Social interactions and the sociological dynamics of social networks have many contributions that lead to many developments to our daily lives, it shaped the ways we interact, share and achieve.
Social influences within virtual consumer communitiesStephan ten Kate
This study investigates the social influence effects of social capital within virtual consumer communities on members’ attitudes towards the products that are being discussed within these communities. Since previous offline and online marketing studies primarily focused on consumer
attitude changes from an individual perspective, instead of integrating a view related to the social context, it examines the social influence processes of compliance, identification and internalization, and investigates how these influences emerge from the communities’ social system.
Data of 622 respondents gathered from five communities indicate that the communities’ social context can explain the development of these three social influences, and these interpersonal persuasion processes affect members’ product attitudes directly or indirectly in their turn. Internalization had the strongest effect on members’ product attitude changes, followed by compliance processes. Identification did not have a direct effect, but showed to have an indirect effect via compliance and internalization. Social capital proved to be a significant antecedent of all three influences. The community’s structural character only
influenced identification processes. The relations between the community members partly determined the emergence of identification and internalization processes, while a trusting relational setting negatively affected compliance processes. Cognitive social capital was an important antecedent for all three influence processes.
Social influences within virtual consumer communitiesStephan ten Kate
This study investigates the social influence effects of social capital within virtual consumer communities on members’ attitudes towards the products that are being discussed within these communities. Since previous offline and online marketing studies primarily focused on consumer
attitude changes from an individual perspective, instead of integrating a view related to the social context, it examines the social influence processes of compliance, identification and internalization, and investigates how these influences emerge from the communities’ social system.
Data of 622 respondents gathered from five communities indicate that the communities’ social context can explain the development of these three social influences, and these interpersonal persuasion processes affect members’ product attitudes directly or indirectly in their turn. Internalization had the strongest effect on members’ product attitude changes, followed by compliance processes. Identification did not have a direct effect, but showed to have an indirect effect via compliance and internalization. Social capital proved to be a significant antecedent of all three influences. The community’s structural character only
influenced identification processes. The relations between the community members partly determined the emergence of identification and internalization processes, while a trusting relational setting negatively affected compliance processes. Cognitive social capital was an important antecedent for all three influence processes.
Commissioned by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation and written by Matt Leighninger of the Deliberative Democracy Consortium, this paper reviews that conversation and extends an invitation to both deliberative democracy and dialogue practitioners and to community organizers to continue it. In doing so, it invites civic engagement practitioners from diverse schools of thought to raise and tackle tough, important questions; to deepen their mutual understanding of other practices and approaches, and of the values underlying and unifying their work; and to propose ideas for working together more effectively, and with greater impact.
Community Evolution in the Digital Space and Creation of SocialInformation C...Saptarshi Ghosh
A social homogeneous group can be formed irrespective to geo-spatial contiguity and research reveals that interaction through online communication fosters social behaviours like teamwork, ties, bonding and trust building as well as community building.
WRI’s Global Restoration Initiative hosts a webinar on the Institute’s first guidebook, Mapping Social Landscapes: A Guide to Identifying the Networks, Priorities, and Values of Restoration Actors. Participants explore how mapping your social landscape can help build stronger local environmental movements.
civ.works: The Comprehensive Platform for Participatory Democracy and Budgeting.Civic Works
A single sign on social platform catalyzing citizen engagement in participatory democracy, participatory budgeting and citizen-led legislation and policy.
Communication 2.0 tools were explored in this workshop. These tools challenged school board members and superintendents to think about how they could engage in dialogue with their communities.
This week, we distill insights around Let's Move! Cities, Towns and Counties - a collaboration of government departments, local leaders, non profits and philanthropists to combat childhood obesity.
100+ thinkers and planners within MSLGROUP share and discuss inspiring projects on social data, crowdsourcing, storytelling and citizenship on the MSLGROUP Insights Network.
Every week, we pick up one project and do a deep dive into conversations around it -- on the MSLGROUP Insights Network itself but also on the broader social web -- to distill insights and foresights. We share these insights and foresights with you on our People’s Insights blog and compile the best insights from the network and the blog in the iPad-friendly People’s Lab Quarterly Magazine, as a showcase of our capabilities.
For more, see: http://peopleslab.mslgroup.com
Commissioned by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation and written by Matt Leighninger of the Deliberative Democracy Consortium, this paper reviews that conversation and extends an invitation to both deliberative democracy and dialogue practitioners and to community organizers to continue it. In doing so, it invites civic engagement practitioners from diverse schools of thought to raise and tackle tough, important questions; to deepen their mutual understanding of other practices and approaches, and of the values underlying and unifying their work; and to propose ideas for working together more effectively, and with greater impact.
Community Evolution in the Digital Space and Creation of SocialInformation C...Saptarshi Ghosh
A social homogeneous group can be formed irrespective to geo-spatial contiguity and research reveals that interaction through online communication fosters social behaviours like teamwork, ties, bonding and trust building as well as community building.
