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Organizational Network Analysis & Data Visualization
Jacob Spiegler (presenting)Andrew Seredick
Sean GaffneyIAKM Kent State University
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Research Goal and Objective
• This research proposes to apply organizational network analysis to the transportation research community to investigate the efficiency and effectiveness of communication amongst the committees and organizations
• The proposal speaks to the needs of the Transportation Research Board (TRB) to map the transportation research network
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Research Questions Addressed
• How are knowledge and information shared within committees and between committees within groups?
• What does a successful communication network look like and where do they exist within TRB?
• How are knowledge and information shared between groups and how is this information shared back to committee members and friends?
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Data Set
• TRB provided 989 records representing members and their involvement on one or more committee or project
• Within the provided data set, 787 distinct people were identified
• Minimal, data clean up was performed by the KSU team– Some anomalies\gaps present but not major enough to
impact findings. – IE: missing data or incorrect states\addresses, titles, etc.
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Data OverviewDimensions
• TRB– Committee\Project– Section
• TRB Member – Role– Location (Country, State\
Prov, City, Address, Zip)– Education Level– Age– Title
• TRB Member Organization– Type– Group
Measures
• # of distinct people\members
• # records – TRB Committee\Project
assignments
• Average Member Age
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Research Methodology
• Construct Profiles for Individuals and Committees
• Construct Controlled Reference Sources for Profile Attributes
• Create Network Metrics and Construction of Three Networks– Organizational Network Analysis of TRB
Committee Members– Communication Network Map of TRB Committees – Knowledge Network Map
• Create Network Analysis
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Tools Used
• Qualtrics (https://www.qualtrics.com ) –
• Tableau Software (http://www.tableausoftware.com/)
• NodeXL (http://nodexl.codeplex.com)
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Constraints
• There were constraints that prevented the team from completing the analysis as fully as had been hoped. These included:
– Pilot test – Limited communications survey responses:
only 115 responses were received– Inability to access Dialog Science Citation
Index data to determine citation relationships
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ORGANIZATIONAL NETWORK ANALYSIS
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What is ONA?
• Organizational network analysis is the exploration and mapping of these networks both formal and informal.
• Knowledge is transferred through communication and networks.
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Value of an ONA
• Strives to make intangibles a bit more tangible.• Can give us new insights into old data.• Can reveal future risk factors and current
problem areas within the knowledge network.• Reveals the questions we should be asking.• Reveals key personnel within the network
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Section Graph
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Employer Type Graph
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Age Graph
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Communications Survey• Using Qualtrics software, a survey was designed and
administered to determine communication networks within the subset.
• Key questions involved:– Who does the member communicate with most often
within his or her committee (up to three)?• How often?• How?
– Who does the member communicate with most often outside his or her committee (up to three)?
– How often?– How?
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Communications Survey
• Demographic information was also collected in order to aid in the analysis– Name– Highest degree earned– Institution at which degree was earned– Degree subject matter focus– Current role– Areas of expertise (up to three)
• Survey URL: http://kentstate.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_234vDjo2CejqAdL
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Communication Network Graph
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DATA VISUALIZATION
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Targeted Research Questions
• What is the potential impact of Travel Restrictions or more remote access to information flow/committee participation
• What is the potential impact of baby boomer retirement/RIFs to TRB committees?
• Who are the key individuals in TRB for a new member to meet when they come onboard?
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Geospatial Analysis – Country Level
Observation: US will be focus of subsequent analysis…
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Geospatial Analysis – United StatesObservation: Regional membership concentration patterns emerge…
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Observation: Greater DC area = ~27% of total US membership
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East of Mississippi = 405 Members (61%)
West of Mississippi = 237 Members (36%)
Unknown State\Country = 23 Members (3%)
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Employer Type Concentration/Rank
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RECOMMENDATIONS GOING FORWARD
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Recommendations
• Consider doing more targeted exercises – subcommittees, task forces, intra-committee
• Consider doing broader analysis – all of TRB – to get a good picture of communications
• Consider experimenting with supplementary data sets
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Recommendations
• Complete a citation analysis to create a view of the knowledge network
• Make the ONA available on the TRB KMTF website so people can interact with it and make new observations
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THANK YOU! Comments and Discussion