Wednesday, April 11, 2007
Tuesday, April 10, 2007
In Your First Day at Work DO NOT BLOG
I think what happened to Mark Jen is really sad and I feel bad for him. I think he made a mistake when he bloged about his company and I fully agree with Robert Scoble that Mark should wait until he become trusted by the company before starting blogging about it. Myself, I wont like it if a new employee say bad things about the company or criticizes its policies or managers. I think such employee who does not give him self time to really understand what is really going on in the company should be terminated since he would cause a lot of problems for the company by giving quick judgments and writing about them.
I think Mark should have talked to his boss and colleagues about these issues and he might get some answers which might change hid view of the company. He also mentioned that he wrote some comments about future products and I assume he wrote something against them which would might cause drop in sale for these products. I think if he went to his boss and told me about what he thought about these product or he wrote a report and file it to the involved department would be much better cause if his points are write they would conceder them and make changes otherwise they might explain their point of view and he probably would get credit for that.
I liked Mark standing what he believes in but we have to be careful and smart Robert said. In his blog Mark also mentioned that blog is a powerful tool and I agree with him but it can be for you and also it can be against you as we have seen more than a person were fired because of blogging.
I think Mark should have talked to his boss and colleagues about these issues and he might get some answers which might change hid view of the company. He also mentioned that he wrote some comments about future products and I assume he wrote something against them which would might cause drop in sale for these products. I think if he went to his boss and told me about what he thought about these product or he wrote a report and file it to the involved department would be much better cause if his points are write they would conceder them and make changes otherwise they might explain their point of view and he probably would get credit for that.
I liked Mark standing what he believes in but we have to be careful and smart Robert said. In his blog Mark also mentioned that blog is a powerful tool and I agree with him but it can be for you and also it can be against you as we have seen more than a person were fired because of blogging.
Tuesday, April 3, 2007
Good or Bad
As I read in Teamwork, Supercharged, I rememberd something similer hapend while I was working and also I get to think it is really hard to adapt new technology in a company and I think it is harder to get employees to use this technology. The decision is hard to take by the owner or the manager of a company. They might think that if things are working probably in the traditional way why we spend money and take a risk in new things. A smart manager who can really make such decisions and save a lot of time and money.
The other abstract of adapting new technology is to get the employees to use it. You do not want to spend a lot of money and waste your time looking for technologies that help getting the job done but no one in your office are using it. I remember at my previous job we have some programs that we paid a lot of money for but unfortunately non of the workers used them. I discovered this by a chance while I was going through the company’s programs licenses. I went to the general manager and I discussed this issue and he said that they bought this programs long time ago and these are really very helpful tools and he was surprised that nobody was using them. We forced the employees to use some of the programs which they really like and get used to and we had to get rid of some other programs that the employees would never learn to use them easily. It would cost the company a lot money and time to train the employees to use these programs that is why we decided to exchange them for other programs.
So it was good decision from the general manager to buy some of the programs and in the other hand was bad decision to buy the other programs that we could not use in the company. I also think if he did not make the decision of buying these new software by himself the employees would never ask for such programs since they think it is easier for them to keep working in the old programs so they wont spend a lot of time learning how to use them.
The other abstract of adapting new technology is to get the employees to use it. You do not want to spend a lot of money and waste your time looking for technologies that help getting the job done but no one in your office are using it. I remember at my previous job we have some programs that we paid a lot of money for but unfortunately non of the workers used them. I discovered this by a chance while I was going through the company’s programs licenses. I went to the general manager and I discussed this issue and he said that they bought this programs long time ago and these are really very helpful tools and he was surprised that nobody was using them. We forced the employees to use some of the programs which they really like and get used to and we had to get rid of some other programs that the employees would never learn to use them easily. It would cost the company a lot money and time to train the employees to use these programs that is why we decided to exchange them for other programs.
So it was good decision from the general manager to buy some of the programs and in the other hand was bad decision to buy the other programs that we could not use in the company. I also think if he did not make the decision of buying these new software by himself the employees would never ask for such programs since they think it is easier for them to keep working in the old programs so they wont spend a lot of time learning how to use them.
Tuesday, March 27, 2007
Is he spying!
In The Hidden Power of Social Networks, the author asks a very important question " Does trust really matter?". I think it does. In the example that he gave about the health club. They found that the level of trust is high with the workers working together while the level little bit lower with the workers within the same departments that they work in deferent shifts and they never meet before. The study also shows that the trust level between people from other departments in very low. they gave an example of one worker that he feels embarrassed to go to ask " the others" and he also worry that his boss would know about that which might make her angry at him.
I think trust is very big issue. When I was working back home I noticed so many problems because of the lack of trust between employees. I found that people from the same nationality trust each other but they do not trust the other workers. I found that each workers from the same nationality form special hidden network where they discuss working matters and how to be sure that they don't get tricked by " the others". I was kind of lucky to get in these network and I had the chance to how they think. I found them always accusing each other of carelessness, laziness, causing problems with them, and mostly spying in them and giving their boss false information about them . This was big issue for me and for the company.
I noticed there was delay in the work because they were not cooperating with each other probably. A lot of time they came to me complaining about other workers. I found it odd that it had never happened that a guy from the same nationality complained about another guy from his country. It is always the other nationalities. I think if a problem between two guys from the same nationality occur they would solve between themselves as they trust each other. So it had never come to me.
Ignoring some of the complains was really great solution. One other good thing that we did that we forced them to work with each other as we intended to give a project to one group with multi nationalities workers. But the best thing that we did arranging the offices so we do not have more that two people from the same nationality in the same area. So they had to talk to the other people and then know them better by talking to them.
