Tactics to Make Your Business a Networked Organization, Part 1

A value network analysis helps communities of practice negotiate for resources and demonstrate their value to different groups within the organization. It's possible to develop scorecards, conduct return on investment and cost/benefit analyses, and drive decision making.

Because the value network approach addresses both financial and nonfinancial assets and exchanges, it expands metrics and indexes beyond the lagging indicators of financial return and operational performance to also include leading indicators for strategic capability and system optimization.