Is this the right post? We we are skipping free internet right??
Second life and online work is something that is still controversial. It’s funny because my Organizational Communication Online Dynamics class just talked about this. Many students were against using virtual works such as Second Life in the professional settings. This is even more interesting to me because people usually think that the youth and younger generations are more for the transition to a more technological setting. The IBM article states they first launched the office in 2003, and the article was written in 2009 and I wonder how much changed. Virtual work space is an interesting idea in that Second Life was not created to for the use of companies, so possible creation of virtual space just for a work space such as Linkedin was created after Facebook to connect with others I think there is room for a professional Second Life can be created and used in a professional way.
I feel a bit has gone away from the original question. Business working online is something that can work, but there are still some changes that need to be made changes in work space, work ethics, maybe some rules and monitors of business done online, such as a creation of an organization that can be created to approve of business that is done online. Internet is a free space that is used, but is there a need for monitoring? I think so.
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