Network+Theory

=What are the most useful resources you have found on network theory? Who are the thought leaders?= //(In this case, we are talking about networks of people!)// See also Network Building and Weaving Tips Network Exercises

Network Theory - About Networks

 * (Links mined from Jenny A's article and Patti Anklam's site - need to cite properly)**
 * [|http://www.networkroundtable.org] University of Virginia Network Roundtable, source of research reports showing various applications of network analysis for enhancing knowledge sharing and organisational effectiveness.
 * [|ONA-prac.] The online community for learners and practitioners in the emerging field of Organizational Network Analysis. http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/ona-prac/
 * Patti Anklams page about organizational network analysis http://www.byeday.net/ona.htm
 * International Network for Social Network Analysis http://www.insna.org/
 * " [|A Practical Guide to Social Networks,]" by Rob Cross, Jeanne Liedtka, and Leigh Weiss. //Harvard Business Review,// March 2005, Reprint R0503H.
 * "[| Making Invisible Work Visible: Using Social Network Analysis to Support Strategic Collaboration], by Rob Cross, Stephen P. Borgatti, and Andrew Parker. //California Management Review,// Vol. 44, No. 2, Winter 2002
 * "[|The People Who Make Organizations Go--or Stop]," by Laurence Prusak; Rob Cross, //Harvard Business Review// June 2002 Reprint R0206G
 * "[|Knowing What We Know]," by Rob Cross, Andrew Parker, Laurence Prusak, and Stephen P. Borgatti, conference at Batten Institute, Darden School, University of Virginia.
 * "[|Six Myths About Informal Networks and How To Overcome Them]" by Rob Cross, Nitin Nohria and Andrew Parker in //Sloan Management Review//
 * “[|Karen Stephenson's Quantum Theory of Trust],” Art Kleiner, Shambhala Institute //Fieldnotes//, July 2005
 * "[|Designs for Working]," Malcolm Gladwell, New Yorker Magazine
 * "How Networks Reshape Organizations for Results," by Ram Charam. //Harvard Business Review,// September-October 1991.
 * "What Creates Energy in Organizations?" by Rob Cross, Wayne Baker, and Andrew Parker. //Sloan Management Review,// Summer 2003.
 * ODI's paper on Role of Networks [|ODI]

Network Thought Leaders

 * Rob Cross - http://www.robcross.org/
 * Patti Anklam - http://www.byeday.net/weblog/networkblog.html
 * Valdis Krebs - [|http://www.orgnet.com] Valdis Krebs produces analysis software called Inflow. He is an [|ONA pioneer with 25 years experience] applying network analysis in organisations.
 * [|Steve Borgatti http://www.analytictech.com] distributes widely used network analysis tools UCINET and Netdraw.

Books

 * [|Net Work]: A Practical Guide to Creating and Sustaining Networks at Work and in the World by [|Patti Anklam] 2007
 * //The Hidden Power of Social Networks//, by Rob Cross & Andrew Parker 2004 is an organisational network analysis primer. Appendix A (p. 143) describes ‘Conducting and Interpreting a Personal Network Analysis’. Appendix B (p. 167) has ‘Tools for Promoting Network Connectivity’ including a ‘Personal Network Diagnostic’. http://www.robcross.org/book_jacket.htm