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How do you manage your employee behavior when they use social media during working hours?

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Question added by Gabriela Bota , Montessori Teacher , Gateway International Montessori School
Date Posted: 2014/04/23
Abdul Samad Nadeem Malik
by Abdul Samad Nadeem Malik , Business Support Officer , Thimar Al Jazirah - 3M ESPE

I think if someone is prompt in his/her job and on daily basis they are doing their work complete so its dose not matter they are using social media on duty time.  

Mohammad Rizwanul Haque
by Mohammad Rizwanul Haque , Administration Manager , Oren Hydrocarbons ME FZCo.

 

 

There must be a clear cut instruction about using the social media and it should be monitered and implemented accordingly.

 

Ghada Sameer
by Ghada Sameer , Project Manager and media executive , CQA

Employees spend at least8 hours in the office. It would be lame to expect them to work and be productive for this long duration of time. Taking short breaks every couple of hours to interact with others, either in the office or on social media, will increase their productivity, improve the quality of work, and give them more satisfaction. So as long as their tasks are done well and in time, no need to suffocate them.

MAJOUL Fadhel - CPA- CIA-CFE-CRMA-CISI
by MAJOUL Fadhel - CPA- CIA-CFE-CRMA-CISI , Consulting role related to Internal Audit , Dublin Investment & Management of Health Services Co

The best solution is through restrictions imposed by the IT department. The firewall will refuse giving access to those websites.

You have also to monitor the firewall logs from time to time to see if any employee is using the net for fun for long time.

Raafat Sallam
by Raafat Sallam , Organizational Development and Training Consultant , Training Centers, Marketing Organizations.

Through predefined rules which determine the penalty related to any unethical issue

Moataz Attallah GRP
by Moataz Attallah GRP , Compensation and Benefits Specialist , Saudi Aramco Mobil Refinery Company

By making work task-oriented rather than8-hours oriented, ie,finish your work and walk free 

Divyesh Patel
by Divyesh Patel , Assistant Professional Officer- Treasury , City Of Cape Town

Facebook. LinkedIn. Twitter. These and other social media sites have created fast-paced opportunities for individuals to network and for information to spread. However, with these opportunities come potential hazards, particularly in connection with the workplace. By formulating social media practices and policies that comply with recently issued legal standards, employers have the ability to minimize, if not eliminate, the challenges posed by employee use of social media.

Ramendra Sunder Sinha PMP
by Ramendra Sunder Sinha PMP , DGM Planning , Gaur Sons Limited

Job responsibilities shoulod be clearly defined for each employee and they should be assigned specific tasks to be completed and reported complete within a specified time period.

In my opinion, as long a the employees are performing their job responsibilites well, it hardly matters if they spend some time on social networking sites even while in office - but with limitations. . 

 

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Not longer then10 minutes after a short break / during a short break. A recent germany study showed, that people who used social media feel more connected to their friends and are more happy. Hence their productivity were higher. 

Muhammad Saey
by Muhammad Saey , Senior Veterinary Doctor , PAFN Public Autority for Food and Nutrition

The good point to take the advantage of using the social media to boost up the business through themselves.

 

It is a play of emotional intelligence to direct the team as per the company policy with less anger against them.

 

The happily secured life reflects positively to the team, I think that you know the google experience to add value to their employees by joys and intertainments inside the work station.On the other hand work should be done on time and keep them punctuated

Zia Meer
by Zia Meer , IT Director , Exceed Solutions

There are couple of web filtering applications which work with firewall to generate reports about employee internet usage and also block traffic per site or application. So you have option either you silently cut them off or issue warning.

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