Assignment: Network Analysis

1. Assignment: Network Analysis

This assignment is a part of the “Individual Journal” assignment series.

For this assignment you are expected to submit a 400 word APA formatted analysis on Canvas by taking into account the network in your project, your interventions in previous course, and the lecture slides from this initial module, to state your first thoughts on how networks might inform long term sustainability strategies. Don’t forget to use the readings from this week and to cite resources that you use to formulate your work.

Details

• Consider the network concepts discussed in Kilduff and Tsai, and some of the challenges for creating connections discussed by Lindner.
• I would like to see you begin to use social network concepts in the context of your own capstone projects. I will look for evidence of identification and synthesis of 2 to 3 relevant concepts taken from the readings. I will also search for early thinking on proper linkages between identified network structures, and appropriate (relevant) sustainability strategies.

Required Readings

• Kilduff, M. and Tsai, W. (2003) Social Networks and Organizations London: Sage  Ch. 1 (Intro) [11]
• Linder, R. Wikis, Webs, and Networks: Creating Connections for Conflict Prone Settings Washington, DC: Center for Strategic and International Studies October 2006 [30]
• http://vue.tufts.edu/(Links to an external site.)
• kumu.io