"Social network analysis is the mapping and measuring of relationships and flows between people, groups, organisations...."
This is a kite diagram developed by David Krackhardt. The nodes represent the people and the links represent relationships. "Social network analysis provides both a visual and mathematical analysis of human relationships." Drawing one of these based on the interactions discovered during research activities with my participants would provide an image and quantitative explanation of my very wordy and qualitative data. This form of analysis is very common in organisations and companies. Organisational network analysis "reveals the managerial nervous system that connects everything." It's a great way of discovering influential roles within a company and highlighting important networks of communication.
I attempted to draw a kite diagram representing my chosen participants during a pre and post show situation.
Degree centrality
We can see above that the head carpenter node has the most direct connections during pre and post show set up - he is therefore known as the hub.
Betweenness centrality and closeness centrality
We can see that the company manager/resident director is the main broker in the network. He is between two important constituencies, the cast and the crew. Therefore he acts as our main point of communication and has a responsibility to relay information. He also, both directly and indirectly, has the quickest access to all nodes in the network. It means that he is a great influencer and innovator of ideas that go through it and has the best insight in to the goings on within the company. This responsibility makes him an integral figure in regards to our company's success and facilitation of roles.
Peripheral players
On the diagram we can see that the performers, wig and departments have least direct connections during the pre and post show set ups. We can therefore conclude that this process is more focussed on the technical elements of the show coming together.
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I really struggled to draw a diagram representing the daily show situation - there were links everywhere and visually, it looked confusing! Althouh we have discovered from previous literary sources that hierarchy and leadership/directorial roles are required within theatre, this in order to successfully manage and organise interdisciplinary practice, it seems a bit more complicated than a business organisation or company in regards to social network analysis. I believe this is because it holds less of a linear formation in relation to hierarchy. As it is more of a collaborative and interpersonal process, it means there are more links involved between nodes.
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