NETWO
RKDefined as agroup of
people with whom we
interact daily and it
happens that each time
we take an interest in a
school, get together, visit
from our religious
gathering, chat with our
neighbors, and interface
with our companions on
the web.
4.
NETWO
RKThis includes ourfamily,
companions, colleagues,
and technology enhances
the varied networks
regardless of our location.
Awareness concerning
social networksis
important to the extent
that people are uncertain
who is connected to
whom. It is a means of
developing contact and
exchange of information.
Networks are a “Set of
Nodes and Set of Ties”
(Brass, 1994)
7.
It provides usthe
opportunity to interact
with people outside of our
regular social circle. It is
vital also to
entrepreneurs,
professionals, and job
seekers.
Networks are a “Set of
Nodes and Set of Ties”
(Brass, 1994)
DENSI
TY
• The Densityof a network is based on
the number of connections between
and among the actors.
• Density also tells how concentrated or
crowded something is.
11.
HIERARC
HY
• System ororganization in which people
or groups are ranked one above the
other according to status or authority.
• Hierarchy describes a system that
organizes or ranks things, often
according to power or importance.
12.
COMPLE
XITY
• Complexity isthe extent to which a link
between actors serves a multiplicity of
interests in the community.
• The more complex relations have been
considered to have higher tie strength.
13.
INTERDEPEN
DENCE
• Interdependence ismutual
dependence between things.
• We often use interdependence to
describe complex systems. Example,
marriage creates a state of
interdependence between spouses.
14.
EMBEDDE
DNESS
• The networksof relations within each
person are rooted including family,
friends, and acquaintances.
Greg Githens definedstrategic
thinking as the individual’s
capacity for thinking
conceptually, imaginatively,
systematically, and
opportunistically with regard to
the attainment of success in the
future.
STRATE
GIC
THINKI
NG
The word “success”needs to be
considered in the context of the
usual meaning of the word
strategy; that is, some field of
competition where the strategy
exploits advantage and leads to
a desirable outcome for the
strategist.
SUCCES
S
ORIENT
ED
19.
For example:
Success ina game involves
winning within the boundaries of
a set of game rules.
SUCCES
S
ORIENT
ED
20.
Strategic thinking involves
lookingtowards the future with
an appreciation that present-
moment decisions will have an
impact on the future. The future
may be very different from the
status quo.
FUTURE
ORIENT
ED
21.
Any kind ofthinking is governed
by the mind, or more specifically
the brain. Commonsense tells us
that individuals – even people
who are genetically identical –
think differently and have
different learned responses to
coping with the world around
them.
22.
• Intuitive Thinkingis “quick and
ready insight”
• Far more than using common
sense because it involves
additional sensors to perceive
and get aware of the
information from outside.
Sometimes, it is referred to as
gut feeling, sixth sense, inner
sense, instinct, inner voice,
spiritual guide, etc.
NTUITIVE
THINKIN
G
23.
• Oxford Dictionariesdefine
intuition as “the ability to
understand something
instinctively, without the need
for conscious reasoning.”
NTUITIVE
THINKIN
G
MOTIONAL
INTUITIVE
THINKING
This has todo with your
ability to immediately
pick up on other
people’s personality
traits or emotional
states. You can see who
they are, or how they
are, without them
having to say anything.
26.
MENTAL
INTUITIVE
THINKING
This is aboutfinding an
immediate answer to a
problem, without
analyzing it. It’s very
common in people with
jobs that require quick
decisions, like
firefighters or bomb
technicians.
27.
PSYCHIC
INTUITIVE
THINKING
This means havingthe
ability to choose the
best path to overcome
a personal difficulty,
without putting much
mental effort into it. It
also means being able
to pick up on social and
work-related dynamics.
28.
SPIRITUAL
INTUITIVE
THINKING
This has todo with
states of
“enlightenment” or
“revelations”. They’re
more of an experience
than a fact. Buddhists
talk about this kind of
intuition more than
anyone else, which has
given it a mystical
quality