Exploring the dominant media
The document discusses how media use in organizations reflects norms and affects performance. It notes that some key organizational norms discussed are having a paperless office, transparency, and democratized decision making with open communication and networked employees. It then provides survey results that show most employees are allowed to access social networking sites at work, though sites are actively blocked for some. The results also indicate social media use can increase efficiency and creativity for many employees and those who browse for personal reasons at work are more productive. It concludes new communication patterns develop with technologies like instant messaging and companies may struggle to recruit if they restrict favored technologies.
Exploring the dominant media
- 1. How does media use reflect organizational norms and affect performance Business Communication Assignment 29 Aug 2011
- 2. ? Paperless Office ? Transparency ? Democratized decision making ? Open communication ? Networked employees
- 3. 1. Are all, some, or no employees permitted to access social networking sites at work for non-business use? 2. Is there an advantage or disadvantage to your business to allow employees access to social networking sites while at work for business and non business use? none, 25% all, 48.30% 3. Are socialAdvantage for business and non business use 31% networking sites actively blocked at work? 55.2% Advantage for business use but disadvantage for non business use some,26.7 3.4% Disadvantage for business use but advantage0% non business use for 70.7% 10.3% Disadvantage for business and non business use Disad vanta yes ge for Dis busin adv 29.3% ess ant Disadva no use age ntage Di but for for
- 4. ? 65% of employees said that social networking has made them more efficient ? 46% said that it sparked their personal creativity ? Those who engage in leisure browsing at workplace are 9% more productive than those who don¡¯t ? New "patterns of communication" develop around IM ? Companies will find it harder to recruit savvy workers if they don't let them use their favored technology
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