WRI’s Global Restoration Initiative hosts a webinar on the Institute’s first guidebook, Mapping Social Landscapes: A Guide to Identifying the Networks, Priorities, and Values of Restoration Actors. Participants explore how mapping your social landscape can help build stronger local environmental movements.
civ.works: The Comprehensive Platform for Participatory Democracy and Budgeting.Civic Works
A single sign on social platform catalyzing citizen engagement in participatory democracy, participatory budgeting and citizen-led legislation and policy.
Communication 2.0 tools were explored in this workshop. These tools challenged school board members and superintendents to think about how they could engage in dialogue with their communities.
This week, we distill insights around Let's Move! Cities, Towns and Counties - a collaboration of government departments, local leaders, non profits and philanthropists to combat childhood obesity.
100+ thinkers and planners within MSLGROUP share and discuss inspiring projects on social data, crowdsourcing, storytelling and citizenship on the MSLGROUP Insights Network.
Every week, we pick up one project and do a deep dive into conversations around it -- on the MSLGROUP Insights Network itself but also on the broader social web -- to distill insights and foresights. We share these insights and foresights with you on our People’s Insights blog and compile the best insights from the network and the blog in the iPad-friendly People’s Lab Quarterly Magazine, as a showcase of our capabilities.
For more, see: http://peopleslab.mslgroup.com
Kim Garretson's presentation from the Feb. 27, 2015 dmaDetroit Educational Seminar and Luncheon. Kim's presentation, The Digital Marketplace, provides insight into: rising technology and how it’s changing the marketing landscape, he conversion of physical locations into engagement platforms (retail stores, stadiums, etc.), trend leading venture capital firms to watch and what they’re after and more.
We are living in an age where physical and digital worlds collide and blend into a new ground of unique experience, where information is readily accessible anywhere and anytime. In this age, enterprises the world over are touting large-scale digital
transformation as the foundation for business transformation, to make enterprises scalable, agile and
future-ready
27 Facts on the Future of Business in a Digital MarketplaceApp Consultants
Understand how the forces of technology and innovation brought on by the digital, social and mobile web are disrupting existing business models.
In this presentation we have gathered 27 facts that represent the changes taking place today, with your customers, in the digital marketplace. Each fact represents an important insight and suggests where to focus to ensure business success in the digital world.
Talk to App Consultants about implementing digital solutions that deliver a positive return on investment for your business:
Visit our website at http://AppConsultants.com.au
The Number One Digital Challenge Facing B2B TodayImran Choudhary
IBM recently hosted an open round table in London to discuss the temperament and disruptors in UK B2B Commerce with a number of key industry influencers and subject matter experts.
We explored the challenges faced, but equally the opportunities
and notable success stories.
Our discussion centred on what the #1 Digital Challenge Facing B2B is today, and what opportunities this may present to the new digital seller.
We also explored the importance of the user experience and the supporting infrastructure, as well as managing organisational and cultural change in the implementation of a new digital B2B strategy.
It comes as no surprise that the dialogue of the session very quickly expanded into the role of multi–Channel campaigns, technology, people, culture, and business change.
These facets where explored in great detail and we have summarised the highlights and key insights in this report.
Enabling the Digital Services Marketplace with Onboarding AutomationJenny Huang
This is the second phase of the TM Forum onboarding catalyst project, featuring metamodel for 3-dimenstional VNF package modeling; leveraging ETSI VNF descriptors, TOSCA template extensions, and Forum dynamic APIs to enable the Digital Service Marketplace.
IBM Softlayer Bluemix Marketplace
API Economy
Infrastructure as a Service
Platform as a Service
Software as a Service
IaaS PaaS SaaS
Register for Bluemix at http://ibm.biz/BluemixSBSS
See Softlayer at http://ibm.biz/SBSlideShareSL
Join the Marketplace at http://ibm.biz/SBSlideShareMP
Nick Meyne Enterprise Architect - Capgemini
At Global Architecture Week 2015, we covered ‘Digital Currencies and Cash’ and their relevance to Tax and Welfare Authorities, concluding with the message: “It’s not about Bitcoin, it’s about the Blockchain”. Blockchain technology has the potential to enable a new mutually trusted, transparent way of sharing and transacting. In the UK Public Sector, Sir Mark Walport’s report Distributed Ledger Technology: beyond blockchain encouraged Government to assess its early use and potential. Meanwhile in the private sector, Blockchain FinTech excitement among start-ups and venture capitalists remained strong for a technology promised to be “like a whole new internet for value exchange”. But where are the real world use cases today? What is it that makes a use case more likely to succeed? In this talk, we will share and discuss a number of Capgemini examples.
How IBM Scaled DevOps: The IBM Marketplace and Continuous ImprovementDev_Events
Presentation by Software Engineering Manager and DevOps Coach IBM Marketplace Engineering, Ann Marie Fred.
Adopting a new culture and a new way of working isn't easy; if it was, we'd all be working in Shangri-la by now. Adopting a new culture within a company with roughly 400,000 employees is even more difficult. From its humble beginnings with the first two-pizza DevOps team, IBM's DevOps community has grown to thousands of practitioners. I'll talk about balancing interdependencies with independence, and management with freedom. I'll also outline several practical steps you can take to drive change within your own organization, especially when you encounter resistance to change or misguided processes.
