TY - BOOK AU - Koput,Kenneth W TI - Social capital: an introduction to managing networks SN - 9781849800990 U1 - 302.4 PY - 2010/// CY - Cheltenham PB - Edward Elger KW - Network analysis (Planning) KW - Personnel management KW - Social capital (Sociology) KW - Social networks N1 - The development of menu-driven computer software packages has opened up access for a wide range of audiences, including business and human resource managers. Yet, the tools themselves are of little value without an understanding of the concepts that can relate the computed measures to relevant applications. Social capital provides a framework for relating the abstract world of graph theory, which underlies network analysis, to the concrete world of human behavior. This book teaches how to understand and manage social capital to facilitate individual and organizational learning and goal attainment. Coverage includes both orchestrating relationships of others and navigating one's own social interactions ER -