As the debate of whether or not accessing social media sites should be allowed at the work place comes in to question we must ask ourselves, what are the benefits of allowing employees to facebook, twitter, blog, etc. while on the clock? In this article titled, Coming Face-to-Face with Social Media at Work we see the pros and cons of what social networking can do to ones business. As Robert Half is the corporation I have been following this semester has done vital research through it's technology sanction I found their information quite interesting.
Do you believe allowing access is legitimate? Explain.
As this could obviously cause some performance issues, do you believe it will be avoidable in the future? If so how would you propose to achieve that?
What do you suggest businesses do in addition to the tips Robert Half gives in order to make the most of marketing online?
the article made it seem like the pros of allowing social media in the work place outweighs the negatives.... i guess if you regulate what is put out their about your company, it could be a good thing to get all of that extra publicity, so in some ways it is legit.
ReplyDeleteumm good question... i guess if i had a company, they would not be on the computer as much as someone who works in a office....(fashion design)... but i think i wouldn't prohibit it... i guess i would make a trade off, like for every 10mins you are on a social media site you have to 'advertise' something about the company.... whether there is a product or what have you....
make some sort of agreement! like i mentioned above....~
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I belive allowing access for work related postings is beneficial. I am not sure how I feel about allowing the use of social media for personal use during work hours. However, with Facebook and other social media having apps for smart phones, one can easily access during work hours for personal use. I think it would be hard to ban the use of Social Media in the workplace. They can ban the websites on the company's computers, but they cannot ban them on their employees cell phones.
ReplyDeleteThe problem is that sometimes when employees are given a privilege go use social media like facebook, twitter, or business IMing, they abuse it; they begin going on constantly to socialize, update their status, and "facebook stalk," causing them to not get their work done. I do not think that businesses will be able to completely avoid the used of social media, but I do think they are able to control it. I think businesses should have strictly a marketing team that uses social media as one of their tools.
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