Capgemini Digital Reference Architecture with HPECapgemini
Digital Readiness Assessment Services delivers digital business initiatives by creating an actionable transformation roadmap. Through our joint partnership, Capgemini and HP have developed a Digital Reference Framework for IT solutions for the New Style of Business. Learn the strength of Capgemini-HP joint Digital Reference Architecture as it addresses client digital transformation business needs and helps you gain market share in Cloud, Big Data, Security and Mobility.
The world of financial services is changing dramatically and winning in this new market will require players, particularly the existing ones, to unlearn and relearn the ground rules. The entry of new players, many of who will be challengers and disruptors, are likely to push this market to higher levels of competition. Market participants will be forced to focus on specialisation and differentiation in order to respond to an extremely diverse market.
The CII-PwC report “Rethinking distribution: Smart solutions for smart customers” lays out four overarching growth drivers, which are providing an impetus to change in the delivery and consumption of financial services, demographic factors, technology changes, regulation and the entry of a substantial number of new, differentiated banks.
Mass Media Essay. ️ Conclusion of mass media in education. Essay on Mass Medi...Brittany Simmons
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Peer Influence & Social Media Research Paper_A WatsonAlexandra Watson
This paper focuses on the growing importance of finding key influencers within a social network. It is accompanied by a separate PowerPoint presentation summary file. This topic was presented as a school project at SMU in fulfillment of my Masters degree in Advertising - New Media.
Humans are a social organism, we have evolved to be social. Working together for a collective action is hardwired into us. We want to help, share, and give to each other and receive in kind.
Many things that we want , and need, cannot be created simply by our own efforts, so require some form of collaboration or reciprocity. The benefits we derive from that sociability we could call social capital. Social capital arises from the human capacity to consider others to think and act generously and cooperatively.
The concept of social capital relates to important questions of human behaviour and motivation such as why people give or help others even when there is no foreseeable benefit for themselves.
The central preposition of social capital is that relationships matter and that social networks are a valuable asset.
The social networks and the new social order between the individualized socia...INFOGAIN PUBLICATION
The new Social Networks (SN) evolved very quickly. They conquered of wide population as well in the cities as in the campaigns. They pushed aside values, attitudes, behavior…; In countries with strong social culture, they modified these values and modified the social rules formerly considered as unchanging.In this paper, an empirical study concerned the case of the Moroccans and their behavior with regard to the social networks in numerous domains as those of society, economy, consumption, social and societal relationships, information and communication, politics, etc. The traditional conventional social order is today in deep transformation. This paper contributes to the understanding of behavior change currently facing Moroccan society at all levels.The designers of software or applications bound to the social networks have to integrate these new behavior in their strategies.
Trust Domination Based on Local Wisdom in The Concept of Social Capital in Lo...AJHSSR Journal
ABSTRACT :Social capital theory generates disputes that have ramifications for social connections. The issue
centers on the concept of social capital as tangible capital in which individuals or organizations can leverage
social interactions, such as values, social networks, and trust, to achieve economic and social benefits. The
intrinsic element of trust has a significant influence on the other elements. The premise is that the stronger the
element of trust, the more powerful social capital's role as a catalyst for social change will be. The article
indicates that the idea of social capital, particularly the element of trust, provides a beneficial framework for the
effective development and formulation of policies based on indigenous wisdom in Belu Regency, East Nusa
Tenggara Province.
KEYWORDS :Social Capital, Trust, Government Performance
Determining Strategic Value of Online Social Engagementsinventionjournals
Over the past few decades social networking connections through individuals and open publishing in general have rapidly became a popular tool for maintaining relationships, communicating and expanding businesses. Individuals invest hours in building social capital and their social identify (SID) via online engagements. We present a methodology to quantify the multitude of artifacts that can be derived from online social engagements and develop a framework that measures the value of an individual's online social engagements. ASID value is used to deliver a score for each individual user; a score that will assist you in understanding your return on investment (ROI)and social capital from your online social networking activities. The framework creates a score to support and determine which specific engagements add and increase your personal value chain. This score can provide benefit to users for career, personal, and business opportunities.
Insight slides from working with the Open Environmental Data Project brain trust during October-December 2020. These insights were generated from conversations around this body of work: https://www.openenvironmentaldata.org/a-new-model-series
social networking individual vs. crowd behavior (connected intelligence)INFOGAIN PUBLICATION
The study of Human behavior is much more complicated in various situations, especially on the spectrum of Social Networks. The study of individual behavior cannot be replicated for a group/crowd behavior which can have many social and behavioral dimensions. In the connected world where intelligence is shared among individuals and groups, there exists another kind of complexity which needs to be examined.The complexity of human behaviors as an individual or as a group on the social networks is much more versatile and erratic. The research work studies and analyzes these behaviors in a connected networked intelligent environment and as to how these behaviors are reflected towards Connected Intelligence. Consequently it defines how they can affect the intelligent analytical outcomes. Finally it comes up with a generic model which can be applied in any setup.
