IDENTIFICATION OF ESSENTIAL EMPLOYEES BY SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYSIS

Aim of this article is to show how social network analysis could help companies overcome process or organizational changes, splitting or merging of companies. Creation and use of sociogram before an organizational change and evaluation of possible or probable effects of planned changes could ease and reduce its costs. During the organizational change one should consider how and when should be sub clusters within the network connected. Goal of this mapping is to provide all employees of the company information sources and connections which they need to work, making decisions or act efficiently.