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You are required to write a short report which details your existing network, explores your relationship with your Superconnector and demonstrates how you will improve the network to help you achieve your personal and professional goals. Please use the following format:
Title page
Provide an appropriate title for the report which indicates the key idea you have learned about networking (hint: do this once the whole report has been written).
Introduction: Mapping your network (500 words)
Read the article by Brian Uzzi and Shannon Dunlap (2005), ?How to build your network?, Harvard Business Review, in the Course e-Reader.
Create a table similar to the one entitled ?How to map your network? on page 56 and fill this table in, as it relates to one particular aspect of your life (eg. career aspirations, work, study, sport, extra-curricular activities, etc). Remember to write an introductory paragraph, provide the table with an appropriate title, and clearly identify the Superconnector.
Write a description and analysis explaining the connections between each of the people in your network, identifying the ?Superconnector?, how you met, how they contribute to your area of interest, and so on. Analyse the network by drawing on ideas from Uzzi and Dunlap (2005); for example, which of the principles discussed by Uzzi and Dunlap are evident in your network (self-similarity principle, proximity principle, share activities, etc)?
Building the relationship with your Superconnector (800 words)
You are required to interview your Superconnector or other key person in your network. The challenge is to find common ground and forge new connections by discussing the interviewee?s networks (for example, in relation to work, sport, hobbies, interests, family, etc). You may conduct your interview face to face or via electronic means or telephone. You can either provide your interview questions as an appendix, or use the questions as sub-headings for this section of the report. Some suggestions for questions are as follows, but you may use any questions you think are appropriate:
1. Please tell me about your various interests (and let me tell you about mine).
2. Please tell me about the key people in each of your networks (and let me tell you about mine).
3. Are there any people in my network you would like to meet?
4. Can you think of any people in your network who you think I would like to meet, or would like to meet me?
5. Are there any other activities that we might both enjoy doing together in the future?
You should analyse and comment on the responses from the interviewee, using at least two academic sources. Please do not simply recount the interviewee?s responses, but use ideas from academic sources to reflect on those responses and consider how your relationship with your Superconnector can be strengthened.
Conclusion (200 words)
Provide a concluding paragraph which demonstrates how you will build and maintain your network in the future. In particular, consider how your network and your Superconnector will assist you in achieving your personal and professional goals.
References
Please use Harvard author-date style throughout the report and provide a full reference list which matches your in-text references.
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