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People power is the key to success
By Li Wei |
November 1, 2010, Monday
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FROM what I've learnt during the Strategic Information System (SIS) course, I'm working on the topic of how to agglomerate and gather the power of people to share and integrate the whole social network.
Over the past two years of study of IMBA, I've found that most business schools don't interact much with the Internet. Crowdsourcing, a new term that has arisen in this digital era, is the key to gathering human resource.
Vint Cerf, one of the fathers of the Internet, reminds us that the main differences between the Internet and other mass medium are that no one can own it, everyone can use it and add various services to it. The old concept of the Internet only cares about the website and the clicks, while the new cyberspace is shifting its focus onto the online community, virtual social clubs and blogging.
Crowdsourcing, first coined by Jeff Howe in the June 2006 edition of Wired magazine, is the act of outsourcing tasks, traditionally performed by an employee or contractor, to a large group of people or community (a crowd), through an open call.
In other words, crowdsourcing is rooted in the equality of everyone.
From the SIS course, I've realized that we should think about the IT application from a strategic angle. However, most business schools haven't really got the point that IT is no longer important.
Utility computing
We have to face the truth that the era of personal computer is slowly shifting into the new era of utility computing (the packaging of computing resources, such as computation, storage and services, as a metered service similar to a traditional public utilities such as electricity, water, natural gas or the telephone network. This model has the advantage of a low or no initial cost to acquire computer resources).
By using what I've learnt - the information system strategy triangle, we can deal with various information, change our behaviors, create corporate culture and reach a goal of an organization, which could be a tangible enterprise or virtual online community.
The first year of my IMBA study told me that by crowdsourcing we can perfect ourselves and realize self-value. "Lead your life" not "Live your life" is what I've learnt. We should lead our lives by optimism, gratitude, sincerity and a helping mind.
During the class monitor election held last year, my election declaration was that I would do all I could to share, optimize and explore sources for my classmates.
Last year a total of 26 classmates initiated 16 social activities. This year we set up a mini community club, parent-child bonding club, billiards club, badminton club, wine-tasting club and book reading club, among others. I believe that via these activities we are more life partners than classmates.
During the second year of my IMBA study, I've learnt how to predict the market, solve problems and create value through the social network and the virtual community we've built.
In the community of the HKU-Fudan IMBA 2008 General Class B, an online organization of more than 60 members, we plan to set up a virtual community, a platform including job-hunting, managers from different levels sharing experience and information sourcing.
To optimize these resources is the key. It proves that "What really matters is who you know, not what you know."
If each member invites 60 of their friends to join the community, then we can get more than 3,600 people who can share more resources and get more help from each other.
From the two years of IMBA study, I learnt how to agglomerate and gather the power of people by crowdsourcing. My suggestion is to set up an open community platform, which can help members create value together and realize a win-win goal.
(Translated by Wing Tan)
Over the past two years of study of IMBA, I've found that most business schools don't interact much with the Internet. Crowdsourcing, a new term that has arisen in this digital era, is the key to gathering human resource.
Vint Cerf, one of the fathers of the Internet, reminds us that the main differences between the Internet and other mass medium are that no one can own it, everyone can use it and add various services to it. The old concept of the Internet only cares about the website and the clicks, while the new cyberspace is shifting its focus onto the online community, virtual social clubs and blogging.
Crowdsourcing, first coined by Jeff Howe in the June 2006 edition of Wired magazine, is the act of outsourcing tasks, traditionally performed by an employee or contractor, to a large group of people or community (a crowd), through an open call.
In other words, crowdsourcing is rooted in the equality of everyone.
From the SIS course, I've realized that we should think about the IT application from a strategic angle. However, most business schools haven't really got the point that IT is no longer important.
Utility computing
We have to face the truth that the era of personal computer is slowly shifting into the new era of utility computing (the packaging of computing resources, such as computation, storage and services, as a metered service similar to a traditional public utilities such as electricity, water, natural gas or the telephone network. This model has the advantage of a low or no initial cost to acquire computer resources).
By using what I've learnt - the information system strategy triangle, we can deal with various information, change our behaviors, create corporate culture and reach a goal of an organization, which could be a tangible enterprise or virtual online community.
The first year of my IMBA study told me that by crowdsourcing we can perfect ourselves and realize self-value. "Lead your life" not "Live your life" is what I've learnt. We should lead our lives by optimism, gratitude, sincerity and a helping mind.
During the class monitor election held last year, my election declaration was that I would do all I could to share, optimize and explore sources for my classmates.
Last year a total of 26 classmates initiated 16 social activities. This year we set up a mini community club, parent-child bonding club, billiards club, badminton club, wine-tasting club and book reading club, among others. I believe that via these activities we are more life partners than classmates.
During the second year of my IMBA study, I've learnt how to predict the market, solve problems and create value through the social network and the virtual community we've built.
In the community of the HKU-Fudan IMBA 2008 General Class B, an online organization of more than 60 members, we plan to set up a virtual community, a platform including job-hunting, managers from different levels sharing experience and information sourcing.
To optimize these resources is the key. It proves that "What really matters is who you know, not what you know."
If each member invites 60 of their friends to join the community, then we can get more than 3,600 people who can share more resources and get more help from each other.
From the two years of IMBA study, I learnt how to agglomerate and gather the power of people by crowdsourcing. My suggestion is to set up an open community platform, which can help members create value together and realize a win-win goal.
(Translated by Wing Tan)
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