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1.2 Unit 1: Networks and Networking – a Definition
A network can be described as a chain or system of interconnected and/or
intercommunicating organisation and/or people.
A network includes a social process involving its’ actors working in a comparable field
to achieve a common goal.
Networking can take place in form a loosely based occasional co-operation to more
formalised co-operation with defined standards of interaction and common work.
From the Ergo in net website http://www.ergoinnet.net/ :
“First to say, networking is to communicate between real people, even if we use
mostly virtual communication.
The idea of networking is to establish relationships with particular people and involve
oneself in particular professional communities.
A guidance network is usually formed by a group of guidance providers from a variety
of organizations who
• Have common area of interest
• Shared aims and objectives
• Wish to develop their service to clients through an exchange of information and
experience
• Establish new and effective working links
Nowadays, the development of networking is very linked with ICT. Even if the
principle of working altogether between professionals on a same task, a same theme,
in a same professional organization, was established long ago. We could have called
them work groups or associations or clusters...The daily use of the Internet has
developed this method reducing distance, delay of answers, allowing a greater
number of new networks to grow and develop, especially on an international basis.
Networking also includes a social process involving a certain number of actors to
achieve a common goal.
The formal aspect of networking varies between a loosely based occasional
cooperation between organisations that operate in the same field and a more
formalised interaction with agreed standards of operation.
Networking is the ability to use the different networks to develop and promote one’s
own professional activities, to exchange information and practices.
A counsellors’ network then could be a partnership between guidance providers to
offer the most effective guidance service to clients.
A characteristic of a guidance network is that it will result in more effective joint
working practices for both practitioners and their organisations.
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