Daily Archives: August 27, 2007

Social Networking Sites: Friend or Foe of Employee Engagement?

I was alarmed to hear the stories last week about Facebook (and other social networking sites) and how much they are ‘costing’ Australian businesses. The cost could be as much as $5 billion as productive work hours turn into time spent updating profiles and connecting with friends and colleagues across the globe. In many companies across Australia and New Zealand, Facebook is fast being added to the list of sites on the ‘banned’ list, joining MSN Messenger, MySpace, YouTube and…