Reciprocity ring teaching social networks pdw ao m 2013 baker
1. Teaching Social Networks PDW
Academy of Management 2013 Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL (August 10, 2013)
The Reciprocity Ring™
Wayne Baker
Chair, Management & Organizations
Robert P. Thome Professor of Business Administration
Ross School of Business, University of Michigan
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2. Outline
Origin of the idea
Description
Overview of typical session
Materials and support
9. The recipe in brief
Set up
Introduction – stories, examples, definitions
Run 1 or 2 rounds of the Reciprocity Ring
• 1 round of requests ~1.5 hours
• 2 rounds of requests ~ 2.5 hours
Conclusion
10. Introduction
“The touchstone of social
capital is the principle of
generalized reciprocity. I’ll
do this for you now, without
expecting anything
immediately in return and
perhaps without even
knowing you, confident that
down the road you or
someone else will return the
favor.” Putnam (2000)
12. “Designers call these meetings to seek the help of other
designers at IDEO who are not already involved in the
project…. The designers who attend brainstorming
sessions do so because they believe they can contribute
distinctive technical solutions to the problem and
because, if they don’t help with others’ projects, the favor
will not be returned.”
“These interactions made visible the norms for
asking for help, sharing knowledge, and giving
help….”
Hargadon and Sutton 1997
Organizational Practices:
Brainstorming & Monday Morning Meetings
13. "Always go to other people's
funerals, otherwise they
won't come to yours.“
- Yogi Berra
