Social Relationships and Networks in School Organizations

Harvard HGSE

Schools, like all organizations, are social systems. This means successful school outcomes cannot be achieved by simply having the right policies, programs, and routines. Social relationships also matter for school outcomes. This course uses the conceptual, analytical, and technical tools of social network analysis to help students think more systematically about how social relationships in schools matter. By the end of the course students will be able to answer questions such as: How does…