[Offtopic] Facebook and staff productivity

[Geoff Moss]

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