Social Capital Building Toolkit Version 1.2 (Thomas Sander.docxMARRY7
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Social Capital∗ Building Toolkit
(Version 1.2)+
October, 2006
By Thomas H. Sander and Kathleen Lowney
Introductory note:
Although this toolkit emanates from Harvard, much of what is suggested here falls in the
“smart bets” category rather than the standard of certifiable truth that academic
institutions typically adhere to. The comments and framework in this document are
designed to help communities thinking about social capital and present them with
hypotheses that they can pressure test through field experimentation. For that reason, we
would appreciate any useful feedback concerning where your experience differs from our
framework and ways in which this Toolkit could be more effective. You can e-mail us
your thoughts to: [email protected]
∗ This toolkit is not mean to be a primer on Social Capital. For more information on what social is, see
http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/saguaro/primer.htm and for some general tools on community organizing see
the excellent Citizen's Handbook at [http://www.vcn.bc.ca/citizens-handbook/] or HUD’s document on
becoming a community organizer (HUD – becoming a community organizer at
http://www.hud.gov/community/comorg1.cfm or). For general community skills see the Community Tool
Box (http://ctb.ku.edu/). For a statement about the importance of social capital building see “The
Importance of Social Infrastructure” by Cornelia Flora
(http://www.ag.iastate.edu/centers/rdev/newsletter/june97/build-soc-capital.html). Xav Briggs of MIT has
some excellent tools on the community problem-solving at: http://web.mit.edu/cpsproject/home.html.
+ Kathleen Lowney co-authored this document up to version 1.0 but bears no responsibility for changes
thereafter.
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Social Capital Building Toolkit
(Version 1.2)
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Introduction
For the past decade, social capital has resonated strongly with communities across
America attempting to improve residents’ quality of life and overall well-being. Social
capital, defined as “ the social networks and the norms of trustworthiness and reciprocity
that arise from them,” is a powerful predictor of many social goods, including people’s
health and happiness, levels of economic development, well-working schools, safe
neighborhoods, and responsive government.1
Although the Social Capital Community Benchmark Study2 has enabled us to better
quantify and measure social capital, we are still exploring the most effective ways,
settings and activities to build social capital and increase civic engage ...
The findings of this research study (purchase on Amazon.com) examines the impact social media has on consumers and decision-makers around the world and characterizes the impact of social influence models. The Social Mind research explores the best practices of using social business as a platform to strengthen sustainable methods for working and living in new, interactive and collaborative business world. It identifies key characteristics and insights into the engagement behaviors of influencers and individuals, and how organizations can maximize reach and influence to execute on what we call the new Principals of Engagement in the Millennium.
Social business is dynamically changing the face of human interaction and communications globally. The emergence of new social behaviors and interrelationships between individuals, organizations, thought leaders and influencers are evolving in new and previously unforeseen ways primarily because of social media networks and peer groups.
A disruption is in the making, but this time, human behavior is the driver, not technology. People want and need to get the information they need at the time they desire it, especially from those they consider to be experts. We are returning to the “apple cart” of yesteryear. However, this time around we are armed with digital devices to extend our global ability to talk with the companies and people who inform our decisions.
This paradigm shift is a major communications innovation in all markets, which is radically changing the way people and organizations engage and behave online. There is also a strong link between social networking and what might be called “a new global anthropology” that is developing because of these new behaviors, interactions and interrelationships between cultures enabled through social business.
Over the past three years Vanessa DiMauro, Peter Auditore and myself, all Society for New Communications Research fellows, have embarked on a series of research studies to understand this new and evolving business platform and its impact on social communications and influence.
Masses, Crowds, Communities, Movements. Collective Formations in the Digital ...University of Stuttgart
From prosumers to swarms, crowds, e-movements and e-communities, the Internet allows for new forms of collective behavior and action anywhere on the spectrum between individ- uals and organizations. In all of these cases, online technologies function as connectivity- enhancing tools and have prompted the search for novel or inherently different collective formations and actors on the web.
However, research to date on these new collective formations on the web lacks a sociologi- cally informed and theoretical focus. Instead, loosely defined terms such as “swarm”, “crowd” or “network” are readily used as a catch-all for any formation that cannot be charac- terized as a stable corporate actor. Such terms contribute little to an understanding of the vast range of collective activities on the Internet, namely because the various collective for- mations differ significantly from each other with regard to their size, internal structure, inter- action, institutional dynamics, stability and strategic capability.
In order to bridge this gap, this study investigates two questions: One, how might the very dif- ferently structured collectives on the Internet be classified and distinguished along actor- or action-centered theory? And two, what influence do the technological infrastructures in which they operate have on their formation, structure and activities? For this we distinguish between two main types of collectives: non-organized collectives, which exhibit loosely-coupled col- lective behavior, and collective actors with a separate identity and strategic capability. Further, we examine the newness, or distinctive traits, of online-based collectives, which we identify as being the strong and hitherto non-existent interplay between the technological infrastruc- tures that these collectives are embedded in and the social processes of coordination and insti- tutionalization they must engage in in order to maintain their viability over time. Convention- al patterns of social dynamics in the development and stabilization of collective action are now systematically intertwined with technology-induced processes of structuration.
