The open-ness of social networking may help improve communication if used wisely. Contrary to expectations there is evidence that where social networking has been implemented in businesses, incidences of bad behaviour are remarkably low. Networking within an organisation, offers the opportunity for employers to communicate in ways that have not been known before. Implementing social »
Trust in social media
| 18-09-12
A recent study suggests that social media’s poor take up in business is due to the business case being hard to make, a lack of understanding by leaders and resistance to new ways of working. There is also some fear of the unknown. I am unsure whether these are the main reasons. It is widely »
Dismissal for a social networking faux-pas can be fair, but not always
| 02-11-11
In a recent case it was found fair to dismiss an employee for derogatory comments about Apple products on a “private” Facebook page. The Gross Misconduct dismissal from an Apple store was fair because private pages do not necessarily remain private and the company had a clear policy in place. But in another case, where »
When private becomes public
| 26-10-11
As a student I attended a Liberal Society meeting where the Chief Constable of Durham was speaking. There were barely a dozen of us there, including me and the Chief Constable. During the course of the talk he indicated that, if it were left to him, he would have shot the Great Train robbers. It »
When private becomes public
| 26-10-11
As a student I attended a Liberal Society meeting where the Chief Constable of Durham was speaking. There were barely a dozen of us there, including me and the Chief Constable. During the course of the talk he indicated that, if it were left to him, he would have shot the Great Train robbers. It »
What are your employees tweeting about?
| 11-08-11
Any brand or commercial organisation should by now be monitoring any mention of itself on Twitter, Facebook and any up coming social media. There is old adage that if a customer liked your product or service they would tell five people and if they disliked it they’d tell twenty five. Today that might easily translate »
Care over networking
| 11-08-11
Regulate or liberate? Secretly many of us hanker after a world free of regulation where we can express ourselves freely and without the adverse judgement of autocracy. Whether social networking truly offers that opportunity is open to debate, but I’d suggest much of its success stems from that secret desire. However along with that lack »