...On Line Social Networking The purpose of this paper is to introduce, discuss, and examine the social network of Facebook and the effects it has on society. As a society Facebook has brought us together and torn us apart at the same time. Facebook is on line network that was launched by Mark Zucjerburg, Dustin Moskovitz, Eduardo Savearn, and Chris Hughes all were students at Harvard University. It was launched in February 2004. Facebook is a medium for communication. A user creates a profile. With this profile the user can add a photo, a list of personal information, contact information, personal interest, and personal information. A user can use Facebook to commutate with friend, family, coworkers, and classmates. A user can commutate through both public and private messages. The user can chat on line, post family and friend’s photos, and post events. According to Social Media Today in April 2010 an estimated 41.6% of the United States population had a facebook account. In July 2011 facebook had more than 750 million active users. With the use of the Internet and social networking people have found no need to communicate with others in person as they once did. People become accustomed to communicating over e-mail, IMs, and wall postings. We can lose basic manners and social skills. People are also always connected to their virtual community, so they will think there is no need to talk to or meet new people. Think of waiting at the doctor’s office. 10 years...
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...Business and Support Systems MGMT305-1102B-11: Management Information Systems American Intercontinental Uni July 3, 2011 Abstract In the following paper there will be a discussion of three case studies and the questions at the end of each case study will be answered. Managing with Web 2.0 How do Web 2.0 tools help companies manage knowledge, coordinate work, and enhance decision making? Web 2.0 tools consist of blogs, wikis, and social networks and are power tools to assist in boosting productivity and communication. The software used to support these systems are virtually inexpensive and very user-friendly and can be used to allow upper management to view progress on projects from either teams and their project managers to IT staff developing the newest technology and programs to use What business problems do blogs, wikis, and other social network tools help solve? The problems that blogs, wikis, and social networks help to solve would be miscommunication and allows those who work at home or all over the world to be able to communicate. It also decreases the amount of money spent on long distance phone calls and traveling expenses racked up due to business. Describe how a company such as Wal-Mart or Proctor & Gamble would benefit from using Web 2.0 tools internally. Both Wal-Mart and Proctor & Gamble are two companies that are large enough to benefit from the use of Web 2.0 tools; blogs and wikis. In my opinion these two of the three would be best...
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...The salesperson’s role in CRM success: Exploring the value of salespersons’ mapping of buying centre structure Prabakar Kothandaraman, William Paterson University, NJ, USA Raj Agnihotri, William Paterson University, NJ, USA* Rolph E. Anderson, Drexel University, Philadelphia, USA Perhaps the most important, yet underutilised resources in customer relationship management are salespeople. Drawing upon literature from social network theory, personal selling, sales management, and industrial buying behaviour, buying centre mapping is proposed as a tool for salespeople to improve customer relationship management (CRM). A framework linking a salesperson’s systematic mapping of buying centre structure to the CRM strategy development and implementation is outlined. Implications for theory and practice are discussed in detail. Keywords Industrial buying, Salespeople, CRM, Social network keywords Introduction The man who correctly understands how a particular structure works can prevent it from working or make it work differently with much less effort than a man who does not know these things. Bailey (1969, p. 108) Development of marketing strategies and tactics relies heavily on the ability of salespeople to understand buying organisations that they deal with and to bring that knowledge back to disseminate throughout the selling organisation for better customer relationship management (CRM). Managing customer relationships is the focus of successful business-tobusiness marketing...
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...June (Ji Hyun) Kim ENGL121-105 Professor Pride Due: March/13th/2013 Effects of Facebook: The beginning of a more open and connected world As technology has advanced, the social network has enabled people to communicate each other easily. As Villier states, “[n]ow with all the different ways of communicating through social media, spreading ideas has become much easier.”Some people claim that such development of openness interrupts individual’s expectation of privacy. Others also state that commonly used social media, such as Facebook, makes people to spend much time and to be addicted. However, it is true that Facebook has become the most mutual source to build social life these days. Therefore, Facebook is a useful program to build social network effectively in that it connects people from different communities and allows people to improve social problems and business by creating public pages. First of all, Facebook connects people easily, no matter where people live. With search engine provided by Facebook, people can look for their friends or distant family members. By adding friends, people can stay connected with others; as their every post shows up on Home page. Not only does Facebook allow people to view other individuals’ activities and their lives, it also allows people to post themselves visible to others. Zachery writes that “[r]ather than trying to contact a lot of people individually, you can reach them with one post.” Also, Villier mentions in her article that...
