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7. http://www.humanresourcesiq.com/employment-law/articles/checklist-for-disciplining-employees-and-providing/ 
8. http://www.ihavenet.com/Technology-Facebook-Business-Strategies-That-Work-IT-Insider.html 
9.  http://www.bbb.org/us/article/bbb-advises-internet-surfers-to-use-caution-when-using-wi-fi-networks-that-arent-their-own-26404

Article 3: E-Commerce

Facebook Business Strategies That Work

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COMMENT:

Most people in the world today have facebook. Even children as young as seven years old have facebook. Not to forget the senior citizens who are not totally ‘IT blind’ have facebook too. Facebook has its good and bad. It is a social network that becomes medium to socialize and for gathering back with old long lost friends. Other than socializing, facebook offers the users to play games and do business at the same time. Business carried on facebook is one type of e-commerce that we have learnt in Chapter 6.

The most common business that usually be done through facebook is buying tokens for games. Games like Café World for example, users are given a certain amount of virtual money to start a café business in Café World which includes the furniture, decorations and food to be served. Sometimes, the virtual money is not enough to complete the users desire to decorate their virtual café. Hence, there are services that offer tokens to be bought online and these tokens can be substitute to the virtual money. People who are addicted to facebook and this kind of games will easily buy the tokens to continue playing without having to wait or sacrifice their wants towards their virtual café. This is one type of business on facebook.

Other than that, people also use facebook as a medium to promote their businesses, either products or services. As there are many competitors in the market today, sellers tend to use different styles of promoting their products and services. Since people today are living in the world of Facebook, advertising their products could probably attract customers, new and existing. That would also depends on how interesting and convincing they advertise their products and how customers take it. The information provided and good feedbacks from existing customers will also attract new customers.

Promoting a business and selling through facebook will increase the target market as the business can be viewed by people nationally and also internationally as the internet connects people all over the world. A small business can even be larger and progressive. 

However, this kind of business is also open to risks and frauds, just like any other e-commerce applications. Organizations should control anything they post or posted by their fans. It is important to consistently manage their facebook accounts and take immediate actions towards certain comments and suggestions by their customers. 

Article 2: Wi-Fi

BBB Advises Internet Surfers to Use Caution When Using Wi-Fi Networks that Aren’t Their Own

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COMMENT: 

A Wi-Fi is a short form of wireless fidelity. It enabled device such as a PC, video game console, smart phone or MP3 player can connect to the Internet when within range of a wireless network connected to the Internet. A wireless network uses radio waves, just like cell phones, televisions and radios do. In fact, communication across a wireless network is a lot like two-way radio communication. A computer's wireless adapter translates data into a radio signal and transmits it using an antenna. A wireless router receives the signal and decodes it. The router sends the information to the Internet using a physical, wired Ethernet connection. The process also works in reverse, with the router receiving information from the Internet, translating it into a radio signal and sending it to the computer's wireless adapter.

The coverage of one or more interconnected access points called a hotspot can comprise an area as small as a single room or as large as many square miles. We usually use Wi-Fi at home, universities and café. Wi-Fi is very useful as we do not need to connect wires to our devices to access the Internet. Free Wi-Fi that is provided by mostly café and restaurants is even greater. It usually attracts people especially students and businessman to spend most of their time there to use the free Wi-Fi in finishing work, study or socialize.

However there are many threats from this facility. People with bad intention can try to trespass people’s connection and steals information and even send viruses. For example, when a person is working at a café, keying in information about his company, other party or people from another organization might try to steal the information to sabotage or to foregone the organization. This can be harmful to the organization as the data or information that the person was working with might be confidential. If the person was working on the planning of some project, the bad people might use the plan and precede before the working person could even start to conduct his plan.

This kind of trespassing is also called hack. Hack will not only be harmful to organization but also to people personally. This is because hackers can even steal people’s personal details. Worst, they can even hack people’s account for internet banking and thus steals money.

Therefore, people are not advisable to use public Wi-Fi to do their job which involves private and confidential data. As the saying goes, prevention is better than cure.

Article 1: Regarding Human Resource.

Check List for Disciplining Employees and Providing Iron-Clad Documentation

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COMMENT: 

Managers often got promoted based on maturity (experience of years of working) but they are not sent to seminars or trainings to improve their managing skills. As managers got promoted, their job scope varies from what they are doing before. Therefore, they should be sent to training programs to freshen up their responsibilities. The seminar or training programs should contain the job responsibilities, motivation and acknowledgement of the promotion. By that, managers will be pumped to undertake the new position.

                It is important to know that when manager got promoted, they become the boss who will take the responsibility to manage the staffs, control activities and delegate work. Becoming a boss is a big responsibility. A boss should be charismatic and strict in leading an organization.

                Having to document everything that involves in managing an organization is hassle but at the end of the day, it will be essential for reference if something comes up. For instance, an employee makes a mistake, the manager should give warning and record the offenses made. It is because if one day that particular employee is sacked and gone into court to fight for his job, the manager can fight with the recorded offenses made by the employee.

                Documentation will not just be evidence of what happened but also to give motivation to employees to work harder and to be disciplined. Discipline is the most important key towards success. Managers should be strict in disciplining employees. Employees should be aware their failure to obey rules should be improved. This way will also make them feel more responsible towards their job and the organization.