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Analiza partnerstwa w sektorze publicznym według modelu SNA
The use of SNA analyzing partnerships in public sector

Author(s): Anna Adamus-Matuszyńska
Subject(s): Economy
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego we Wrocławiu
Keywords: social network analysis; partnership; public sector

Summary/Abstract: Social Network Analysis (SNA) can be applied both within and between organisations. The paper draws attention to potential application of SNA to research partnerships in the public sector. Literature review about the SNA method as well as public sector let introduce a SNA framework to analyse the network created in the public partnerships. In the presented research it is assumed that every partnership is an example of network understood as a communication system determining organizational issues and effectiveness of the partnership. The paper suggests that individuals and groups which belong to the partnership may have an impact on both formal structural variables as well as informal relationships in and between organisations.

  • Issue Year: 2012
  • Issue No: 275
  • Page Range: 29-44
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Polish