Directions of organization‘s transformation into intellectual organization: review of social and intellectual capital theories

摘要

In order to highlight the factors of the formation of social and intellectual capital in the organization, the interconnection and the influence of the transformation process on the process of innovative activities within the organization, the problem was formed as a question: what are the interconnections between social and intellectual capital and how to develop them in the context of innovative activities of the transformation into an intelligent organization? Reviewing the theories of social and intellectual capital in the article, the constituents of social capital are discussed, the structure of intellectual capital is elaborated, interconnections between social and intellectual capital in the context of transformation of the organization are highlighted. Social capital is being formed by concerned participants acting in networks with different characteristics: bonding, bridging and linking. Participants of bonding social network are closely interconnected, they feel comfortable and experience the emotion of attachment. Participants of bridging social network have more personal possibilities due to the strong interconfidence among network participants, which determines individual future perspectives. Linking social network is identified as the connection based on organizational relationship. Such network links individuals with different status and makes them hear each other’s interests and needs and unite with the aim to initiate organizational changes. The result of social capital accumulation process depends on such components as development of social relations, declusterization, diversification of social networks, and coordination of individual, group and intergroup interests. Intellectual capital, being immaterial, acquires economic expression in the organizational processes, however, the list of its components is still in the process stage. [...]