International Business Machines Corporation
ASSESSING AN INDIVIDUAL'S COMPETENCIES THROUGH SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYSIS

Abstract:

Aspects of the invention include a computer-implemented method including extracting, by a processor, a component of an identified competency from an underlying competency framework and creating, by the processor, a list of social networking elements associated with the extracted component of the identified competency. The method analyzes, by the processor, the created list of social networking elements of a social network of an individual using structural analysis and content analysis and combines, by the processor, the structural analysis and the content analysis in a model to determine a score for the individual for the component of the identified competency.