Tuesday, April 6, 2010

The benefits and disadvantages for organizations



There are many advantages and disadvantages for using blog as a business tool in organizations. At first, a blog is often easy and quick to setup. It normally does not require advance programming knowledge to use it. Users can simply use few buttons to post their messages and upload their pictures. Secondly, creating blogs are usually inexpensive and many websites are offering them for free. Companies can therefore enhance their advertisements with lower cost. Also, it is accessible to all visitors who can access to the internet and they are freely to post comments and to retrieve firm’s most updated information. In fact, it can establish relationships with customers so that companies can better understand their customers. Another benefit for organizations for the use of blogs is that it can reduce the amount of emails and calls from customers. In many organizations, it can receive over three hundred emails and hundred calls per day. To reduce the amount of emails and callings from customers, companies can urge customers to leave comments and messages in its blogs.

Although it seems that blogging can be beneficial for companies, it can create disadvantages in many situations. For example, people might not have the ability to clearly express their opinions due to language barrier. Hence, the use of blogs might not enhance the interaction and communication between companies and customers. Also, most comments are not directly reflected the thought of all customers. So companies should carefully select and read which comments are relevant for their decision-making. As mentioned earlier, companies should constantly update their blogs so that customers can obtain newest information. If they failed to do so, it might lose their potential customers in a short term. Since owning blogs are public, it is important to not leave internal information in the website. On the other hand, some companies might require its employees to use blogs as a communication tools. They might post important messages such as schedule changes. However, it might be difficult since not all everyone is able to access to the internet. Therefore, all these disadvantages might be inconvenient for organizations to use blogs as business tool. More information will be provided at the following website:
http://e-paper23.blogspot.com/

Information obtained from as followed:
http://www.webreference.com/authoring/bus_blog/
http://www.gerrymcgovern.com/nt/2004/nt_2004_08_23_blogging.htm

Potential disadvantages of E-paper



Although there are many advantages with the invention of e-paper, it can create some inconveniences and disadvantages. At first, the absence of internet access might become one potential problem that might occur for e-paper users. For example, Internet network does not cover all Montreal regions. As a result, it might be inconvenient for business users who wish to retrieve updated information from their companies. Also, another possible disadvantage might exist for the use of e-paper is the security issue. When using electronic paper, people should be aware that information can be lost if the device has corrupted. The following website will show you more information about other advantages :

http://ezinearticles.com/?Considering-the-Advantages-and-Disadvantages-of-Owning-a-Blog&id=468244

Information retrieved from:
http://www.webreference.com/authoring/bus_blog/
http://www.theinternetdigest.net/archive/blog-advantages.html

Advantages for using E-paper!!



There are many
benefits with the appearance of electronic paper in ecological and economical view. At first, it can reduce the pollution issue by decreasing the use of papers in many organizations which include schools and companies. According to a statistic, trees have been cut for extensively use for papers. The possible outcomes for cutting trees can lead to species extinction and many possible life-threatening diseases. With the reduction of paper use, we can save more trees so that the environment will become better. In addition, it can become an useful and convenient educational tools for many students. For the majority of students, they need to carry disproportional weight of books in order to follow lectures from teachers at school. By using the e-paper, they can simply obtain books or lectures from the Internet so that they do not need to bring their academic books to school. On the other hand, a possible advantage for organizations is to reduce the cost of buying papers. In general, most companies require a ton of papers to store business transactions and information. The portable device can serve a medium to collect and record documents all in one. Also, the cost for producing electronic device is relatively cheaper than printing papers. As a result, instead of purchasing enormous papers from paper industry, it can encourage organizations to acquire this machine in order to save cost. In addition, as mentioned earlier, the electronic paper does not require electronic supply so that the device can be ready to use in anytime. Finally, as mentioned before, the electronic paper can be viewed in direct sunbeams. This feature benefits people who enjoy reading outdoor. For more details, please visit this website:
http://www.ameinfo.com/55729.html

Information retrieved from:
http://www.pcworld.com/article/131798/lg_philips_launches_bendable_epaper_color_monitor.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_paper

What can the E-paper replace?



The costs for producing papers can sometimes be expensive. As a result, the emergence of electronic paper can become a potential replacement for books, newspapers and magazines. Because the electronic paper is reusable and can easily obtain information by simply accessing the Internet, it is more convenient and time saving for book readers and thus it attracts more people to purchase this device. Also, the main reasons that can replace newspapers is the removal of ink stains on your fingers after viewing the document. Moreover, the small device has the potential to replace liquid crystal display (LCD). In 2007, one of the largest electronic manufacturers invents the LCD bendable e-paper color monitor. In the future, it might have more monitors or televisions will rely on the concept of electronic paper. Moreover, the e-paper might have the potential to replace laptop as it can be read in direct sunlight. More information can be found at the following website:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2006/oct/05/guardianweeklytechnologysection4

Information retrieved from:
http://www.gizmag.com/e-paper-benefits-environment/8441/
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2006/oct/05/guardianweeklytechnologysection4