THANK YOU FOR POSTING THE FOLLOWING ANNOUNCEMENT:
SOCIAL NETWORKS RESEARCH WORKSHOP
Co-sponsored by the International Management and Research Methods Divisions
Academy of Management Annual Meeting
Saturday, August 5, 2000, 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Sheraton Centre, York (Mezzanine); Toronto, Ontario, Canada,
Organizers:
Nicholas Athanassiou
313 Hayden Hall
College of Business Administration
Northeastern University
Boston, MA 02115
(617) 373-5759, (617) 373-8628 fax
nickath@neu.edu
Stephen P. Borgatti
Carroll School of Management
Boston College
Boston, MA 02467
978 456-7356 (v), 978 456-7373 (fax)
borgatts@bc.edu
Daniel Brass
Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA 16802
(814) 865-1522, (814) 863-7261
dbrass@psu.edu
David Krackhardt
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA
(412) 268-4758, (412) 268-7902 fax
krack@cmu.edu
This will be the 4th consecutive year that this Professional Development
Workshop on Social Networks has been offered during the Academy of Management
annual meeting. Prior versions of this workshop have had robust participation
in Boston (1997), San Diego (1998), and Chicago (1999). Over 125 AOM members
have participated to date. This year's program has been improved to take into
consideration feedback from past participants.
Program Goals:
To introduce members of the Academy of Management to social networks theory
and analysis. More specifically to:
* Introduce social networks concepts and methodology
* Discuss social networks methods and their use in management research
* Discuss social networks methods applications to international management
research
* To stimulate discussion among participants with introductory or more
advanced backgrounds in the area
Social Networks is a field of study that focuses on social relations among a
set of actors. In the process of working in this field, researchers have
developed a set of distinctive theoretical perspectives sympathetic with
systems theory and complexity theory. Management research and its
international dimensions are increasingly studied through the use of social
networks concepts. Social networks are also characterized by a distinctive
methodology encompassing techniques for collecting data, statistical
analysis, and visual representation. Some of the hallmarks of social networks
perspectives are:
* focus on relationships between actors rather than attributes of actors
* sense of interdependence: a molecular rather atomistic view
* structure and its effects on substantive outcomes
* emergent effects
Program:
08:00 am - 08:30 am Light breakfast - registration (Nick Athanassiou)
08:30 am - 10:00 am Introduction to Social Networks. Review of theory and
research methodologies. Techniques will be illustrated using a PC and real
network data. (Steve Borgatti, David Krackhardt)
10:00 am - 10:15 am Break
10:15 am - 11:45 am Introduction to Social Networks (continued) - (Steve
Borgatti, David Krackhardt)
11:45 am - 1:00 pm Lunch Break
1:00 pm - 2:45 pm UCINET software use for the analysis of network data.
Participants are urged to bring laptop computers. UCINET -- network analysis
-- and Krackplot -- network plotting -- software will be distributed on
CD-ROM along with sample social network research files. (Steve Borgatti,
David Krackhardt)
2:45 pm - 3:00 pm Break
3:00 pm - 4:30 pm Open discussion on social networks research with
focus on intra-organizational and international management network topics
(Daniel Brass and Nick Athanassiou).
4:30 pm - 5:00 pm Wrap-up
Number of participants: 40
Pre-registration is required. A US$40 registration fee will secure a place
and cover the costs of the workshop. .
As part of the workshop participants will receive:
* CD ROM versions of UCINET 5 social network analysis software (3-month trial
version of this new Windows-based release)
* CD ROM versions of Krackplot social network drawing/plotting software
* Light breakfast and afternoon refreshments
* Access to notes on social network analysis on the workshop web site at
www.analytictech.com/aomnetwork
* Information about the workshop, including program changes (on web site)
* A list of attendees, their interests and their contact information (on web
site once registration closes)
To pre-register: send to Nick Athanassiou at
nickath@neu.edu:
* a 100-200 word paragraph describing your interest in social networks
* your university affiliation, address, e-mail, and telephone/fax numbers
You will then receive confirmation of pre-registration. At that time you will
be asked to send a check for US$40 to Nick Athanassiou to secure your place
in the workshop.