Analyzing the Structure of Social Network and Organizational Management in a Nonprofit Organization that Promotes Local Revitalization

Abstract

Based on the hypothesis that actors playing a central role in a leading nonprofit organization could have high consciousness of the organizational management, this study conducted research on the correlation between centrality of social network and consciousness of organizational management in Maniwa-juku which is a nonprofit organization for a local revitalization. The results showed the correlation between social network and organizational climate. The case of Maniwa suggested that organizational climate, value and organizational learning are the essential components to contribute toward making the forward-thinking organization.