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...Performance Reviews via Social Networks LaTavia Willis Dr. Sherbert HRM 500 May 15, 2012 Abstract In this assignment I will be expressing my views on the reference of social networking and how it applies to the daily supplement of assessing performance and the development of employees. This assignment will describe my response in regards to “If you have regular conversations with people, and they know where they stand, then the performance evaluation is maybe unnecessary.” My views whether I agree or disagree with what the statement presents. I will also be comparing and contrasting the effectiveness of the social network performance review to the following age groups: veterans, baby boomers, generation X and Y. “The biggest payoff of these social network style tools may prove to be better performance by the boss.” To state whether or not this statement justifies the time and cost of implementing these systems and provide a rationale. Finally the discussion in this assignment consist of O’Toole statement: “It has been said that Americans are increasingly overworked.” Whether social network type evaluations aid or hinder the overworked American. This assignment will fully explain all views that need to be answered. Introduction: I agree with the statement, “If you have regular conversations with people, and they know where they stand, then the performance evaluation is maybe unnecessary.” In this assignment my views will be proven. I will also be comparing and...
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...then the performance evaluation is maybe unnecessary.” I would have to disagree with the above statement. In my opinion and experience, I have seen some individuals who have a wonderful relationship with their supervisor or boss, but their work performance was a totally different story. I have also seen instances where individuals have poor work performance, but because of their availability and the fact that they are the only one who is willing to do a certain job they get away with a lot. I think that a performance evaluation is necessary and it needs to be written or typed out, dated, and signed. There are so many things happening as far as lawsuits that you can never be too vulnerable. I understand that a few companies have the social sites, but a standard evaluation record would not hurt. Sometimes supervisors or managers do not communicate an individual’s performance in regular conversations. Some people really do believe that if they have a good relationship with their supervisor then they have nothing to worry about and when an evaluation is done they are shocked at the scores or recommendations for improvement. I remember when I worked as an assistant store manager, I had some excellent workers and we had good relationships with one another. As the manager of those employees I still saw areas that could use some improvement and I relayed this to them during evaluations. There are other times when managers will tell an employee to improve their work, but because...
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...Social Enterprises' Social Capital as a source of Competitive Advantage Author: Mario Tani PhD Student University of Naples “Federico II” Department of Business Administration mario.tani@unina.it Abstract The numerous economical and financial crisis in the last few years have been matched by the acknowledgement of new specific needs often not fully covered by market players or public-funded ones. These events have sped up the acknowledgement process of Social Enterprises, those non-profit organizations offering products and services, often as a bundle of both, in the open market trying to go beyond the mere financial sustainability in order to collect resources to foster innovation processes that are one of their main characteristics. These enterprises play in the open market where they have to compete against for-profit enterprises too this is successfully done overcoming several critical points. One of them comes out of a different view of the Corporate Social Responsibility; it is one of driving principles of social enterprises while it is considered to be subdued to financial report indexes in the for-profit corporation (when it is not used only if it is instrumental in enhancing them). Another critical point is the lack of managerial tool able to leverage on their distinctive characteristics as the core of a strategic decision making process to create an economically-sustainable differentiated offer without going against their social mission. The main...
