A Discussion on Social Network Site: Necessity or Lifestyle?

What is social networking? A social networking is where people gather together as a group of a small community with same views, likes, interests, etc. While a social network site is an online social network, which website that are commonly used nowadays. It provides a platform for people, internet users, to share their interests such as hobbies, politics, and so on online bases.

Nowadays, with the improvement of technology, more and more people are using the platform from the internet to communicate such as doing business, for entertainment and socializing. As social network sites growing bigger and bigger, some of the websites already become a lifestyle for people or even a necessity. One of the famous social network site example is Facebook.

           

At first, Poeple is using the website to communicate with friends. With the platform provided in the internet they even can make friends with different people in different countries through the social websie. They can easily get know of other people details and conditions. Therefore, to surf and log in the social website has become a daily routine for most of the people to keep in touch of their friends' status. It has become a lifestyle of most of the online users. They often chit chating with each others, or charing their stories among themselves.

After that, some business organizations or non-profit organisations have realized that the impact of the social website to promote their products and services is great. It can influence people and get their product well known by advertising their prodcut and services on the social website. This way is much more efficient and effective way to spread the news and knowledge from a person to another person as friends support friends, and friends introduce friends.Those organisations advertise their products and services through organise a online competition in the social website, as much people take part in the online competition, the amount of people to get know of the company become larger. And most of the advertisements they make are free of charge just like create a page or profile of a company in Facebook. For students, they are using this opportunity to do their assignments or jobs. It is because, most of them is easily to get track in the website.

And now, a social website is become a neccessity for all of the online users. It helps them to get informations that they want, to contact and communicate with friends and relative without having too large of distance even the person is staying far far away. Social website also provided another way of advertising for businessmen. There is now a must for most of the people and organizations to update their status for all of the users' concern.

Therefore, as a conclusion, social network site not only a lifestyle for people. It is now become a neccessity for people to give a daily check, update their conditions and informations, and do their jobs.


References:
What Is Social Networking? from http://www.whatissocialnetworking.com/

 

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A discussion on E-learning offered in Malaysian universities: Pros and Cons from the students perspective

What is e-learning? E-learning is the use of electronic equipment to allow you to study anytime and anywhere. It can be in form of CD-ROM-based, network-based, intranet-based or internet-based. 

Nowadays, most of the local or private universities in Malaysia have applied e-learning because it give a lot of convenient to students and lecturers. Although it can give a lot of advantages but also cause some disadvantages. 

Firstly, students and lecturers can save their time and cost from travel. Lecturers can just upload the study material to the website and students can direct download. Besides, the materials which is given by the lecturers to students will be consistent and lack of bias. Therefore, it will fair to all student because the materials are same. In addition, the website also act as a stage of integration between students and lecturers. Especially for those students who are not dare to ask lecturers question face to face or because of the unmatchable the time. They ask any doubts on the study on certain subject and do some discussion in the forum.

For instance, Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman has provided https://wble-sl.utar.edu.my/login/index.php as a stage of integration between students and lecturers. Students can download the study material from this site. Besides, lecturers or tutor can do announcement or discussion with students in the forum which exists inside the UTAR intranet. 

However, there also have some disadvantages in e-learning. When the website is down, lecturers unable to upload the study material to the website. At the same time, students also unable to log in and download the materials. Therefore, it can delay the time study especially those documents which is important for the exam. Apart from that, some students may not that often to log in the website if their home don't have internet. This will cause them unable to log in the website and look for the important announcement from the lecturers. In addition, through the e-learning, it will decrease the face to face contact between students and lecturers. This may cause the social communication of the students become worse and hard to communicate with people when he/she steps in the society.

In conclusion, e-learning can carry out many advantages but at the same time also cause some disadvantages. As a student, we should not only rely on internet and study through the website. We also need to find the lecturers and ask the question if do not understand in study. Thus, we can balance up the advantages and disadvantages when doing the e-learning.

