Every college student steps on campus with aspirations of one day joining the workforce within their desired career and work place, and in today's day and age social media will inevitably be apart of nearly every workplace across the nation. However tweets and likes generally get a bit of a bad wrap for making employees unproductive and distracted. Which is why this article struck me to be so interesting. I think for anyone in a leadership within a company would find this study to be a bit surprising. I guess i just never thought Facebook or Twitter could actually contribute to better skills within the workplace.
Everyone has the rebellious trait that says: "do the opposite of what is said." When a company or business tells a new employee that there can be no use of social media, then most likely the employee will be more secretive and deceptive when it comes to use of social media and cellular phones. If you set clear boundaries accompanied with a degree of freedom, then there will be less urge to push the boundaries. Some companies I have worked for have seen even better productivity by giving a designated time for employees to breakaway from work issues, and take a short break (10-15 minutes) to do with as they please. This leads to better productivity because of less daily burnout.
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ReplyDeleteThis article is very interesting. Social media does allow the worker to become less productive, but when used correctly it can help a business thrive. More people are becoming aware of jobs or various companies thanks to popular sites promoting on them. It all comes down to the employee and their environment to determine whether or not social media will become a problem in the workplace.
I work for a non-profit organization and therefore we are very limited on the money we can spend on advertising. To help the companies revenue I spend a good part of my day seeking out pages, hashtags, accounts, and people who might be interested in seeing our museum. I also am the administrator of our museum's Facebook page and I spend a lot of my work day on there talking with other museums or interacting with people from all over. I also do a lot of posting on my own page using hashtags or links to help get likes for the museum's page. I think when used correctly, and efficiently social media in the work place can be a great tool.
ReplyDeleteI work for a non-profit organization and therefore we are very limited on the money we can spend on advertising. To help the companies revenue I spend a good part of my day seeking out pages, hashtags, accounts, and people who might be interested in seeing our museum. I also am the administrator of our museum's Facebook page and I spend a lot of my work day on there talking with other museums or interacting with people from all over. I also do a lot of posting on my own page using hashtags or links to help get likes for the museum's page. I think when used correctly, and efficiently social media in the work place can be a great tool.
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