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...Generation Y. Educational Leadership Abstract: “The article offers several ideas for educational leaders to prepare their school district to recruit teachers from Generation Y, those who are born between 1977 and 1995. It is suggested to analyze the school district's web site and its human resources section for its user-friendliness, design, and teacher candidate accessibility. The application process of the school district should include electronic application programs. Other suggestions are discussed including using electronic and social media to advertise open positions.” Annotated Bibliography: This article explains the importance of the online recruitment of teachers for a new generation of the work force, the Generation Y.As an individual of this generation, even though I am not pursuing to be a teacher, I agree with the recruiting approaches the article suggests. An attractive and user-friendly web site and advertising through suitable social media were discussed. I believe these approaches apply not only on the education field but many recruiting strategies in different careers for the Gen Y. Internet is used incredibly widespread nowadays especially for the new generations such as Gen X, Gen Y and teenagers. People who have access to the internet would obtain ton of information even more than they expected. It then became an effective way for employers to recruit people by launching information up on the internet. This way is inexpensive and the message can be delivered...
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...(Drugwatch, 2013). Yaz is also known to put women at a higher risk of hypertension (high blood pressure), blood clots, liver function, disturbances, liver tumors, anaphylactic reactions, changes in glucose levels that can lead to diabetes and worsen lupus (Drugwatch, 2013). The advantage for using social media is that it will spread all over the social networks like Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and Path. Females that have any of those social network accounts will be the main ones to help put the word out about Yaz encouraging other women to avoid taking this type of birth control. For example, promoting that Yaz has a recall on their drugs will help prevent women lives and their health. Yaz company does not care rather it is taking women lives and making their health at high risk, Yaz company only cares about rather their product is going to sell or how much money they going to make. Disadvantages for putting it on social media, the person who owns the social network receives an e-mail from that company stating that they want all the people that has been promoting the recall of the their drug to be reported and possibly try their best to get them kicked off the social network site. Social network is not the only way to communicate with women but television as well. New stations keeps up with the latest recalls on food, toys, cars, but most important drugs...
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...works to connect the cloud to your car Toyota is teaming up with Microsoft for an Internet service that links cars, home computers and smartphones so users can find nearby tourist spots, connect on social networks and learn about new models. The beefed up version of Toyota's Internet site Gazoo.com starts May 30 in Japan, and will be based on "cloud" computing from Microsoft called Windows Azure. Overseas plans are still undecided. According to the U.S. software giant, it is the first time the technology, which also uses Sharepoint software, is being used for a company site. Gazoo.com users tripled over the last five years to 1.65 million. Toyota Motor Corp. said Friday it wants to raise that to 2 million over the next year. All the world's major automakers are working on similar technology to bring autos up-to-date with the Internet age, from finding restaurants to helping ensure safe driving. But a major motive for Toyota is appealing to younger Japanese, who are rapidly losing interest in buying cars and are spending their money on smartphones and video games. The trend is so widespread there is a coined phrase, "kuruma banare," or "departure from cars." Among the Net content in the works are video games, shopping-site links, virtual events and a special social network to chat about cars, according to Toyota. A smartphone application will guide drivers with an electronic voice to 30,000 destinations from 250 routes. The site will also offer information on more...
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...THE EVOLUTION OF TECHNOLOGY: COMPARING COMMUNICATION METHODS OF MODERN SOCIAL NETWORKS TO RURAL INDIGENOUS GROUPS [DO NOT CITE WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE AUTHORS] 1 ABSTRACT “It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity” (Einstein 1875-1955). This quote by Albert Einstein shows the vast technology changes experienced by humanity. The early indigenous tribes and groups had developed systems of communication and networks to conduct their daily activities (ie. trade, etc) with the use of technological resources which were far inferior compared to modern day. They created social networks to communicate and share common interests during their interactions. A social network defined is a social structure that encompasses individuals and organizations who become connected through sharing of common interests, for example in friendship, beliefs, knowledge, etc. In the modern era, post 1950s, humankind had begun to see a sharp climb in technology uses to ease daily tasks and activities. They created a social structure such that much of the interaction and creation of social networks revolves around the use of technology as a resource. Technology in the modern era has begun to be viewed as a means of effective communication and function for a majority of individuals. The comparison between rural indigenous groups of the past and the modern era communication methods can be studied to see whether technology has increased level of communication. ...
