Use of blogs in organizations

An example of a blog used in an organization would be to write up a report. Work teams can discus what they're going to write about and then split the work. Then they would post them onto the blog so that everyone can look and read the parts and be able to edit the information from their home, instead of having to set up meetings at work all the time.

Blogs can be advantageous to organizations because it can be used to improve things such as, customer relations, promotion and internal communication. Customers Relations can be improved by setting up a blog where customers can complain or comment on certain products that they like or dislike. Internal communication can be improved by letting employees be able to post their projects onto the blog so that all the other employees can read them, especially when the company doesn't want to waste paper or there is just not enough time to print out the report and then make an informed decision.

On the other hand blogs can be at a disadvantage if you are working with people from other cultures. People from other cultures might want to see your face and interact in person face to face, so if you are working over a blog with someone from a culture that likes to do business face to face, blogs are a disadvantage.

Sources:
http://www.iabc.com/rf/pdf/blogs.pdf
http://blogging.compendiumblog.com/blog/blog-for-organizations