I think trust is very big issue. When I was working back home I noticed so many problems because of the lack of trust between employees. I found that people from the same nationality trust each other but they do not trust the other workers. I found that each workers from the same nationality form special hidden network where they discuss working matters and how to be sure that they don't get tricked by " the others". I was kind of lucky to get in these network and I had the chance to how they think. I found them always accusing each other of carelessness, laziness, causing problems with them, and mostly spying in them and giving their boss false information about them . This was big issue for me and for the company.
I noticed there was delay in the work because they were not cooperating with each other probably. A lot of time they came to me complaining about other workers. I found it odd that it had never happened that a guy from the same nationality complained about another guy from his country. It is always the other nationalities. I think if a problem between two guys from the same nationality occur they would solve between themselves as they trust each other. So it had never come to me.
Ignoring some of the complains was really great solution. One other good thing that we did that we forced them to work with each other as we intended to give a project to one group with multi nationalities workers. But the best thing that we did arranging the offices so we do not have more that two people from the same nationality in the same area. So they had to talk to the other people and then know them better by talking to them.
Friday, March 23, 2007
About the class: You Gatta take this class if you like blogging
The class is really fun. You get to know a lot of new ideas and use new tools like blogging, Google docs and other helpful websites. Also you have a chance to make presentation about anything you like if it is related to the course. We learned great information from other students who did presentations in this class.
The professor is really good and she has a lot of working experience so you can get benefits from her lectures as she talked from experiences. She is always there if you need a help and she is very clear and her lectures are very interesting. One of the best thing about this class is the guest speakers. I just love their presentations. She asked very professional and intelligent people to come and gave us a short presentation and they are just great.
The only thing that I do not like in the class that you have to participate a lot. It is not bad for most people but for my I just do not like to talk in classes.
I would recommend you to take this class and I'm sure you will enjoy it.
The professor is really good and she has a lot of working experience so you can get benefits from her lectures as she talked from experiences. She is always there if you need a help and she is very clear and her lectures are very interesting. One of the best thing about this class is the guest speakers. I just love their presentations. She asked very professional and intelligent people to come and gave us a short presentation and they are just great.
The only thing that I do not like in the class that you have to participate a lot. It is not bad for most people but for my I just do not like to talk in classes.
I would recommend you to take this class and I'm sure you will enjoy it.
Tuesday, March 20, 2007
Take him down by a text message
It is very interesting to me how the Philippines managed to arrange peaceful demonstrations, that bring down a government, by using text messaging (SMART MOBS). This really shows how the technology can be really powerful if it is used in the right way. I think what they did was great and very intelligent. They gave great example if simple affected it solution.
On the other hand, Dean’s party lost the election cause they somehow did not manage to use the technology correctly ( NAKED CONVERSATION). Using blog was great idea but it lead to incorrect information which lead them to guarantee a victory that never happened. In this example and also the example of some websites indicated that visitors who use Firefox are 4% higher than those who use IE while the truth that much more people are using IE than Firefox.
In these to example, I found that technology could lead to success and in the same time could lead to failure. It always depends on the users and how well they use it.
On the other hand, Dean’s party lost the election cause they somehow did not manage to use the technology correctly ( NAKED CONVERSATION). Using blog was great idea but it lead to incorrect information which lead them to guarantee a victory that never happened. In this example and also the example of some websites indicated that visitors who use Firefox are 4% higher than those who use IE while the truth that much more people are using IE than Firefox.
In these to example, I found that technology could lead to success and in the same time could lead to failure. It always depends on the users and how well they use it.
Tuesday, March 6, 2007
Please DO NOT sue me
Last week lecture was really great. I really like the guest speaker and I agree with most of what he said.
He mentiond that a person can be sued for something that he wrote about a company or about a person. For me the whole sueing isuue is really wierd. Sometimes, I afraid one day someone might sue me for no good reason.
Since a lot of people are getting so much money from these cases, I believe this issue would never end. I recieved an email of one of my friends ( found it really funny) about some law cases. I would like to share some of them with you.
SOMEONE (I wont use the name so they wont sue me) of Austin, Texas, was awarded $80,000. by a jury of her peers after breaking her ankle tripping over a toddler who was running inside a furniture store. The owners of the store were
understandably surprised at the verdict, considering the misbehaving little
toddler was her son.
A Philadelphia restaurant was ordered to pay A LADY of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, $113,500 after she slipped on a soft drink and broke her coccyx (tailbone). The beverage was on the floor because she had thrown it at her boyfriend 30 seconds earlier during an argument.
I just Don't get it how come these people get all that money on these cases.
He mentiond that a person can be sued for something that he wrote about a company or about a person. For me the whole sueing isuue is really wierd. Sometimes, I afraid one day someone might sue me for no good reason.
Since a lot of people are getting so much money from these cases, I believe this issue would never end. I recieved an email of one of my friends ( found it really funny) about some law cases. I would like to share some of them with you.
SOMEONE (I wont use the name so they wont sue me) of Austin, Texas, was awarded $80,000. by a jury of her peers after breaking her ankle tripping over a toddler who was running inside a furniture store. The owners of the store were
understandably surprised at the verdict, considering the misbehaving little
toddler was her son.
A Philadelphia restaurant was ordered to pay A LADY of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, $113,500 after she slipped on a soft drink and broke her coccyx (tailbone). The beverage was on the floor because she had thrown it at her boyfriend 30 seconds earlier during an argument.
I just Don't get it how come these people get all that money on these cases.
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