Comments on: Facebook and the office http://blogs.timeslive.co.za/hartley/2007/08/07/facebook-and-the-office/ Politics. News. New media. Old media. Mon, 21 May 2012 10:08:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: South African http://blogs.timeslive.co.za/hartley/2007/08/07/facebook-and-the-office/comment-page-1/#comment-660 South African Fri, 17 Aug 2007 03:38:21 +0000 http://blogs.thetimes.co.za/hartley/?p=198#comment-660 It may make sense for some industries to be on Facebook, but there are others where employees being on Facebook adds little to productivity. It may make sense for some industries to be on Facebook, but there are others where employees being on Facebook adds little to productivity.

]]> By: Dave Lucas >> Around The Blogosphere 13 August 07 http://blogs.timeslive.co.za/hartley/2007/08/07/facebook-and-the-office/comment-page-1/#comment-640 Dave Lucas >> Around The Blogosphere 13 August 07 Tue, 14 Aug 2007 00:49:37 +0000 http://blogs.thetimes.co.za/hartley/?p=198#comment-640 Excellent points! I have included your link in my "Around the Blogosphere" series. The shape and cope of social networking services / websites is constantly changing. I wonder what Facebook will be like or if it will even exist one or two years ago. Excellent points! I have included your link in my “Around the Blogosphere” series. The shape and cope of social networking services / websites is constantly changing. I wonder what Facebook will be like or if it will even exist one or two years ago.

]]> By: Global Voices Online » South Africa: what is the future of Facebook in South Africa? http://blogs.timeslive.co.za/hartley/2007/08/07/facebook-and-the-office/comment-page-1/#comment-639 Global Voices Online » South Africa: what is the future of Facebook in South Africa? Mon, 13 Aug 2007 17:29:36 +0000 http://blogs.thetimes.co.za/hartley/?p=198#comment-639 [...] What is the future of Facebook in South Africa?: “THE calls are growing for facebook to be banned from offices around the country as bandwidth is soaked up by “social networking”. This is one workplace where it would be crazy to do that. Facebook has well over 150 000 users on its South Africa network and I’m guessing that a lot of them would be readers of The Times and our site www.thetimes.co.za .” Share This [...] [...] What is the future of Facebook in South Africa?: “THE calls are growing for facebook to be banned from offices around the country as bandwidth is soaked up by “social networking”. This is one workplace where it would be crazy to do that. Facebook has well over 150 000 users on its South Africa network and I’m guessing that a lot of them would be readers of The Times and our site http://www.thetimes.co.za .” Share This [...]

]]> By: Caroline Smith http://blogs.timeslive.co.za/hartley/2007/08/07/facebook-and-the-office/comment-page-1/#comment-629 Caroline Smith Wed, 08 Aug 2007 07:39:57 +0000 http://blogs.thetimes.co.za/hartley/?p=198#comment-629 Thanks Ray - you have congently summarised an argument I am making at work. PS - congrats on new job! Thanks Ray – you have congently summarised an argument I am making at work.

PS – congrats on new job!

]]> By: Karen Lotter http://blogs.timeslive.co.za/hartley/2007/08/07/facebook-and-the-office/comment-page-1/#comment-628 Karen Lotter Wed, 08 Aug 2007 06:17:25 +0000 http://blogs.thetimes.co.za/hartley/?p=198#comment-628 Quite scary how the words "ban" and "restrict" are now bulleting back into our democratic society. It is as if all adults have totally lost their ability to think and reason and their will to work. And in order to save the county's workplaces from disaster a few little tin soldiers are barking our commands and orders and prophesies of doom. Performance management, targets - there are plenty of ways to manage a workplace and keep it productive and sustainable without imposing banns and restrictions on your employees, which will just make them pissed off and resentful anyway. Quite scary how the words “ban” and “restrict” are now bulleting back into our democratic society. It is as if all adults have totally lost their ability to think and reason and their will to work. And in order to save the county’s workplaces from disaster a few little tin soldiers are barking our commands and orders and prophesies of doom.

Performance management, targets – there are plenty of ways to manage a workplace and keep it productive and sustainable without imposing banns and restrictions on your employees, which will just make them pissed off and resentful anyway.

]]> By: Vincent Maher - Media in Transition » Facebook to cost the South African economy more than R100 million over the next 6 months http://blogs.timeslive.co.za/hartley/2007/08/07/facebook-and-the-office/comment-page-1/#comment-627 Vincent Maher - Media in Transition » Facebook to cost the South African economy more than R100 million over the next 6 months Tue, 07 Aug 2007 18:02:25 +0000 http://blogs.thetimes.co.za/hartley/?p=198#comment-627 [...] has weighed in on the banning of Facebook, some silently and others publicly. I was just reading Ray Hartley’s post where he says …the managers and staff on The Times floor are very active on facebook. If [...] [...] has weighed in on the banning of Facebook, some silently and others publicly. I was just reading Ray Hartley’s post where he says …the managers and staff on The Times floor are very active on facebook. If [...]

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