Sociology and Management

Management, Organizations and Social Networks: an Emerging Field #1
A new approach in management, even if the study of social networks is not recent (anthropology, sociology) An approach well developed in the US, appearing in Europe, and what about China ? Mobilizing social ties : this is an operating mode for individuals. The network of contacts, a resource for individual action… …but collectively build, …and crucial for the organized collective action.
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Management & Social Networks. Cooperation Within and Between Organizations
International Business 2nd Year Program “All in English”
2009 April, Wednesday 29

Management, Organizations and Social Networks: an Emerging Field #2
The taking in account of these US works is already done today in France (Huault, 1998 ; 2002) Research programs are developing : recruitment, individual performance, individual power, innovations, inter-firm networks, etc. (Adler & Kwon 2002)

Contents #1
1. Networks & Organizations, First Looks
1.1. The Relative Value of Inter-individual Ties on Labor Market (Mark Granovetter) 1.2. The Social Position of One’s Contacts as a Social Resource (Nan Lin) 1.3. Socially Embedded Consumer Transactions (DiMaggio & Louch) 1.4. “How? Why?” Exercise

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What is Social Capital ?
2.1. The nature of Social Capital 2.2. Holes Among the Social Network Structure (The Structural Holes Theory, R. Burt) 2.3. The Dual Form of Social Capital. A Dialectic Between Closure and Openness

Focusing on the role of social networks as an organizational advantage in the functioning of firms

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Contents #2
3. Cooperation within and between organizations
3.1. The role of informal relations for the success of R&D projects (Kreiner & Schultz, 1993) 3.2. The exchange decision between R&D researchers (Bouty, 1998) 3.3. The role of the strength of ties for successful R&D projects (Hansen, 1999) 3.4. The constitution of social niches in organizations (Lazega