Social factors in user perceptions and responses to advertising in online soc...Andrey Markin
http://personal.cb.cityu.edu.hk/mkwydou/social%20factors%20in%20user%20perceptions%20and%20responses%20to%20advertising%20in%20online%20social%20networking%20communities.pdf
ABSTRACT: With the advent of popular Web destinations such as MySpace and Facebook, online social networking
communities now occupy the center stage of e-commerce. Yet these online social networking communities must balance the
trade-off between advertising revenue and user experience. Drawing on the sociology and advertising literature, this study
investigates the impacts of social identity and group norms on community users' group intentions to accept advertising in online
social networking communities. By outlining how this type of group intention could influence community members' perceptions
and value judgments of such advertising, this study delineates possible mechanisms by which community members may respond
positively to community advertising. The authors test the proposed theoretical framework on a sample of 327 popular online
community users in China and obtain general support. Implications for the prospect of advertising in online social networking
communities are discussed.
The case study discusses the potential of drone delivery and the challenges that need to be addressed before it becomes widespread.
Key takeaways:
Drone delivery is in its early stages: Amazon's trial in the UK demonstrates the potential for faster deliveries, but it's still limited by regulations and technology.
Regulations are a major hurdle: Safety concerns around drone collisions with airplanes and people have led to restrictions on flight height and location.
Other challenges exist: Who will use drone delivery the most? Is it cost-effective compared to traditional delivery trucks?
Discussion questions:
Managerial challenges: Integrating drones requires planning for new infrastructure, training staff, and navigating regulations. There are also marketing and recruitment considerations specific to this technology.
External forces vary by country: Regulations, consumer acceptance, and infrastructure all differ between countries.
Demographics matter: Younger generations might be more receptive to drone delivery, while older populations might have concerns.
Stakeholders for Amazon: Customers, regulators, aviation authorities, and competitors are all stakeholders. Regulators likely hold the greatest influence as they determine the feasibility of drone delivery.
Specific ServPoints should be tailored for restaurants in all food service segments. Your ServPoints should be the centerpiece of brand delivery training (guest service) and align with your brand position and marketing initiatives, especially in high-labor-cost conditions.
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Senior Project and Engineering Leader Jim Smith.pdfJim Smith
I am a Project and Engineering Leader with extensive experience as a Business Operations Leader, Technical Project Manager, Engineering Manager and Operations Experience for Domestic and International companies such as Electrolux, Carrier, and Deutz. I have developed new products using Stage Gate development/MS Project/JIRA, for the pro-duction of Medical Equipment, Large Commercial Refrigeration Systems, Appliances, HVAC, and Diesel engines.
My experience includes:
Managed customized engineered refrigeration system projects with high voltage power panels from quote to ship, coordinating actions between electrical engineering, mechanical design and application engineering, purchasing, production, test, quality assurance and field installation. Managed projects $25k to $1M per project; 4-8 per month. (Hussmann refrigeration)
Successfully developed the $15-20M yearly corporate capital strategy for manufacturing, with the Executive Team and key stakeholders. Created project scope and specifications, business case, ROI, managed project plans with key personnel for nine consumer product manufacturing and distribution sites; to support the company’s strategic sales plan.
Over 15 years of experience managing and developing cost improvement projects with key Stakeholders, site Manufacturing Engineers, Mechanical Engineers, Maintenance, and facility support personnel to optimize pro-duction operations, safety, EHS, and new product development. (BioLab, Deutz, Caire)
Experience working as a Technical Manager developing new products with chemical engineers and packaging engineers to enhance and reduce the cost of retail products. I have led the activities of multiple engineering groups with diverse backgrounds.
Great experience managing the product development of products which utilize complex electrical controls, high voltage power panels, product testing, and commissioning.
Created project scope, business case, ROI for multiple capital projects to support electrotechnical assembly and CPG goods. Identified project cost, risk, success criteria, and performed equipment qualifications. (Carrier, Electrolux, Biolab, Price, Hussmann)
Created detailed projects plans using MS Project, Gant charts in excel, and updated new product development in Jira for stakeholders and project team members including critical path.
Great knowledge of ISO9001, NFPA, OSHA regulations.
User level knowledge of MRP/SAP, MS Project, Powerpoint, Visio, Mastercontrol, JIRA, Power BI and Tableau.
I appreciate your consideration, and look forward to discussing this role with you, and how I can lead your company’s growth and profitability. I can be contacted via LinkedIn via phone or E Mail.
Jim Smith
678-993-7195
jimsmith30024@gmail.com
Employment PracticesRegulation and Multinational CorporationsRoopaTemkar
Employment PracticesRegulation and Multinational Corporations
Strategic decision making within MNCs constrained or determined by the implementation of laws and codes of practice and by pressure from political actors. Managers in MNCs have to make choices that are shaped by gvmt. intervention and the local economy.
A presentation on mastering key management concepts across projects, products, programs, and portfolios. Whether you're an aspiring manager or looking to enhance your skills, this session will provide you with the knowledge and tools to succeed in various management roles. Learn about the distinct lifecycles, methodologies, and essential skillsets needed to thrive in today's dynamic business environment.
