Last week, in the weekly meeting in my office, my supervisor led a discussion related to web 2.0. He did not mention the exact concept web 2.0, instead, he talked about facebook and wiki. The whole story was the IT personnel and the communication office personnel suggested Facebook and wiki could be allowed to access to facilitate the communication in working time. However, the top executives in the Department could not accept that since they thought people could be distracted from working if they are allowed to use facebook.
Around this issue, we had a discussion. At the end, it became a discussion in different generations. The elders can't accept the new tech. The youngers are on the contrary.
After the discussion, I had some thoughts. I work for the state department, which is not that flexible. During the working time, we could just access the intranet and use some websites related to work. All the other sites are forbidden.
I have a question. If you have some experience, just help me. :)
1. Could web 2.0 be applied in the organization like this? Definitely, there are lots of article talking about the application of web 2.0 in some global companies, like the Google, Costco, etc. However, there are lots of limitation of the application of web 2.0 in the government and lots of companies. As the instructional designer, if we need to promote the new technology, how could we convenience the vendor that the benefits are overweight the costs?
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