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Employee Performance Management Use Case | Enterprise Social Networking - Use Case Number 2 of "How to tie Enterprise Social Networking into Talent Management" is Employee Performance Support. This is the classic discussion on it's not just what you know, but who you know. Research in this area includes Rob Cross' analysis of high performing employees in organisations. Also discussed is Mark Granovetter's research into "weak ties" and how they form strong social networks in the workplace.
Informal Learning Use Case | Enterprise Social Networking - Use Case Number 3 of "How to tie Enterprise Social Networking into Talent Management" is Informal Learning. Charles Coy discusses how typical learning budgets spend 80% of their funds on structured learning--courses, instructor led, virtual, etc--even though 80% of work-related learning is informal, making the case for using social networking tools to help boost and track informal learning.
Workforce Planning Use Case | Enterprise Social Networking - Use Case Number 4 of "How to tie Enterprise Social Networking into Talent Management" is Workforce Planning. By viewing the connections within an organisation that are outside the bounds of a typical org chart, new information can come to light about which employees are critical to the work place.
Alumni and Retiree Engagement Networks | Enterprise Social Networking - Use Case Number 5 of "How to tie Enterprise Social Networking into Talent Management" is Alumni and Retiree Engagement Networks. In this video Charles Coy discusses the benefits found in adding retiree and alumni networks to maintain access to expertise that has left the organisation.
Extended Enterprise Use Case | Enterprise Social Networking - Use Case Number 6 of "How to tie Enterprise Social Networking into Talent Management" is the Extended Enterprise. Here the discussion moves from the internal uses of social networking tools to the external as the networks formed by customers, partners and suppliers is formed.