Enriching engagement with ethical review processesstrikingabalance
New ethics review processes at the University of Bath. Presented at the 8th World Conference on Research Integrity by Filipa Vance, Head of Research Governance and Compliance at the University of Bath. June 2024, Athens
Integrity in leadership builds trust by ensuring consistency between words an...Ram V Chary
Integrity in leadership builds trust by ensuring consistency between words and actions, making leaders reliable and credible. It also ensures ethical decision-making, which fosters a positive organizational culture and promotes long-term success. #RamVChary
Org Design is a core skill to be mastered by management for any successful org change.
Org Topologies™ in its essence is a two-dimensional space with 16 distinctive boxes - atomic organizational archetypes. That space helps you to plot your current operating model by positioning individuals, departments, and teams on the map. This will give a profound understanding of the performance of your value-creating organizational ecosystem.
Comparing Stability and Sustainability in Agile SystemsRob Healy
Copy of the presentation given at XP2024 based on a research paper.
In this paper we explain wat overwork is and the physical and mental health risks associated with it.
We then explore how overwork relates to system stability and inventory.
Finally there is a call to action for Team Leads / Scrum Masters / Managers to measure and monitor excess work for individual teams.
Public Speaking Tips to Help You Be A Strong Leader.pdfPinta Partners
In the realm of effective leadership, a multitude of skills come into play, but one stands out as both crucial and challenging: public speaking.
Public speaking transcends mere eloquence; it serves as the medium through which leaders articulate their vision, inspire action, and foster engagement. For leaders, refining public speaking skills is essential, elevating their ability to influence, persuade, and lead with resolute conviction. Here are some key tips to consider: https://joellandau.com/the-public-speaking-tips-to-help-you-be-a-stronger-leader/
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3. INTRODUCTION
Social interactions and the sociological dynamics of social networks have many contributions that lead to
many developments to our daily lives, it shaped the ways we interact, share and achieve. This article
explores the basic principles of sociology and utilises conclusions in previous social studies to explain and
bridge the existing gap in the literature of social networks, economics and sociology. The article associates
the terminology and the theoretical framework of sociology with research findings in business and economy.
Demonstrating the applications of social conformity “the process in which an individual’s behaviours,
attitudes or beliefs either unconsciously or consciously is adjusted to meet the ones of the group’s”.
Compliance “the process in which individuals conform to the group’s identity and characteristics
intrinsically ‘private acceptance’ or extrinsically ‘public compliance’ to adjust to group productivity and
performance”. Group pressure “the influence excreted by a peer group, encouraging individuals to change
their attitudes, values and behaviours in order to conform to group norms”. Imitation “is a form of social
learning where individuals observe and replicate other people’s behaviours”, imitation is a type of
observational learning whereby individuals tend to imitate acceptable and rewarding behaviours to increase
the eligibility of group acceptance which results in realising the benefits sought by that particular group.
Social facilitation “Whereby individuals tend to perform better when being observed by others” which
suggests that social evaluations have impacts on individual performances. Suggestion “the process by which
individual’s behaviours are encouraged or discouraged through direct or indirect proposals of other
individuals or groups of individuals” and vicarious conditioning “the process by which individuals learn
various attitudes, feelings, beliefs and emotions not explicitly through direct exposure to stimulus, but
implicitly through observing others reactions to it”.
4. INTRODUCTION
The article explains the advantages and the disadvantages of social networks and determines the
importance of such factors in today’s economic studies in commercial settings. “Social network analysis
has already taught us a great deal and it holds tremendous potential for future application, especially in
economics.” (Matthew, 2010). The article elucidates the nature of individuals and groups, the necessity
for socialisation, conformity and obedience. The elements governing social networks in reference to
individual and group identity, societies and the underlying principles of stratification and its impact on
conformity and obedience. The types of group influences and social intelligence, group emotions and
cultural natures of individualism and collectivism.
The organizational awareness of social networks and the present nature of social impacts on economic
outcomes “Almost $8 trillion a year is spent through e-commerce both business-to-business and business
to consumer” (Bughin and Manyika, 2012). Organisations are becoming aware of the rapidly changing
socially driven environments as “Customers who engage with companies over social media spend 20% to
40% more money with those companies than other customers.” (Barry, 2011), “Product and social
community credited with increasing Nike running shoe market share from 48% to 61%” (Barry, 2011)
which justifies the significance of economically understanding social networks and the rate of contribution
of such networks to today’s economy. The White House Office of Consumer Affairs mentioned in one of
its market reports, “A dis-satisfied customer will tell between 9 and 15 people about their experience.
About 13% of dis-satisfied customers tell more than 20 people” where such experiences are shared
through social networks “24% of consumers who had unsatisfactory service interactions shared their
experiences through social networks in 2010, a 50% increase over 2009.” (Forrester Report, 2010).
5. INTRODUCTION
The increasing awareness of societal integrations and the rapid expose to social intelligence and
reference groups is a determining factor in economical social networks, failure of an individual’s
membership channel unambiguously lead to a chain reaction of other channel failures belonging to a
group of individuals, especially where such failures are related to dominating or reference groups. Chain
of reactions are hypothetically endless (Jackson, Rogers, 2006), failing channels estimate loses in
billions of dollars “$289 is the average annual value of each customer relationship lost to a competitor
or abandoned” (Genesis Report, 2009). The costs of re-establishing such social channels are quite
difficult to sustain “It takes 12 positive service experiences to make up for one negative
experience.” (Ruby, “Understanding Customers”), social networks enlarge the quantity of the recipients
of shared experiences and generalise such experiences as economic beliefs.
