Management Analysis of a Knowledge Network: The Case of Mexico  

Oleh:

Tapia, Magali Cardenas ; Kaufman, Cynthia Klingler

Jenis: Article from Proceeding
Dalam koleksi: The 2nd International Conference on Business and Communication (ICBC): Managing Change in Global Context : Toward Sustainable Competitiveness, page 017-034.
Topik: Knowledge Networks; Structural Analysis; Communication; Cohesion; Leadership
Fulltext: Proceeding The 2nd ICBC p17-34.pdf (1.2MB)

Isi artikel

The present research is an analysis of the structure of the National Polytechnic Institute’s environmental network project. Networks have acquired an important relevance as a vehicle for collaboration and knowledge generation with regard to finding solutions to environmental problems. The importance of the study lies in the analysis of the network, using graph theory to explain the network operation. The variables examined were communication, cohesion and leadership. We collected information from the network members’ scientific production in order to examine their collaboration with other researchers. We analyzed their coauthorship networks. The co-authorship network reveals important structures that compose the scientific community social network (De La Rosa, Martinez, Gonzalez and Velasco, 2005). The results revealed that the network is in its infancy, and the cohesion, leadership and communication indices are low (Freeman, 2004, Newman, 2003). Some clusters were evident. It will be necessary to review institutional policies in terms of resource allocation to encourage collaborative work, and to increase cohesion, communication and leadership among network members in order to generate knowledge which impacts the researchers' goal of solution of environmental problems.

Opini Anda

Klik untuk menuliskan opini Anda tentang koleksi ini!

Kembali