UK Companies See Social Networking as a Threat
TECHwatch Articles
Tim Jennings - Published 04/12/2007
UK companies are failing to exploit the business opportunities of Web 2.0 and social networking because senior managers don’t know their Facebook from their PowerBook. Instead of seeing the potential for recruitment or communication, human resources managers are more likely to discipline staff for time-wasting as they visit YouTube, MySpace, and Bebo in work hours. The response of 65% of UK firms to the social networking explosion was simply to ban access outright, according to a survey of 300 UK HR deci…
