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How should employers respond to the challenges posed by social networking tools at work?
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Ansatte fejler bravt på Facebook af Ulla Gunge Hansen
Hver tredje organisation har været nødt til at give ansatte reprimander for måden hvorpå de bruger sociale medier som Facebook. De ansatte mangler omtanke for, hvad der er i orden at skrive.
Tæt ved hver tredje arbejdsgiver har følt sig nødsaget til at påtale deres ansatte for at komme galt af sted på sociale medier på internettet, såsom Facebook og Twitter. Det viser en undersøgelse, som det engelske advokatfirma DLA Piper har gennemført, skriver Peoplemanagement.co.uk.
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Facebook giver kreative medarbejdere
Brugen af sociale medier på arbejdet fremmer innovativ og aktiv opførsel, viser hollandsk undersøgelse.
Selv om det er ilde set hos de fleste arbejdsgivere, så sidder en hel del danskere og roder med Facebook, Twitter og blogs i arbejdstiden.
Men nu viser en ny undersøgelse fra det hollandske analyseinstitut, TNO, at de sociale medier rent faktisk kan være med til at få kreativiteten og evnen til at få nye ideer til at spire hos medarbejderne, skriver Magasinet Arbejdsmiljø.
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Paulien Bongers, Innovation Director at TNO says, "The use of social media stimulates employee creativity and thinking. This creates new ideas that can benefit businesses."
As mentioned above, there are a number of attributes of social networking websites that are both beneficial and harmful to the business, but the question remains, is it beneficial for companies to let its employees use social network sites when they are at work?, summarizes bloghaj.
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Employers ‘fail to keep pace’ with social media
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| Knowing Your Tweet from Your Trend: Keeping Pace with Social Media in the Workplace |
Nearly a third of employers have disciplined staff for inappropriate behaviour on social media sites, according to a report suggesting employers are “failing to keep up” with online developments.
The report Knowing your tweet from your trend: keeping pace with social media in the workplace’ from law firm DLA Piper, found that most organisations recognise the value of a presence on sites like Facebook (86 per cent) LinkedIn (78 per cent) and Twitter (62 per cent).
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Source: peoplemanagement.co.uk
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Social networking and... How to develop a policy
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| Workplaces and Social Networking: The implications for Employment Relations (PDF) |
A recent research paper from the Institute of Employment Studies, commissioned by Acas, highlights the difficulties some employers are having in setting standards of behaviour for the use of social networking tools. The report advises employers to take a "common sense stance" to regulating behaviour and to draw on "norms that might apply in non-virtual settings". In other words, treat 'electronic behaviour' as you would treat 'non-electronic behaviour'.
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Source: Acas
