Application of Social Network Analysis in Organization Management

There are different levels to apply social network analysis(SNA) to organization management.The problems in organizations can be detected through internal SNA(structure analysis).By building the network dynamic models,the trend of organization evolving can be forecasted.Through external inter-group network analysis,we can mine the role and position of the organization and discover the room for its development,so to assist the strategic management.In comparing the situation before and after the introduction of IT or other management methods,we can apply procedure control and quantificational measure for various management methods.