Use of Social Media at Workplace Jesse Cothran ENG 315 Instructor: Murray Jackson: Date:11/07/2019 Social media and workplace The image illustrates the relationship between social media and workplace. It shows how several platforms such as Facebook and Twitter are utilized at places of work for communication purposes. However, these platforms can also be time wasting when they are used for time. 2 Introduction Social media is a platform that facilitates social interactions and communication. Businesses have adopted social media for several purposes such as improving critical operations. This is as a result of the platform's increased visibility, persistence and enabled edibility of information Social media encompasses several platforms that facilities social interaction and information sharing such as Facebook, twitter, and WhatsApp among others. Interaction is these platforms results to sharing of both formal and informal information among friends, family members or even strangers. For this reason therefore, several business organizations have adopted social media to enhance persistence, edibility, credibility and visibility of shared information. 3 Main Agenda This presentation will illustrate several aspects which are associated with using social media at places of work such as: Benefits Policies for the use of social media, and Increasing formal communication through social media. The benefits of using social media at the place of work is an indications of the importance of the platforms both to the business organization and tits employee as well as clients such as customers. An example off such benefits includes provision of platforms for running advertisements for the organization. On the other hand, policies represents guidelines on how workers could utilize social media platforms to ensure maximum benefits to the entire organization and its clients. Lastly, the presentation will tackle on means of increasing formal communication through social media in the organization. 4 Benefits of adopting Social Media at workplace It is the best strategy for organizations to access markets both at local and international level. The platform enables easier engaging of audience in airing grievances through the internet. It is easier for companies to learn more about their competitors via social media. It enables formulation of best strategies to offer consumers with goods and utility which satisfy their needs. It enables marketing of businesses (Cao, Guo, Vogel, & Zhang, 2016, p. 529) Through social media platform such as Facebook, companies can access local and international markets by observing purchasing trends, population distribution, gender and age among other aspects. Similarly, the larger population of users of social media forms the largest market for most online companies for example the Bushwick Kitchen organization sold honey spices work over one hundred and seventy thousand dollars in less than ten months. Similalr ...