strategy
Networking
Synonyms:
Establishing needed support networks Description:
The processes of operation and development of a communication network of some kind, whose structure may be largely decentralized and possibly based on informal relationships between individuals or groups, and mutual interests or goals.Networking in its more formal (hardware-based) sense is used to describe information, telecommunication, date and library networks which are increasingly augmented by computers at various points. Considerable use of mathematical techniques is made to determine and specify the most efficient processes.
Networking in its less formal (software-based) sense is increasingly used to describe the relationships between formal and informal groups, particularly at a grass-roots level. Networking is sharing....information, ideas, resources, opportunities. Facilitation of networking is the process of augmenting the communication between such groups by information centres which facilitate the formation of new contacts between groups and individuals with common interests.
Context:
The terms networking, meaning "cultivating useful others", has been in use since the 1940s, at least. It takes many different forms. The focus many be the individual or the team. The ties may be strong or weak. The form may be described with characteristics of "knots", "coalitions", "large distributed arrays" and in other metaphoric terms. The objectives of association may be economic or not; requiring frequent interaction or not; practice-based ("networked communities of practice", or based on more general shared interests ("networked communities of interest") and so on. Counter Claim:
So much time can be spent maintaining these relations that the individual or organization cannot act on its own goals. Narrower:
Networking youthNetworking usersNetworking womenAlumni networkingNetworking groupsNetworking peopleNetworking citiesNetworking croniesNetworking flightsNetworking juristsNetworking analystsNetworking childrenNetworking meetingsNetworking scholarsNetworking operatorsPromoting communication among engineersNetworking computersNetworking strategiesCreating help networkNetworking unemployedNetworking programmesGlobalizing networkingNetworking journalists Networking coordinatorsNetworking secretariatsNetworking youth scienceNetworking documentationNetworking school systemsNetworking tourist guidesCreating research networkDeveloping public networksNetworking social inventorsMaintaining business networkNetworking young journalistsNetworking women journalistsNetworking local authoritiesMaintaining industry networkOperating third world networkNetworking bangladesh studiesNetworking against arms tradeNetworking building activitiesNetworking enterostomal nursesNetworking international peersNetworking information centresProviding electronic networkingNetworking museum professionalsNetworking consulting engineersNetworking on sustainable energyNetworking independent producersNetworking environmental lawyersLocally grounded global networksSharing mutually beneficial ideasFacilitating reflection networkingStrengthening information networksNetworking professional secretariesNetworking life insurance companiesSharing experience across countriesDeveloping local sustaining networksCoordinating global advisory networkNetworking administrative informationNetworking microbial resource centresForming grassroots engagement networksForming grassroots engagement networksNetworking adolescent health associationsNetworking non-governmental organizationsProviding meeting places for single peopleNetworking international railway transportForming world-wide social change coalitionsDeveloping electronic networking capabilityNetworking among interested health agenciesDeveloping international network of mail artEstablishing regional interfacing structuresFacilitating contacts among marine biologistsNetworking small- and medium-sized enterprisesNetworking the environment and development arenaDistributing information about foodNetworking zoosOrganizing consumersDeveloping supportive global networkProfessionalizing securityNetworking training organizationsExchanging ophthalmologic practicesNetworking the fourth worldEmpowering Facilitates:
Exchanging informationFostering civil societyDisseminating informationPromoting internationalismDeveloping universal teaching methodsTransmitting accumulated knowledgeMaking conversation Facilitated by:
Holding global forumThinking contextuallyGlobalizing information flowStrengthening network capacityLaunching communication networkProviding electronic networking Values:
Support Organizations:
Basic Income Earth Network Drylands Programme Nordic Mobile Telephone Network Coordinating Committee for Intercontinental Research Networking Arab Scientific and Technical Information Network MAB Northern Sciences Network Africa 2000 Plus Network, Harare Parenteral European Network European Counter Network International Education and Resource Network International Indigenous Youth Network Southern African Non-Governmental Development Organization Network Transatlantic Policy Network Asia-Pacific Agroforestry Network World Scout Environment Network Top E - European Consulting Engineering Network Pacific Population Information Network European Social Science Java Network Eastern and Southern Africa Rootcrops Research Network Subjects:
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C: Cross-sectoral strategies