authors draw on their network-building activities in organizations such as ConocoPhillips, 3M, and the United States Department of Defense in order to provide a compilation of highly practical approaches to help leaders shift their focus from formal organizational structures to a better understanding of flexible networks.

Table of Contents

The Authors

Introduction

Building Networks for Collaboration and Community

Building a Technical Community

Networks of Excellence

Driving Business Results through Networked Communities of Practice

Mapping and Engaging Influence Networks

Bridging Organizational Silos)

Network Analysis for Engineering Small Practice Groups

Building Trusted Ties in a New Organization

Forging Global Connections, Christie Dowling

Building Healthy Teams

Driving Organizational Change through Networks

Changing Culture through Networks and Narrative

Message Monitoring to Accelerate Change

A Workshop for Aligning Networks with Strategy

Positioning a New Leader for Success through Network Fine-Tuning

Improving Decision Making through Network Reconstruction

Connecting People for Innovation

The Innovation Lab: Building Idea-Sharing Networks

Building a Collaborative Innovation Network

Connecting through Improvisation

Helping Leaders Uncover Hidden Assets

Developing Talent through Networks

Embedding a Network Perspective into Leadership

Improving Leadership Effectiveness through Network Development

Developing Leaders' Networks through a Stakeholder Mapping and Engagement Workshop

The Mentor Marketplace

Managing External Stakeholders and Stemming Knowledge Loss

Smart Mentoring to Increase Connectivity

Newcomers' Boot Camp

A Network Approach to Onboarding

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