Leora Druckman asks:
>Does anyone out there know of good, academic references which relate
>network density in organizations (i.e. how "well-connected" individuals
>are to each other in a given organization) to organizational learning?
You might take a look at Stuart Kauffman's "The Origins of Order," or if
(like me) you are not mathematical, at his layman's version of same,
called "At Home in the Universe." Kauffman's uses his NK model, where
N=nodes and K=rate of connectedness, to show that networks can be "tuned"
to levels of supracritical density where interaction is most robust. He
developed the model mainly as a tool for studying the genome but
speculates at length on its possible relevance in human networks.
You might also go to www.brint.com and search the site for your keywords,
if you haven't already.
Please be sure to keep us posted on your own work!
Cheers,
Tom Petzinger
Thomas Petzinger Jr.
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