Organisational Network Analysis for HR Leaders

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Organisational Network Analysis for HR Leaders

Course Category : Human Capital

An advanced programme for analysing organisational relationships, collaboration, knowledge flows, and influence networks to help HR leaders strengthen connectivity, organisational design, and workforce effectiveness.
Duration: 5 Days | Level: Advanced

Introduction

Formal organisational structures alone do not fully explain how work is accomplished. A significant proportion of organisational performance emerges through informal networks of relationships, collaboration, knowledge exchange, and influence across individuals and teams. Organisational Network Analysis (ONA) provides HR leaders with deeper visibility into these patterns beyond conventional organisation charts and workforce indicators.
This course introduces the concepts and methodologies required to interpret organisational networks, including relationship mapping, centrality, density, connectivity, influencers, brokers, and organisational isolation. It connects network insights with organisational development, talent management, change, collaboration, and knowledge flow while addressing appropriate privacy and governance considerations..

Targeted Audience

  • HR Leaders and Managers
  • Organisational Development Managers
  • People and Workforce Analytics Professionals
  • HR Business Partners
  • Talent Management Managers
  • Organisation Design Professionals
  • Change and Transformation Leaders
  • Workforce Planning Professionals
  • Organisational Culture and Effectiveness Professionals

Targeted Skills

  • Organisational Network Analysis
  • Relationship and Collaboration Mapping
  • Network Metric Interpretation
  • Influencer and Broker Identification
  • Knowledge and Information Flow Analysis
  • Organisational Isolation and Bottleneck Detection
  • Cross-Team Collaboration Assessment
  • Network-Informed HR Decision-Making
  • Network Data Governance and Privacy

Expected Outcomes

  • Explain Organisational Network Analysis and its relevance to HR leadership.
  • Distinguish formal organisational structures from actual work and collaboration networks.
  • Identify appropriate relationship types and data for network analysis.
  • Interpret core metrics including centrality, density, connectivity, and brokerage.
  • Identify influencers, brokers, and potentially isolated individuals or teams.
  • Analyse collaboration and knowledge flows across organisational boundaries.
  • Apply network insights to organisational development, talent, and change decisions.
  • Establish appropriate governance and privacy principles for organisational network data.

Training Topics Index

  • Organisational Network Analysis and its evolution in HR
  • Formal structures versus informal organisational networks
  • Nodes, ties, and relationships as network components
  • Collaboration, knowledge, trust, and influence networks
  • ONA use cases in organisational decision-making

  • Identifying organisational relationship data and sources
  • Designing network questions and defining analytical boundaries
  • Understanding network density, connectivity, and fragmentation
  • Degree, betweenness, and closeness centrality
  • Interpreting network maps and avoiding misleading conclusions

  • Identifying highly connected and influential individuals
  • Analysing brokers and bridges across organisational boundaries
  • Detecting bottlenecks and excessive dependency on key individuals
  • Identifying potentially isolated individuals and groups
  • Analysing knowledge and expertise flows across the organisation

  • Assessing collaboration and team effectiveness
  • Supporting organisation design and restructuring with network insights
  • Applying network analysis to talent and succession management
  • Mapping change networks and identifying transformation influencers
  • Supporting organisational integration, culture, and knowledge sharing

  • Defining business questions for ONA initiatives
  • Establishing an organisational framework for using network insights
  • Managing privacy, confidentiality, and ethical data use
  • Translating network findings into measurable organisational interventions
  • Developing indicators for connectivity, collaboration, and organisational effectiveness

Course Features

  • Updated and Interactive Content
  • Hypothetical Examples and Case Studies
  • Pre- and Post-assessments to Measure Impact
  • Verified Certificate with a QR Verification Code