Introduction: This report was commissioned to examine how Manco Abbott and their employees can have a better understanding and control over social media and the problems that can arise from it. Manco Abbott should create a management strategy and guidelines for their employees to follow to limit potential problems that can arise from social media. Also, our group examined solutions to provide Manco Abbott with information that will help their company’s core competencies, selection and performance management.
First Issue on the control of social media: We have designed two specific recommendations that can help community managers and assistants be aware of social media issues and respond in appropriate ways. Firstly, Manco Abbott should
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Therefore, in the guideline, the firm has to address a clear strategy and policies of the control of social media for their community manager, and it has to reflect the value, objective, and mission of Manco Abbott. Secondly, Manco Abbott’s high management should create a system that helps the firm to have more opportunities of internal communication among all employees in the organization. Manco Abbott should encourage weekly meetings between community managers and assistants to find solutions to solve tenant’s issues in accordance to social media. The firm should strictly schedule routine meetings for representatives from different departments to discuss and solve the most appealing issues that they are facing regarding social media. Additionally, the firm should offer a social media-training program within the organization that is designed for community managers and assistants. This special training program should focus on solving tenant 's issues via social media in the most appropriate ways without damaging the firm’s reputation. Second recommendation, Manco Abbott should offer training and certification programs for their employees by set up a training and certification programs that require all managers to attendance. Manco Abbott should set up a training seminar for managers and assistants and test them to be certified on how to effectively run the social media regards to their firm’s policy. In order to set up the program and certification, the firm
The popularity of different social media platform like Facebook, MySpace, twitter, LinkedIn, group me etc. has forced many companies to create new policies about social media. With the increasing use of social media policies in both the business and the personal lives, it is very important to set suitable strategies policies of social media. Therefore, I reviewed and critically analysis some of the boundaries on social media policy of a company called Best Buy. Let’s take a look at Bes Buy, which is the biggest multinational consumer electronics corporation in America.
In today’s society, it is crucial for employees to understand the significance in the use of social media outlets such as Twitter and Facebook. This subject will discuss the primary reasons companies allow the usage of social networking sites in the workplace. It will also explain the positive impact social media usage has in the workplace, such as allowing communication to a broader audience. In addition to the positive usage, this topic will also explore the negative implications usage can cause. Because social media is still relatively new, there are not many laws establishing the proper guidelines for these sites in the workplace. Scholarly articles such as the ‘Workplace impact of social networking” examine the effects of not establishing said policies, an error which results in an unhealthy work environment. Ultimately, employees can positively influence the workplace by using social media if they have the proper guidelines to follow.
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According to industry research reports, the role of social media within business organisations can encourage collaboration, strategic agility and potentially improve worker productivity, thus requiring business to consider and define approaches to social media use within their organisations.
Good morning Mrs Steele my names Nikita Copeland-Walker and I am a part of your Marketing Executives team. I am standing here in front of you today to propose a social media marketing strategy that will create an online presence for Urban in Brisbane, help to grow your business which will therefore increase sales and will lead to an increase profit for your business. By the end of this presentation you will understand the different social media platforms and you will have an effective strategy to implement on your company to grow your customer base and brand. Today I will be talking about the different issues that can occur when implementing a social media strategy. I will also evaluate these strategy’s and provide you with my recommended strategy
That is, Manco Abbott community managers and assistants have to stay engaged with their tenants and response to any issue that their tenant may have in a professional and timely manner. Community managers have to treat a tenant’s issue as a comment to the firm, and they have to prioritize each issue based on how important and urgent the issue is. Therefore, in the guideline, the firm has to address a clear strategy and policies of the control of social media for their community managers, and the guideline has to reflect the value, objective, and mission of Manco Abbott. Next, Manco Abbott’s high management level should create a system that helps the firm by open more opportunities of internal communication among all employees in the organization. Manco Abbott should encourage a discussion between community managers and their assistants on how to solve tenant’s issues via social media. The firm should plan routine meetings for representatives from different departments to discuss and solve the most appealing issues that they are facing regarding social media. Additionally, the firm should offer a social media-training program within the organization that is purposely designed for community managers and assistants. This special training program should focus on solving
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In the business environment or the workplace, social media continues to impact on business performance as well as organizational capabilities. On the other hand, it is
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1. If you were in charge of the company’s social media, how you address the issue presented?
The company should take the knowledge of the top social media tools among their audience and make every effort to engage with its audience on these
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Social media is becoming an increasingly common feature of the world of work and this trend looks set to continue. This application of communication technology or computer mediated tools have developed rapidly in our lives. Survey such as that conducted by CIPD (2013) have shown that while only a quarter of UK employees use it in their professional lives, this increases to 42% among employees aged 18–24. The innovative operation mode of social media has not only successfully drawn the attention of industry and academia, but has also boosted user growth, especially in the younger generation.
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In the past few years, social media has become a powerful influence as a new marketing tool. It is still relatively new, but it continues to be a part of marketing strategy for various industries. According to the article "Integrating Social Media into the Workplace: A Study of Shifting Technology Use Repertoires." By Walden, Justin, this study demonstrates that social media is used routinely, employees are distracted from tasks and threatens of personal privacy. The learning curve is still pretty high for most companies. Knowledge by professionals is through trial and error as social media marketing evolves more over time. There are many challenges businesses are faced with everyday plus managing the use of social media. It can be overwhelming and frustrating for companies understand this confusing network of navigating social media in the workplace.