Enterprisology

In addition to any formal organizational structure, a lot of what is accomplished in organizations is done informally, in spite of the standard systems. A discipline has grown up around studying patterns of informal interaction, and forms the basis for this architectural view. Tools and applications address social networking to enable communities of interest and practice. (Granovetter, 1973)

Elements:

• role-players
• organizations
• ties
• strength of tie
• information transfer
• types of social bonds, such as friendship, collegiality, sexual, dependence.