Granovetter, M. S. (1973). The Strength of Weak Ties. Knowledge and the flow of Case 2 memo/discussion, American Journal of Sociology, 78(6), 1360 addressing of the discussion information in social networks one Case: Jerry Sanders (HBP coursepack case# 9-498-021) points on the left. Social capital Discussion questions: What strategies in developing new Updated draft of the research plan were Sanders’ 3 ventures? What was his strategy for building – incorporate instructor’s feedback networks of relationships? on the interview pitch and Would strategies for developing business Sanders’ questions. ventures be likely to prove successful in the future (i.e., in the new venture San Francisco Scientific), or should he consider adapting his approach? If yes, in what way? Burt, R.S. 1992. Social Structure of Power networks Case 3 memo/discussion, “The Competition.” pp. 57-91 in Nohria, N. and R. Eccles, Networks and addressing one of the two Centrality, brokerage and Organizations discussion questions on the left. constraint Case: Caro, R. A. (1982). Chapters 31 and 32. In The Social networks and informal Years Of Lyndon Johnson The path to Power. New York: A 2-minute video presentation by organization Knopf. your team on your secondary data 4 Discussion questions: analysis and industry sector Compare and contrast Jerry previous background. Sanders’ (see session) and use of their respective social LBJ’s networks. What were their goals? How did they go about accomplishing them? Describe three specific instances of brokerage in each instance: what were the Caro’s chapters. For information and control benefits for LBJ?
3 Knowledge and the flow of information in social networks Social capital Granovetter, M. S. (1973). The Strength of Weak Ties. American Journal of Sociology, 78(6), 1360 Case: Jerry Sanders (HBP coursepack case# 9-498-021) Discussion questions: What were Sanders’ strategies in developing new ventures? What was his strategy for building networks of relationships? Would Sanders’ strategies for developing business ventures be likely to prove successful in the future (i.e., in the new venture San Francisco Scientific), or should he consider adapting his approach? If yes, in what way? Case 2 memo/discussion, addressing one of the discussion points on the left. Updated draft of the research plan – incorporate instructor’s feedback on the interview pitch and questions. 4 Power networks Centrality, brokerage and constraint Social networks and informal organization Burt, R.S. 1992. “The Social Structure of Competition.” pp. 57-91 in Nohria, N. and R. Eccles, Networks and Organizations Case: Caro, R. A. (1982). Chapters 31 and 32. In The Years Of Lyndon Johnson The path to Power. New York: Knopf. Discussion questions: Compare and contrast Jerry Sanders’ (see previous session) and LBJ’s use of their respective social networks. What were their goals? How did they go about accomplishing them? Describe three specific instances of brokerage in Caro’s chapters. For each instance: what were the information and control benefits for LBJ? Case 3 memo/discussion, addressing one of the two discussion questions on the left. A 2-minute video presentation by your team on your secondary data analysis and industry sector background.
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