Ideas?

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Permalink Reply by Leslie Southwick on May 11, 2008 at 4:18pm

One of the best ways to use this network will be to communicate with one another! There is a lot going on at the Journal and this will be a great place to share information! Leslie

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Permalink Reply by James Hayton on May 14, 2008 at 12:50am

I wonder if this may not be a nice tool to 'open up' and 'democratize' the journal for all authors, potential authors, reviewers and of course the editorial board. We still must maintain the academic and professional integrity, but as a way of increasing the flow of ideas and debate, this should be a win-win for the journal and its stakeholders. Should we consider inviting all authors and ad hoc reviewers?

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Permalink Reply by Theresa M. Welbourne, Ph.D. on May 14, 2008 at 7:50am

Yes, I think that is a good idea. We wanted to experiment with the core team first. Also, I think we can ask 'friends of the journal' to invite their friends too. I would like to announce on HR Div Net too.

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Permalink Reply by Kevin Carlson on May 14, 2008 at 9:42am

That is a great question. The opportunities are endless, it seems. IHRIM is in the process of investigating its own Web 2.0/social networking solution and we are attempting to address the same questions there. An interesting first question here, is who are, or might be the audiences/communities we want to engage (Editorial board, reviewers, authors/contributors, potential readers of the journal.

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Permalink Reply by Ken Brown on May 16, 2008 at 4:05pm

Another way to word the question that Kevin mentioned is "what do we want this particular social network site to be?" If we want it to be a broad forum for anything related to HR science-practice (and I think it could be that since there is both opportunity and need), then I would pursue the idea mentioned by James. Open this up to anyone with any association with the journal, and to others who should be associated with the journal!

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Permalink Reply by Theresa M. Welbourne, Ph.D. on May 16, 2008 at 6:24pm

I agree. Please help us get the word out to others who should be in; let's just keep it moving forward. Thanks for your help.

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Permalink Reply by Jeff Stanton on May 19, 2008 at 10:43am

I would add that given the journal's mission as a bridge between science and practice, that we might wish to exemplify that mission in this forum by ensuring that we have practitioners and academics talking to each other. One idea to that end would be to paste an excerpt from an article in the print journal (e.g., from the HR Leadership Forum), and solicit comments from readers and contributors.

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Permalink Reply by James Hayton on May 20, 2008 at 10:38am

Jeff, I think you are spot on. One of the really great things that we could do with this network is enhance and leverage our connection with practice (and vice versa). I would propose that each of us academics should invite at least one practitioner to the network.

We should also find a way to stimulate the discourse.

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Permalink Reply by Urs E. Gattiker on May 17, 2008 at 1:20pm

Yes I tried to use another channel - Twitter - to push HRM the Journal's social network. I blogged about it here:

micro-blogging - follow HRM the Journal on Twitter

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Permalink Reply by Miguel R Olivas-Lujan on May 19, 2008 at 2:53pm

Maybe using "Groups" on this facility can help us communicate on specific interests/topics?
I just created one (see the logo on the right column) to facilitate interaction between those of us that are interested in how ICTs (Information and Communication Technologies) are changing HR management... hope some of you join and we all help each other be more effective and efficient in our work!

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Permalink Reply by James Hayton on May 20, 2008 at 10:39am

This is a super idea. I think that if we are successful in stimulating actual conversation rather than 'collecting members' then we will sooner or later need some 'channels' to help avoid too much noise and confusion. Your e-HRM group is a great way to start this.

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Permalink Reply by James Hayton on May 28, 2008 at 11:00am

There are several ways we can handle this. I am investigating the alternatives and we will set something up.

In general, I think it would be great to inform the network whenever anyone in the group publishes a new book. If we can create a book-store or book-shelf that would be nice. I agree with Theresa, one way to start would also be to write a blog in here - what is the book about and why should we buy it! :-) That would be featured on the front page as well as your 'member page' and get some attention for your work.

A second suggestion - send a copy to our book review editor (Tim Gardner - he is online in this community as well).

I will update everyone when we have chosen a suitable 'path' to achieve the bookshelf idea - one possibility is that we literally have a link over to the Amazon site. We can embed that in this site. More later.

Thank you for the suggestion
best
James

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