Reference:


Web Based Learning Environment @ UTAR Sungai Long. from 
https://wble-sl.utar.edu.my/login/index.php
What is E-Learning. from
http://www.e-learningconsulting.com/consulting/what/e-learning.html
What is E-Learning. from http://communication.howstuffworks.com/elearning1.htm

Corporate Blogging: A new marketing communication tool for companies

Corporate blogging is an investment that should produce a measurable return and to reach the company goals. It provides a clear mind map or overall marketing  to its employees and parties with organization communication plan and media mix.For example, corporation blog of successful blogs have Microsoft, GM, T-mobile, IBM,Boeing, Google,Sun etc.

Therefore,to start a corporate blog base on reasons:

1. Employment Branding
2. Public Relations
3. Marketing campaign
4. Consulting service
5. Innovative Idea   

Corporate blogs primarily are used for national branding.Also, corporate blogging encourages employee participation in contribution of free discussion of issues or topic, collective intelligence and shares their views with employees, teams or spokespersons publicly.Besides, it can be used to announce new products and services. and clarify policies of the company.

There are top 10 corporation blog are Google, O'Reily Radar, Yahoo, Tom peters, Ask.com, Adobe software, GM fast Lane, SunBelt Software, English Cut, The otter Group.

Other Business blogs also include Marketing blogs, Employment blogs, Public Relations blogs .

In addition,on this weekend, I will introduce what tips,condition,pros, risk, advantage and disadvantage for the corporate of blogging, types of various blog.

A. Five tips to succeed corporate Blogging

1. Plan  ahead and post regularly
2. Be original and fresh
3. Personality counts
4. Social Media
5. Write well or find someone who can

B. The condition to start a corporate blogging

1. Hire the right person for the job
2. Plan the blog path way
3. Design the blog to match the corporate site
4. Use an RSS management system
5. Promote the blog 

C. Three types of various blogging

1. Internal Blogs: It can be accessed through the corporation's intranet and can be view by their employees and participate in the discussion.
2. External Blogs: It is published to the public for idea sharing and to announce new products and services launch by the corporation. At the same time, public are allowed to comments and posts on their products and services.
3.  Corporate blogging: It has become a way for the company to react with it customers and build a strong brand recognition.

D. Advantage of corporate blogging

1. Build customers relationship
2. Earned investors trust
3. Beat the press releases
4. Marketing medium
5. Consumer feedback

E. Disadvantage of corporate blogging

1. Corporate blogging might make it easy for defamation and invasion of privacy or to breach information security.
2. It will create an expectation of updating the blog regularly and writing the blog will take a lot of time and cause of $759 billion in productivity every year.

 F. Corporate Blogging Risks   

1. Negative Comment : Negative comment will affect the confidence of investor and clear comment and    moderation policy.
2. Neglect: Companies need to spend time and incur costs to maintain and update their blogs regualrly.
3. Misunderstanding the Audience : The blog of audience may be write down something which is not true .

G. Pros of corporate blogging

1. Centralized:  Post and comments are easy to reach and followed by employees as generally structure conversation threads.
2. Accessible:  Among the executives since the corporate blogging are an" unparalleled information gathering mechanism"
3. Cost more cheaper: Achieve of thoughts and ideas can be created  within an hour through corporate blogging.
4. Important information: Employees and customers feedback to executives.

Corporate blogging is getting important for corporation to deliver the message privately or publicly since it has brought many pros even though the cons come along with it.

Reference:

Corporate Blogging of Information from Website. from

http://ecommercesite.wordpress.com/2008/07/04/corporate-blogging-a-new-marketing-tool-for-companies/

Corporate Blogging of Information. from

Corporate blogging: A new communication marketing communication tool for companies . from http://juz4uecommerce.wordpress.com/

http://ecomspace.blogspot.com/2008/06/corporate-blogging-new-marketing.html

Business Week, corporation will change your business. from 

http://littleangele-commerce.blogspot.com/2009/02/corporate-blogging-new-marketing.html

                                  

E-Government In Malaysia: It's Implementation So Far And Citizen's Adoption Strategies

Due to the advancement of computer and Internet nowadays, many countries started to implement e-government, this including Malaysia. Electronic government, or known as e-government, refers to the use of information technologies and communications (ICT) by government agencies to interact with citizens, businesses, and other government agencies. E-government had started implemented in Malaysia since the launch of Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC) in August 1996 as part of the initiative to achieve Vision 2020. It also bring the convenience, accessibility and interactions to citizens and businesses and hence improve the exchange of information within government agencies and between government to citizens and businesses. 

