Posts Tagged ‘community’

Gender study on online behavior: women’s online behavior

Posted by Leila Summa on July 11th, 2009 under literature reviewTags: , , , ,  • No Comments

“Women of all ages are
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I vs WE

Posted by Leila Summa on July 6th, 2009 under web researchTags: , , , ,  • No Comments

“There is no I in a team”
“The inherent need of humans to be individuals limits team effectiveness”
“Ambition and insecurity always undermine cooperation”
“The reality can be disappointing. First, most performance management systems emphasize individual performance. Performance management focuses on compensation, which is essentially individual in many organizations. “
“Second, although team performance is not the sum of [...]

Comparison: Nature and organisation

Posted by Leila Summa on June 23rd, 2009 under web researchTags: , , ,  • No Comments

“In any natural organization there is a gradient of intimacy and utility. The parts that we use the most are closest.”
“What it shows is that a natural organization – in this case a productive garden – has a functional hierarchy. The zones all have a focus but all support the larger whole. Even the edge [...]

A community thrives by its connections, not by its collections

Posted by Leila Summa on June 23rd, 2009 under web researchTags: , , ,  • No Comments

“Growing a community is not just adding new members. It requires adding both people and relationships — nodes AND links. Node counts are important in social networks, but it’s the relationships — and the patterns they create — that are key! A community thrives by its connections, not by its collections! It’s the relationships, and [...]