The literature emphasised on the significance of social networks “a connected network of individual and
group relations, whereby the chain reaction is primarily evident. Hypothetically, we assume that the
connectedness or the cohesiveness among individuals in a group chained in a mesh topology, whereby
each individual completely connected to each other individual in the group ‘Public Compliance’. And
each and every individual in the group has a recursive relationship to him or herself ‘Private
Acceptance’, and since groups act as a unique identity, they also act as individuals where individuals are
connected to other individuals as well”. The exponential growth of social networking users grew rapidly
in the past couple of years (Chui, 2012) a measurement of the social networking impact in Europe
found that “The central estimate of gross revenue enabled by the activities of Facebook is €32billion.
6. INTRODUCTION
This revenue converts into an economic impact of €15.3 billion and supports 232,000 jobs.” (Deloitte,
2012). Where the number of the Internet users grew rapidly in the past couple of years reaching to 2.27
billion users as of 2011 where “1.5 billion is the number of social networking users globally” (Chui,
2012). The fact that social networks are becoming increasingly important to both society and economy,
where “80% proportion of total online users interact with social networks regularly” (Chui, 2012).
Which reflects the basic underlying behavior of humans to communicate, collaborate and socialise, and
“70% proportion of companies using social technologies” (Chui, 2012) as a consequence of the
significance sought in understanding socially driven societies with regards to the economy, such that
“90% proportion of companies using social technologies report business benefit from them” (Chui,
2012) .
Towards fulfilling the basic needs of socialisation and the impacts on decisions and buying behaviours
that are effected by the social culture, organisations are concentrating on how to manipulate such global
societies for their own advantage “72% of companies surveyed reported using social technologies in
their businesses, and 90% of those users reported that they are seeing benefits” (Chui, 2012).
Neglecting the fact of conformity and group homogeneity where individuals of a group act as a single
entity and that a single failure of a link to a group may disconnect other links implicitly, and other
groups influenced by the other group’s decisions, norms and beliefs. Based on the need for socialisation
we assume complete dependence relations among the elements in the network, therefore the chain
reaction plays an important role in determining the effects of social and economic behaviours.
7. INTRODUCTION
“Social networks affect the flow and quality of Information, much information is subtle, nuanced and difficult to
verify, so actors do not believe impersonal sources and instead rely on people they know” (Granovetter, 2005),
(Deutsch & Gérard, 1995). While social networks exhibit stronger link formations whereby relations are rapidly
experiencing growth, the underlying mechanics of such networks highly affects the growth of information and the
rate of globalisation and economic awareness. “Clustering coefficients. Which measure the tendency of linked
nodes to have common neighbours, are larger in social networks compared to networks where links are generated
by an independent random process.” (Jackson, Rogers, 2006). Rapid formations results in stronger chain
reactions, whereby the elements of such networks exhibit stronger susceptibility to changes and economical
dynamics. A recent research lead by IBM established that “78–84% of consumers now rely on their social
networks when researching new products or services” (IBM, 2011). Social interactions and the power of peer
effects increasingly energised by the existence of social networks.
Peers and groups, whereby others effect the behavior of individuals, more likely influence consumer’s choices. the
evolution of the communication industries, the ease of information access, and the rapid exposure to social
channels and reference groups, where reference groups are used in order to evaluate and determine the nature of
a given individual or other group’s characteristics and sociological attributes. “Economists are being increasingly
aware of the importance and ubiquity of social networks” (Bramoullé, 2009). The individual relates or aspires to
relate him or herself psychologically to the group. It becomes the individual’s frame of reference and source for
ordering his or her experiences, perceptions, cognition, and ideas of self. It is apparent that members of groups or
members of reference groups will neglect their own personal inclinations in order to sustain group membership
“When status is sufficiently important relative to intrinsic utility, many individuals conform to a single,
homogeneous standard of behavior, despite heterogeneous underlying preferences” (Bernheim, 1994).
8. INTRODUCTION
The significance of group dynamics and relations impose critical economic impacts on the
consumer’s behavior, steering their individualistic preferences towards socially and agree upon
group preferences “They are willing to suppress their individuality and conform to the social norm
because they recognise that even small departures from the norm will seriously impair their
popularity” (Bernheim, 1994). The evolution of the communication industries was as a consequence
of the driving force of the human nature, the nature of socialising, “It is fundamental human
behavior to seek identity and connectedness through affiliations with other individuals and groups
that share their characteristics, interests or beliefs” (Chui, 2012) , the more connections are
established the more intelligent markets and consumers become. “Many social scientists agree that
individual behavior is motivated in large part by social factors, such as the desire for prestige,
esteem, popularity or acceptance” (Bernheim, 1994).
