IBM Builds Work Teams Partly Based on Individual Employees' Social

question 59

Multiple Choice

IBM builds work teams partly based on individual employees' social networks.IBM collects data on employee social networks by

• A) asking each employee to record his/her internal and external contacts in an HR database.
• B) examining call records and emails of employees.
• C) developing internal communication pathways called "spider webs."
• D) requiring employees to give HR access to their personal social networking accounts.

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