My blog, Networks, Complexity, and Relatedness, comments on new articles, books, and resources on various aspects of social networks, analysis, research, and software. The list below is updated from time to time based on new things that I have encountered.

The resources are divided into the following sections:

• Articles
• Books
• Web Sites
• Patti Anklam's Conference Presentations

Articles:

" A Practical Guide to Social Networks," by Rob Cross, Jeanne Liedtka, and Leigh Weiss. Harvard Business Review, March 2005, Reprint R0503H.

" Making Invisible Work Visible: Using Social Network Analysis to Support Strategic Collaboration, by Rob Cross, Stephen P. Borgatti, and Andrew Parker. California Management Review, Vol. 44, No. 2, Winter 2002

"The People Who Make Organizations Go--or Stop," by Laurence Prusak; Rob Cross, Harvard Business Review June 2002 Reprint R0206G

"Knowing What We Know," by Rob Cross, Andrew Parker, Laurence Prusak, and Stephen P. Borgatti, conference at Batten Institute, Darden School, University of Virginia.

"Six Myths About Informal Networks and How To Overcome Them" by Rob Cross, Nitin Nohria and Andrew Parker in Sloan Management Review

“Karen Stephenson's Quantum Theory of Trust,” Art Kleiner, Shambhala Institute Fieldnotes, July 2005

"Designs for Working," Malcolm Gladwell, New Yorker Magazine

"How Networks Reshape Organizations for Results," by Ram Charam. Harvard Business Review, September-October 1991.

"What Creates Energy in Organizations?" by Rob Cross, Wayne Baker, and Andrew Parker. Sloan Management Review, Summer 2003.

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Books
The Hidden Power of Social Networks, Rob Cross and Andrew Parker, Harvard Business School Press, 2004

The Social Life of Information, John Seeley Brown and Paul Duguid, Harvard Business School Press, 2000.

Creating Value with Knowledge: Insights from the IBM Institute for Business Value, Eric Lesser and Laurence Prusak (Editors), Oxford University Press, 2004

The Wisdom of Crowds, James Surowiecki, Doubleday, 2004

Smart Mobs: The Next Social Revolution, Howard Rheingold, Basic Books, 2002

Networks in the Knowledge Economy, Lisa Sasson, Rob Cross, Andrew Parker, Oxford University Press, 2003

Six Degrees, The Science of the Connected Age, Duncan J. Watts, W.W. Norton, 2003

Nexus, Small Worlds and the Groundbreaking Science of Networks, Mark Buchanan, Norton, 2002

The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference, Malcolm Gladwell, Little, Brown, 2000

Linked, The New Science of Networks, Albert-László Barabási, Perseus Publishing 2002

Achieving Success Through Social Capital, Tapping the Hidden Resources in Your Personal and Business Networks, Wayne Baker, Jossey Bass Publishers, 2000.

In Good Company, How Social Capital Makes Organizations Work, Don Cohen and Laurence Prusak, 2001

Knowledge and Social Capital: Foundation and Applications, Eric L. Lesser (Editor), Butterworth Heinemann, 2000.

Living Networks, Ross Dawson, Financial Times/ Prentice Hall, 2003

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Web Sites

• http://www.robcross.org/ Rob Cross's Web Site contains examples from The Hidden Power of Social Networks
• orgnet.comValdis Krebs site for Inflow software, including great tutorials on SNA
• http://www.analytictech.com/ Stephen Borgatti’s site for UCINET and other tools as well as many tutorials and articles by Steve
• SOCNET mailing list. Primarily for researchers and academics, but often provides useful insights and links that are accessible to business users.
• http://www.sfu.ca/~insna/  International Network for Social Network Analysis.
• http://www.netform.com/ Karen Stephenson’s site has many good articles
• http://www.netvis.org/resources.php Summary of SNA resources, including software tools

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