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Web 2.0 as a knowledge management tool
Web 2.0 as a knowledge management tool - By using social networking sites staff can recommend colleagues for their specialist know-how. It seems that the traditional “corporate skill map”, which used tools such as competencies, is no longer relevant - in that reputation is the now the key to success and reputation can be achieved with staff scoring or tagging colleagues who are judged to be experts on particular things. For more details see IBM uses social networking site as a knowledge management tool (Laura Chubb).
Work blogging at the South by Southwest Interactive 2009?
Work blogging at the South by Southwest Interactive 2009? - A summary of the proposal is as follows: From anonymously whistle-blowing on your money-grabbing, corrupt colleagues in the Stock Exchange, to taking your employers to court when they fire you for blogging, ‘outed’ British sex-blogger Girl with a one-track mind moderates a panel to find out: have bloggers now got the upper hand? With an outstanding and unique panel of British speakers, Bloggers: You’re Fired! will explore whether it is possible to combine blogging, anonymity and work – and how you can whistle-blow without getting caught.
Social networking, recruitment and HR podcast
See Social networking, recruitment and HR - episode 22. More details: The web is old news. Now it’s all about web 2.0. New CIPD research is looking at the role of web 2.0 innovations in HR. We asked the Royal Opera House, T-Mobile and IBM for their perspectives.
Work blog paper
Work blog paper - An earlier copy of my work blog-based research can be downloaded or read on-line here. [Work-related Blogs and News]
Work blog research
I finally managed to get something formally published from my research on work blogs.It is based on an on-line questionnaire that I distributed through the Internet around 2 or so years ago.It's called - 'Because I need somewhere to vent': the expression of conflict through work blogs.It's published courtesy of the New Technology, Work and Employment journal.The abstract reads:Employee resistance has traditionally been analysed as an activity that occurs in the work organisation.In recent years, new Internet communication technologies, such as blogs, have expanded the possibilities for employees to express conflict.This paper explores how these developments can add to our understandings of employee resistance to the labour process.