Purpose

This activity will use a technique known as Social Network Mapping (SNM) to reveal the flow of information inside your organization.

When you have completed this activity you should be able to:

• use SNM to draw a map identifying the information flow within your organization

• identify people who facilitate and hinder the flow of information

• suggest ways of improving the information flow - and hence the power structure - within your organization

Benefits

Information is power. This activity identifies where power is seated within an organisation and where people may feel disenfranchised because they are excluded from information.

Related Solutions

Audience

Executives at all levels in the organisation focusing on the quality of internal communication and employee worth.

Learning method

Practical. Uses Social Network Mapping (SNM) to identify organisational information routes. The activity enables the learner to identify an action plan to rectify information by-passes.

Time to Complete

Length

pages

Participants

Price

(inc. VAT)