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Hanna Lehtimäki - The Strategically Networked Organization: Leveraging Social Networks to Improve Organizational Performance - 9781786352927 - V9781786352927
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The Strategically Networked Organization: Leveraging Social Networks to Improve Organizational Performance

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Description for The Strategically Networked Organization: Leveraging Social Networks to Improve Organizational Performance Hardback. 'The Strategically Networked Organization' shows top and upper-middle management how cultivating an understanding of intra-firm social relations can help them to build unique strategic advantage and make use of the day-to-day knowledge that emerges in the social connections and interactions within an organization. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: KJC; KJE; UDBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 162 x 238 x 16. Weight in Grams: 420.
This book demonstrates to managers the strategic significance of intra-organizational social networks. It argues that strategic management is embedded in the complexity of social relations that shape the strategic direction of a company. Currently there are few tools available to systematically collect information about the social functioning of an organization. This book fills this gap by shifting attention to the social relations that contribute to strategic advantage and that build on relationships that provide unique resources and create value for the business. It considers three perspectives on how social networks have a strategic function: first, social networks constitute everyday strategic ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Emerald Publishing Limited
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
420g
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Bingley, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781786352927
SKU
V9781786352927
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Ref
99-50

About Hanna Lehtimäki
Hanna Lehtimaki (Ph.D. School of Management, University of Tampere) is a professor of innovation management at the University of Eastern Finland. Her research has examined strategic management, leadership, social networks, organizational renewal, and stakeholder management. She has worked as a Senior Fulbright scholar at the George Mason University, USA and as a visiting scholar at the University of Toronto, Canada. ... Read more

Reviews for The Strategically Networked Organization: Leveraging Social Networks to Improve Organizational Performance
Lehtimaki presents readers with a comprehensive examination of the power of intra-organizational social networks, arguing that strategic management has to be embedded in complex social relations. She covers the strategic nature of organization, social network analysis for strategically networked organizations, social relations, social interaction and strategic transformation and several other related subjects over the book's eight chapters. The author is ... Read more

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