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...BOUNDARY SPANNING IN GLOBAL PROJECT NETWORKS Melissa Di Marco, 1 John E. Taylor 2 and Pauli Alin 3 ABSTRACT Projects are increasingly global in scope and outsourcing on projects increasingly common. Along with globalizing trends in projects, the workforce is also globalizing. It is common for engineers to move to other countries as expatriate workers or as emigrants to pursue job opportunities in other firms. Where much is known about global networks of engineers collaborating on projects, little is known about the mediating role played by individuals that share the same nationality as an international partner on a project. In this paper, we examine two project teams executing complex, reciprocally interdependent design projects in India. One team was comprised of Indians and Americans. The other team was identical, but also contained an Indian national who had studied and worked in the U.S.A. Both teams worked on similar design schedule optimization problems. Over the duration of three days we examined the interactions of the teams assembled to finalize their designs. Through quantitative network analyses and qualitative observations of the cross-cultural interactions, we found the Indian expatriate to play a cultural boundary spanning role resolving cross-cultural knowledge system conflicts and increasing collaboration effectiveness. We induce a propositional theoretical model of cultural boundary spanning in global project networks. KEYWORDS: Boundary spanning,...
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...balance within one’s life. Among other elements which need to be maintained, the foremost is the balance between professional and social skills. It is this balance which renews our human experiences and paves our way to success. This balance is achieved through networking; professional and social. Like all career paths in engineering practice this stability is vital as it equips us with the skills necessary for interaction with others. Thus the social and professional networking is highly invaluable to engineering as together they provide a balance ultimately leading to success in the field. By definition networking simply means connecting with people or operating with a network. Engineering at its core is about networking as it requires you to cooperate and work with other people within a team structure. To be successful in engineering one not only needs the social skills to connect with people but also the professional opportunities whereby one can apply those skills. Thus, the social and professional networks work in harmony providing balance in an individual’s life paving way to success. Professional networking in a broad definition provides professional development. In an article in Harvard Business Review, Ibarra, INSEAD Professor and Hunter an investigative journalist, describes networks of being three kinds . One is operational Network which is ‘to build good working relationships with the people who can help them do their jobs’ (Ibarra and Hunter 2007)[1]. This...
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...Drones are generally autonomous, generally flying robots that carry out various tasks, whatever is designated by their owner or their programmer. We have seen a rise in drones operating in many fields of both service and industry, and I believe in twenty years these drones will be just about everywhere. There have been several attempts to bring the social network, and really the online experience as a whole, into a new platform. Whereas now, just about everybody has a phone, in two decades I think just about everyone will have a personal drone. It will likely have a sort of holographic projection that will connect to everybody, or only those who you choose. It will carry your information if you wish, possibly your finances, and there will be thousands of ways to customize its appearance. It might be asked, couldn’t somebody snatch your drone and steal everything? My answer to that is in twenty years’ time, we will see a major increase in cyber and personal security alongside development of these drones. The assimilation of personal drones into our lives will have a massive impact in our lives. The greatest change will be a social change. We have already seen how smartphones, while incredibly useful for myriad reasons, created barriers between people. While improving our ability to communicate with our friends and to the entire world, the apps and flash player games gave everybody an excuse to ignore everyone and everything around us. Why talk to a stranger on the bus, or even...
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...while analyze consumers based on data gathered through online community nikeplus.com. It can be said that with the joining and growing of Nike + product, Nike has clearly positioned himself not just the sports apparel company, but also a "good partner of movement" in the true sense. λ NikeiD: With the popularity of the Internet in the United States, Nike began to try building a brand on the network as other companies. In 1999, Nike introduced the NikeiD website where products can be customized. Consumers can choose their favorite colors and materials, finally make their own products, and are able to get finished within a month. Soon NikeiD’s sales broke $100 million. In 2007, Nike continued to offer NikeiD Studio, which made customized concepts from online to off line. (Beaverton). This marketing model of consumer production personalized combine production and consumers’ needs, thus to establish a good communication link between Nike Inc. and the market. λ Joga: In 2006, Nike began to try social networks and online communities, and cooperate with Google to build a World Cup-related social network, called Joga. Joga.com allows fans from 140 countries communicate, talk...
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