[Offtopic] Facebook and staff productivity

[Roland Gesthuizen]

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Regards Roland

On 08/04/2008, Maggie Iaquinto <IAQUIM at bialik.vic.edu.au> wrote:
>
> Thank you very much, Geoff.
>
> In one way it is annoying that tech staff make judgments on teaching
> staff productivity. The counter argument is that everything tech staff
> do on our network will have a technological, economic and/or social
> implication. In this case, it is mostly a social implication.
>
> In the end, we should all be able to choose how we use our 'free' time.
> As Ros succintly put it -- should be ban newspapers, sudoku, visiting
> domaindotcomdotau or doing email activities?
>
> I'll have a read shortly.
>
> Regards
>
> Maggie
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:offtopic-bounces at edulists.com.au] On Behalf Of Geoff Moss
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> Sent: Tuesday, 8 April 2008 9:13 AM
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> Subject: Re: [Offtopic] Facebook and staff productivity
>
>
> Hi Maggie
>
> Unfortunately, the article I was thinking of was related to email,
> rather than FaceBook.
>
> The link to the email article:  "Email is ruining my life" is:
>
>   http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7281707.stm
>
> There is also a link to a VIDEO AND AUDIO NEWS item : How to stop
> e-mails taking over your day
>
> However, a search on Google of:    Facebook "Staff Productivity"    does
> produce some interesting items.
>
> Is Facebook good for the workplace?   at URL:
> http://www.news.com.au/business/story/0,23636,22437742-5012424,00.html
> produces some interesting comments from Australian businesses.  Well
> worth a look.
>
> Facebook time-wasters could cost $5 billion a year:
> http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,22273758-2,00.html
>
> Employers disagree over Facebook use and misuse:
> http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/09/24/2041517.htm
>
> Staff productivity in the Facebook era
> http://www.businesszone.co.uk/cgi-bin/item.cgi?id=175943&d=1114&h=1097&f
> =1096&dateformat=%25o%20%25B%20%25Y
>
> An interesting discussion forum is at
> http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies-archive.cfm/895341.html
>
> Hope this helps
>
> Geoff Moss
> RMIT
>
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Roland Gesthuizen - ICT Coordinator - Westall Secondary College
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