Action Learning

Abstract

In a Word Power no longer resides exclusively (if at all) in states, institutions, or large corporations. It is located in the networks that structure society. Social net-work analysis seeks to understand networks and their participants and has two main focuses: the actors and the relationships between them in a specific social context. Rationale The information revolution has given birth to new economies structured around flows of data, information, and knowledge. In parallel, social networks 1 have grown stronger as forms of organization of human activity. 2 Social networks are nodes of individuals, groups, organizations, and related systems that tie in one or more types of interdependencies: these include shared values, visions,