Beaucoup d’entreprises sont réticentes à permettre à leurs employés de naviguer sur les réseaux sociaux sur les heures de travail. Ces réseaux sont considérés comme une perte de temps. Encore peu d’entreprises considèrent qu’ils peuvent apporter une contribution significative à l’entreprise. Un papier blanc de MessageLabs, Social Networking: Brave New World or Revolution from Hell? (gratuit sur inscription), fait l’analogie entre les résistances envers les médias sociaux et ce qui s’est aussi produit envers la messagerie instantanée il y a quelques années. Les entreprises ont donc peur de ces Facebook, Orkut et. al.
Results of an exclusive MessageLabs survey conducted in September 2007, reveal that approximately 75% of companies said the number of visits their employees were making to social networking sites had increased over the previous six months. About 60% thought this had damaged productivity; while over 75% believed corporate reputation could be seriously threatened if staff posted negative comments about their organization online. No wonder over 70% of respondents said they were thinking of restricting employee access to social networking sites
En contrepartie, elles ne voient pas encore le positif que ces sites peuvent apporter à l’entreprise
Recent research by Emedia revealed that over 10% of social networkers visit social networking sites for business reasons. This growing trend is refl ected in the appearance of an increasing number of business-oriented sites, such as LinkedIn, Viadeo, Huddle and BT Tradespace, designed to help companies initiate and strengthen relationships with colleagues, clients, suppliers and partners, wherever they are in the world. Moreover, this is a medium that not only promotes exchange of knowledge, ideas and information, but can also make it an unusually energizing and rewarding experience.
Supporters point out, too, the role that social networking can play in forging team spirit among staff and improving morale, motivation and job satisfaction. Big brands are also getting in on the act as they recognize the benefi ts of building a presence in the social networking environment – research by Microsoft has shown that almost three-quarters of UK social networkers have already visited profi les set up by companies specifically to
promote particular brands.
Pour ceux qui ont encore des doutes sur la légitimité de ces réseaux dans un contexte d’affaires, il est certainement bon de rappeler que parmi les entreprises qui se servent de Facebook à des fins de ressources humaines internes on compte :
• CIA
• CNN (NYSE:TWX)
• Ernst & Young
• IBM (NYSE:IBM)
• IRS
• Macy's (NYSE:FD)
• McDonald's (NYSE:MCD)
• MySpace (NYSE:NWS)
• Time Inc.
• Toyota (NYSE:TM)
Mais peut-être sont-elles dans le champ?
Voir aussi :
Les sept découvertes sur les médias sociaux
Balladodiffusion à propos de Facebook
