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In Good Company: How Social Capital Makes Organizations Work
by Don Cohen, Laurence Prusak
from Harvard Business School Press

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• Social Capital is the leading edge for HR measurement- pay attention
  The Information Age has put a premium on ideas and intellectual capital is more valuable today than ever. Knowledge has always resided within organizations, therefore the very sought after intellectual capital is a critical resource that resides within the employees of a company. Although these employees possess intellectual capital, with the emergence of technology, globalization, and the rise of free agency, another resource has emerged: social capital. This social capital is made-up of human connections,... more info

• Work as Social Process
  Why do new CEOs staff the company with their men?
  Why are women under-represented un the business world?
  Why could some succeed in launching and establishing new enterprises while other couldn¡¯t manage do so?
  Why are the MBA degree craved, while there is no link between MBA results and future salary?
  Social capital is supposed to be the answer to these questions. Social capital is widely exploited to emphasize the social nature of work: the work is the social process. Previously,... more info

• I was glad someone noticed!
  This is a good and helpful read. While Cohen and Prusak do tend to say a lot of things that one has a gut feeling of but has never read or heard someone say aloud about working relationships, some of it was really fascinating. They have a particularly interesting chapter on chat and storytelling and the functions those activities serve at work. The theme of the book is that organizations should invest in social capital the way they invest in other kinds of capital, but that such investments can't be faked.... more info

• Pointing Out the Intangible Values of Positive Connection
  "Social capital consists of the stock of active connections among people, the trust, mutual understanding, and shared values and behaviors that bind the members of human networks and communities and make cooperative action possible." What is new about this book is that it applies this sociological concept to business enterprises.

  As the authors point out, having more social capital inside an organization is good, but it is not sufficient to create a successful enterprise. Digital Equipment is used as an... more info

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