Symbols: The Offline Connection For Online Communities
People use symbols to help make mental connections more tangible, and the memories of them more easily accessed and brought into the conscious mind. Durkheim (1965 [1912]: 251 – 52) writes of how members of groups tend to become fixed on totems as tangible representations of groups, keeping the images... Read More
Uncertainty Avoidance to Avoidance Accommodation
On of the first frameworks developed for understanding innovation and technology and its relation to the economy has been the linear model of innovation. The model proposes that innovation starts with basic research, then adds applied research and development, ending with production and diffusions: Basic research Applied research Development... Read More
MNC Typologies and Social Computing
Multi National Companies (MNC) use a vast array of typologies to distribute their products, services, and ideas throughout the world. There are seven main typologies that MNCs use to conduct business around the world which include ethnocentric, polycentric, geocentric, multidomestic, global, international and transnational. Each typology has unique characteristics that... Read More
Why Relationships?
The business world has change substantially through the ages. The twenty-first century heralds ever-increasing chaos in world relationships, economies, and geopolitical events. “Some researchers believe the significance of this period in humankind’s history has not been seen since the Industrial Age some 500 years ago” (Daft, R.L.). Today’s modern... Read More
Relationship vs. Task Oriented Leadership
After reviewing the article Six Personality Traits of a Leader by Ram Charan I found that the article reflected a task-oriented leadership action. “A task-oriented leader is primarily motivated by task accomplishment” (Daft, R.L.), while “A relationship-oriented leader is concerned with people” (Daft, R.L.). The article covered some great trairs... Read More
Social Computing & Emotional Intelligence
Within social computing and the internet in general intelligence is highly regarded but little research has been done investigating the value of emotional intelligence (EI). Reviewing contemporary leadership theories emotional intelligence is breaking new ground on how self cognition plays into leading others. This new wave of thought is... Read More




