Network theory can be traced back to Simmel, who develops a structural analytical approach to delineate the properties of small groups and social situations that affect behaviour across a range of social contents. Network studies thrive across sociology, anthropology, political science, strategic and organizational studies and entrepreneurship. In sociology, network theory seeks to understand social life through the patterns and process of social relations. A social relationship can be viewed as an opportunity for social interaction, history of shared experience, and a means of need satisfaction. A social network is a collection of connected social relationships. If a set of relationship is connected in a regular way In the pursuit of common ends, so that a significant portion of actors shared experience and memory stems from these activities, one speaks more precisely as a corporation or organization. Take “friends” as an example of network, the accommodation of personal interest as a form of collective ends is a central to the existence and extension of a network.

Priya R Nair

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