http://www.talentsmoothie.com/blog/2010/01/its-not-just-big-corporates-banning-social-networking-sites/ Organisation Development Consultants Fri, 30 Apr 2010 10:55:28 +0200 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 http://www.talentsmoothie.com/blog/2010/01/its-not-just-big-corporates-banning-social-networking-sites/comment-page-1/#comment-579 Jonathan Gulliver Sun, 07 Feb 2010 20:24:52 +0000 http://www.talentsmoothie.com/?p=1014#comment-579 I'm at home, and I have just come off Facebook where I have been using the instant message facility to go through some work stuff with a colleague who works in Dubai, and therefore works on a Sunday. It surprises me how often I want to ask someone something while at work, and then have to wait until I am home when I can Facebook them. If we believe the pundits, social networking will become progressively more important, so that this occurrence will become more frequent. The natural rebel in us all is more likely to abuse their work time if they feel that they are not trusted than if they feel that the firm has faith in them. Despite this, a very small minority will still abuse the opportunity to use social networking sites, that same minority that are probably doing something other than work now. But if we can measure their internet use, at last we have a quantified means of knowing who they are, and can do something about it. That can't be bad. I’m at home, and I have just come off Facebook where I have been using the instant message facility to go through some work stuff with a colleague who works in Dubai, and therefore works on a Sunday. It surprises me how often I want to ask someone something while at work, and then have to wait until I am home when I can Facebook them. If we believe the pundits, social networking will become progressively more important, so that this occurrence will become more frequent. The natural rebel in us all is more likely to abuse their work time if they feel that they are not trusted than if they feel that the firm has faith in them. Despite this, a very small minority will still abuse the opportunity to use social networking sites, that same minority that are probably doing something other than work now. But if we can measure their internet use, at last we have a quantified means of knowing who they are, and can do something about it. That can’t be bad.

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