Social network analysis essentially looks at how people are connected to other people, and how [networks] help people be better together. With the right data on interactions, you can mathematically analyze and visually depict the locations of employees within their social networks. You can see who’s connected to whom. In today’s workplaces it has become inherently clear that it is these ties and the relationships between individuals - and not necessarily individual attributes - that really matter. Social network analysis enhances the role of HR with new capabilities that bring it to modern data-based decision-making.
- An introduction to network analysis, network measures and their importance to HR
- Examples of how the analysis of networks can be applied to talent management and workforce analytics
- Review some of the resources available to HR practitioners in the visualization and analysis of networks