There are seven main projects under the e-government flagship application:

1. Generic Office Environment (GOE)

Its aim is to introduce an office environment which fully utilises multimedia information technology to operate. This will allow efficient communication and collaboration among workers and also delivering the right information to the right people.

2. Electronic Procurement (eP) Project

Its aim is to automate, re-engineer and change the current procurement system. This project will include central contract, tender and direct purchase. this project has been started with e-Perolehan and can be accessed at http://home.eperolehan.gov.my/home/.

3. Human Resource Management Information System (HRMIS)

It will help to carry out human resource functions effectively and efficiently by providing single interface to government employees. HRMIS is not just for keeping records but also for transactional purposes like leave application, loan processing, recruitment and selection of employee, competency management and so on.

4. Project Monitoring System (PMS)

This system will set up a mechanism that will help to monitor the implementation of projects throughout government agencies and statutory bodies. PMS will also provide a platform for exchanging ideas and demonstrating best practices in information management and communication services.

5. Electronic Services Directory (eServices)

It allows Malaysians to engage in transactions with government and utilities and summons payment. it can be accessed through Internet and kiosk machines.

6. Electronic Labour Exchange (ELX)

Its main objective is to enhance the mobilisation of human resources and optimising the work force utilisation. The Ministry of Human Resources will become the one-stop centre for labour market information because of ELX. The information is accessible to the public.

7. E-Syariah

The main objective of e-Syariah is to improve the quality of service in Syariah courts. It consists of Syariah Court Case Management System, Office Automation System, E-Syariah Portal, Syarie Lawyers Registration System and Library Management System.

However, citizens are still not aware and adopt to services provided by e-government in Malaysia. So, below are some suggestions of citizen's adoption strategies:

1. Create Awareness Among Citizens

Government should launch some programs in order to create awareness among citizens about the availability of the electronic online services. Government should also teach citizens on how to use those services during the programs. Besides that, government can also advertise in mass media about the electronic services.  

2. User Friendly Website Design   

Those websites which provide services under e-government should be designed to bring convenience to users. With user friendly website design, users which access to these websites will feel convenient and will adopt and accept the website and using their services provided like utilities payment and tax payment.

3. Providing Incentives

Government should provide incentives for citizens and businesses which use services under e-government in order to encourage them using those services. This will attract more citizens and businesses adopt to e-government services. 

  
References:
Flagship Applications. from http://www.mscmalaysia.my/topic/12073046901815
Social Impact of E-Government In Malaysia. from http://www.unpan.org/Library/MajorPublications/UNEGovernmentSurvey/PublicEGovernanceSurveyintheNews/tabid/651/mctl/ArticleView/ModuleId/1555/articleId/24083/Social-Impact-of-EGovernment-in-Malaysia.aspx
Malaysia's Moderniser. from http://www.futuregov.asia/articles/2009/oct/13/malaysias-moderniser/
Definition of E-Government. from http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/TOPICS/EXTINFORMATIONANDCOMMUNICATIONANDTECHNOLOGIES/EXTEGOVERNMENT/0,,contentMDK:20507153~menuPK:702592~pagePK:148956~piPK:216618~theSitePK:702586,00.html
Implementation of Electronic Government In Malaysia: The Status And Potential For Better Service to The Public. from http://www.docstoc.com/docs/44741917/IMPLEMENTATION-OF-ELECTRONIC-GOVERNMENT-IN-MALAYSIA-THE-STATUS-AND