Do you brush your microblog at work? Most companies disable social tools

    The question of whether social tools should be used for work or what impact social tools have on a person's working status has always been a headache for the company's management. And most office companies end up with a one-size-fits-all approach to banning social tools. So what do employees in Chinese companies think about the problem?      Yesterday we reported a study from Microsoft about whether we should use social tools during working hours, and most of the 9,908 employees surveyed in 32 countries said social tools helped improve productivity at work. For employees in Chinese companies, 84% of people think social tools help improve their productivity, a significantly higher than the global average of 46%, the world's top.      Microsoft Office Business Software Division President Coute Dorbern (Kurt delbene) said:     "as the advent of e-mail in the last century in the 90 has greatly facilitated the development of business, in 21st century , Corporate social networking will be a powerful tool for promoting workplace reform and stimulating workplace dynamism. We believe that the tools that people use now: email, instant messaging, voice communications, videoconferencing, and social networking, will converge and integrate deeply into various applications, promote interpersonal communication, and really change the way people work. "     The survey of employees in Chinese companies interviewed 302 employees, 79% of whom said social tools helped to promote collaboration among employees in their work and contributed to greater teamwork, 47 Say that the company they work for underestimates the importance of social tools, while 80% of Chinese employees want to be more involved in the decision-making process of introducing new technologies and tools, and 61% of employees are willing to pay for social tools to improve their productivity.      In a global survey, more than 39% of the respondents felt that there was not enough collaboration between their departments and 40% of them believed that social networking helped a team to work better Together, 28% are accustomed to using social networks to inform their colleagues about the real progress of their work, even when the company bans social networking, and 31% of respondents say they are willing to pay for the right to use social networking at work hours.      In contrast, employees in Chinese companies are clearly more interested in using social tools at work, and they look forward to a more modern and communication-friendly approach to work. In addition to achieving the goal of personalized work, but also to better strengthen the teamcooperation. Charlene Li, founder and analyst at Ottmitt Group, said:     "More and more employees are not only bringing their own equipment to the company, they are also looking to use social tools at work to improve productivity." Employees expect to use a more modern, communication-friendly and interactive communication tool that represents their personal lives to achieve the goal of personalized work. Corporate social networks represent a new way of working, and companies that are willing to use these social tools are constantly improving their collaboration and speed of feedback to their customers, creating a competitive advantage. "     Of course, the reality of more people is still grim because many companies are unwilling to install or provide social tools, and 8% of all respondents said that the company's IT department was the first to object to the use of social tools and 67 % of the people mentioned security concerns, and 47% said data loss was the biggest obstacle to deploying social tools for their companies. Faced with these challenges, 26% of Chinese company employees said they ignored the company's IT policies and installed social software themselves, while 37% said they knew their colleagues were doing it.      So, at work, do you use social tools, and what is the attitude of your company?