- Docente: Raffaele Corrado
- Credits: 3
- SSD: SECS-P/08
- Language: English
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Forli
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Corso:
Second cycle degree programme (LM) in
Economics and management (cod. 9203)
Also valid for Second cycle degree programme (LM) in International Politics and Economics (cod. 5702)
Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Economics and management (cod. 9203)
Learning outcomes
This laboratory introduces concepts, methods and software tools for the analysis of organizational and inter-organizational networks, as a natural and applied complement to the relational perspective developed on more theoretical grounds in the Administrative Processes course. A the end of the course the student: - Is familiar with the relevance of networks in understanding organizations and their strategies; - Knows the main concepts developed in the field of “network analysis”; - Has a basic working knowledge of the data, methods and software required to perform the analysis of social and organizational networks.
Course contents
- Role of relations within and between organizations
- Introduction to basic techniques for analyzing networks
- Laboratory practice of network analysis in the computer lab
Readings/Bibliography
- Borgatti, S.P., Everett, M.G., Johnson, J.C., Analyzing Social Networks. Sage, 2018 (2nd edition)
- Hanneman, R.A., Riddle, M., Introduction to Social Network Methods. University of California, Riverside, 2005
Teaching methods
Lecture, laboratory practice
Assessment methods
Laboratory assignments (network analysis)
Grading:
- < 18. Fail. Considerable further work is required for an even basic understanding of the content of the course.
- 18-22. Sufficient. Understanding of the content of the course meets the minimum criteria; some mnemonic retention, little real understanding of the course topics.
- 23-24. Satisfactory. Some understanding of the course topics, with significant shortcomings.
- 25-27. Good. Good understanding of the course topics, with some errors.
- 28-30. Very good. Full understanding of the course content, possibly minor errors.
- 30 Lode. Perfect. Perfect understanding of the course content.
Teaching tools
Computer
Software UCINET
info: http://www.analytictech.com/archive/ucinet.htm
download: https://sites.google.com/site/ucinetsoftware/downloads
Links to further information
https://sites.google.com/site/profraffaelecorrado/
Office hours
See the website of Raffaele Corrado