Alternatively, a research lead by Forrester Report sheds light on the importance of social networks
“Customer power has grown, as 73% of firms trust recommendations from friends and family, while
only 19% trust direct mail”. It illustrates the social network’s impacts on the consumer behavior and
the decision making of individual and group purchasers. The emergence of social networks ensures
positive contributions to society, business and politics “Social technologies can empower individuals
to form communities of interest around specific issues or causes, providing societal benefits” (Chui,
2012). Where social intelligence emerges, offering advancements in cultural and societal behaviours
towards globalisation and internationalisation.
9. INTRODUCTION
The spread and the flexibility of social networks offers a unified global society of thoughts and
behavior despite heterogeneous origins, contributing significant improvements in society, economy
and policy. “Social technologies allow people to connect at a different scale and create a unified,
powerful voice, as consumer groups or entire societies. That can have significant impact on the
ways in which dialogues are shaped and policy is made” (Chui, 2012). The significance of
understanding social networks exhibit advantageous outcomes “Social technologies can increase
margins as much as %60 by connecting with customers and generating sharper consumer insights
and by improving productivity and knowledge” (Chui, 2012).
Where economic returns on investments are notably beneficial “$900 billion — $1.3 trillion annual
value that could be unlocked by social technologies in four sectors” (Chui, 2012). Information
dissemination through social networks is economically significant “Word of Mouth, both positive
and negative, is indeed a force that can influence the attitudes and predicted purchase behavior of
consumers” (Charlett, 1995). It justifies the significance of social conformity in the form of
informational influence and normative peer effects influence through social networks (Deutsch &
Gérard, 1995), the premise is that negative dissemination of experiences results in significant
economic consequences “Negative word of mouth is more influential than positive word of
mouth” (Charlett, 1995).
10. INTRODUCTION
It is increasingly evident that the psychological elements of human behaviours establish many
contributions in economics “Word of mouth recommendations cannot only improve the prior
expectation of users, who receive the recommendations on the recommended items, but also raise
their posterior evaluation” (Huang, 2012). The study of the human nature and their characteristics
and behaviours in groups revealed the conscious and the unconscious cohesiveness of individuals
among groups and societies to secure membership and status, and the continuous search for a
group identity and individuals exhibit intrinsic and extrinsic influences. Intrinsically the
everlasting force of social bonding, and extrinsically the force to maintain group bonds and
relations, intrinsic influences were notably showed by the increasingly growing quantity of social
networking consumers worldwide (Chui, 2012).
Which justifies the fundamental nature of the human race (Chui, 2012), and extrinsic influences
were shown by the social intelligence and the resulting impacts on society and economy. In
business, supply chain and operations management strive to reduce the amount of implied
demand uncertainty by collaborating with prospective or existing customers to project or forecast
the supply and demand patterns. The less informed the supply chain about the customer buying
and demand behaviours the higher the uncertainty and therefore the less efficient and responsive
the chain becomes, the better the supply chain is informed about the consumer behavioral
dynamics the better the operational manageability of the supply chain processes.
11. INTRODUCTION
Therefore, in order to be able to achieve a strategic fit of the supply chain and the operational
processes that govern the supply chain, the first requirement is to understand the customer and
the supply chain uncertainty. Where business entities inspect and recognise the customer’s
necessities and potentials, if the customer’s demands not understood or observed properly by the
supply chain’s operations, responsiveness and efficiency suffers tremendously, which results in
poor business decisions, capital investments and market competitiveness.
Since consumer necessities exhibit a dynamic and a challenging nature where the range of
quantity, responsiveness and lead times, variety of products, product acquisition channels, rate of
innovation and required service levels increase the more challenging it becomes for businesses to
forecast the eligibility of the supply chain operations. Since the higher the implied demand
uncertainty the greater the forecasting errors, the higher the increase in stock out rates the
probability of business financial and operational failures. For businesses to design and implement
efficient and responsive supply chains, implied demand uncertainty reduction is necessary, and for
that to be true, the supply chain has to mutate around the customer and to investigate and
appreciate the consumer’s anticipations.
12. INTRODUCTION
The Seven Eleven Japan, established in 1973 is utilising information technologies to capture and
produce accurate measurements of demand and supply patterns, interacting with the consumers
buying and intellectual behaviours reduced the amount of demand uncertainty. Utilising brand
awareness and advertising effectiveness procedures and processes through social networks and
social media, increased the levels of financial and market profitability, relational and business
scalability, operational and strategic flexibility and logistical and cross functional effectiveness in
servicing the market. The article suggests the importance and the advantageous outcomes of social
networks in the economy, social networks have lead many business and economic improvements
and supported in the increase of profit margins, employment levels and gross domestic products in
national (Deloitte, 2012) and international settings (Chui, 2012).
13. FURTHER READING
The Mindset of Groups
A light will be shed on the characteristics of group formations, peer effects, obedience, “People will obey a figure of authority,
even if it means hurting another person” (Milgram, 1963) and “When individuals perceive another person as having authority
over them, they no longer feel responsible for their actions” (Milgram, 1963).
The Theory of Motivation
The etymology of the word ‘motivate’ descends from Old French motif, from late Latin motivus, from movere ‘to move’ in the
1800’s. Motivation is a reason or reasons for acting or behaving in a particular way.
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