Bridging the Gap: A Genre Analysis of Weblogs
HICSS '04 Proceedings of the Proceedings of the 37th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS'04) - Track 4 - Volume 4
Communications of the ACM - The Blogosphere
Weblog success: Exploring the role of technology
International Journal of Human-Computer Studies - Human-computer interaction research in the managemant information systems discipline
BlogCentral: the role of internal blogs at work
CHI '07 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Corporate-level blogs of the Fortune 500 companies: an empirical investigation of content and design
International Journal of Information Technology and Management
International Journal of Networking and Virtual Organisations
Sense of community among mobile language learners: can blogs support this?
International Journal of Web Based Communities
Using blogs to support participative learning in university courses
International Journal of Web Based Communities
Web 2.0 project-based learning in higher education: some preliminary evidence
International Journal of Web Based Communities
Hi-index | 0.00 |
This paper investigates the implementation and use of an internal organisational blog by several departments in the HR division in a large public sector financial organisation in the UK. This qualitative study adopts a case study approach and examines the experiences of staff using the blog to explore whether it can facilitate organisational learning. The thinking and decisions that informed the pilot study are also investigated. Initial findings indicate that implementing an internal organisational blog does not revolve around the technology itself, but the work required to inform and educate staff about the idea of using a blog for working purposes. This paper has practical implications for the practitioner community with reference to organisational management informing them of issues to consider prior to implementing new technology in team environments. The paper also examines approaches towards maintaining technology initiatives in this case blogs once they are up and running. The unique focus of this paper is that it explores blog use from the perspective of individuals who have never used them before as opposed to a department that is already familiar with the technology.