Network Analysis for Business Performance Session 2: Collecting Network Data
The second webinar in the “
Network Analysis for Business Performance” series provides a detailed description of how to collect organizational network data. Included are ways to structure the network survey around core questions, the key details and parameters that the survey designer needs to consider, options for survey formats, and a wide variety of sample survey questions. The webinar is supplemented by sample surveys and a checklist of survey design and launch items.
Featuring: Andrew Parker, University of Exeter Business School
OVERALL PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
Network analytics are fast becoming an essential competency for organizations that want to understand how their informal networks function and manage them to drive change, fuel innovation and develop talent. This series of six webinars will provide you with foundational skills in designing, conducting and managing organizational network analyses. Instructors will share models, techniques, and success factors honed from years of experience across a wide range of practical, business-driven applications.
The sessions include how to manage an ONA to maximize business impact; how to choose the best approach for data capture from both survey and social media-based options; designing effective instruments for data capture; generating visual and quantitative analytics; running predictive analytics from network data, and communicating network insights to stakeholders. Also included is step-by-instruction on how to use three of the leading network analysis software packages: UciNet, NetDraw, and NodeXL.
Who should attend:
- Professionals in People Analytics, Human Resources, or Knowledge Management interested in gaining hands-on capability to conduct all or part of ONA studies.
- Professionals with responsibility for overseeing ONA projects who want more in-depth understanding of the process.
- Managers interested in exploring network data on their own.
You can attend all six webinars or select those most suited to your needs.