Social media sites, like Facebook, have been likened to coffee breaks which allow people to maintain a positive level of engagement at work. It has also been mentioned as something that can improve employee well being. The argument in favor of an open social media browsing policy at the office...
>>>Social media sites, like Facebook, have been likened to coffee breaks which allow people to maintain a positive level of engagement at work. It has also been mentioned as something that can improve employee well being. The argument in favor of an open social media browsing policy at the office
Stuff like Facebook, breaks, attendance, however, start to become an issue when:-
1. The company's performance management is ineffective. That happens when managers do not hire appropriately, clarify roles, set objectives, talk with their people and proactively help them achieve their goals, etc. When people find they are not doing what they truly want to do...when they feel the work they do is meaningless...
2. When that happens, people are not fully occupied, they tend to get bored, they procrastinate - in other words they tend towards disengagement.
Disengaged people are more likely to be absent, late, take sick leaves and otherwise in context of this discussion spend more time on Facebook and less doing what they should and mostly because of ineffective performance management (see point 1)
Having said that - some governance is required. but it should be more in terms of a paper staff need to sign when they join and NOT active monitoring or control like a BiG Brother watching their moves.
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