Comments on: Should Organizations Create a Social Index and Rate Individuals "Social Score"?

By: Techsphinx

Techsphinx — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 13:57:53 +0000

Absolutely not, at least not until there is empirical basis to correlate social network presence to job productivity. If someone has a solid model to do this, I would love to see it. I am skeptical though, given how hard it continues to be to definitively correlate the use of talent management technology to employee productivity.

By: Roy Altman

Roy Altman — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 17:32:39 +0000

Absolutely! These days, value is achieved through collaboration. One’s social intelligence is more important to one’s success, and a better determiner of how one will interact with others. I have done extensive work on the subject. Please check my website for more information.

By: Barbara

Barbara — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 22:18:49 +0000

Does this mean that a person’s job life will be a replay of high school, but with paychecks????

By: Chris Kelley

Chris Kelley — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 18:16:28 +0000

Absolutely yes. What we do have to be careful about is the mis-perception that applying social network analysis is like a high school popularity contest. With one child in high school and another in middle school, trust me, I don’t advocate that sort of “drama”.
Through social network analysis though, we can identify the areas of the organization that achieving better results vs. areas that are struggling and have a means of intervention that will help drive results.
I am still very much of a student in this area, but have been very impressed with the thought leadership of Valdis Krebs (http://www.orgnet.com/)

By: Adv. Pragmaticoutsourcing

Adv. Pragmaticoutsourcing — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 07:21:20 +0000

Off course, yes, this practice will increase the competition and the zeal to prove personal capabilities.

By: Karen Cayamanda

Karen Cayamanda — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:12:42 +0000

Definitely yes, collaboration and social dissemination of information are made easier with this.