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The alignment of web 2.0 and social media with business strategy – Thesis Pdf

One year ago I wrote my bachelor thesis on social media and business strategy alignment. This thesis is a literature research and offers a solid theoretical and historical background for the definitions of web 2.0 and social media. I also developed the first steps towards a social media strategy and governance framework.

By publishing my thesis in parts on my blog i received much feedback in the reactions and on twitter. Special thanks to Michiel Hartman for pointing out that the evolution of web 1.0 to 2.0 hasn’t been a linear process.

You can download the ‘The alignment of web 2.0 and social media with business strategy’ (van der Weel, A. T. ,2009) pdf here.

For those who want to read the short summery and conclusions I included them here at the end of the blogpost. I also added the references for those who are interested in finding more academic research papers on social media and business strategy.

Impact of Social Media and Web 2.0 on Organizations – Thesis Part 2

Here is the second part of a serie of blogposts where I present the research and findings of my Social Media & Business thesis. Again I hope you comment and share your views. In the end I will make a pdf available and we might even have updated sections based on the comments!

Internal enterprise use of social media.

The social aspects of social media that allow the collecting and sharing of collective intelligence among the social media platforms users can be used by organizations to internally collect, retain and share information. The web 2.0 structure and technologies can also be used for easier communication and collaboration in organizations.

Brzozowski et al. (2009) write about the internal use of social media at Hewlett-Packard (HP). Social media provides a free broadcast platform that allows authors to circumvent traditional organizational hierarchies and reach organizationally distant readers.

Business use and Definitions of Web 2.0 and Social Media – Thesis Part 1

vrije universiteit logoIn August I finished my bachelor thesis called “The alignment of web 2.0 and social media with business strategy”. I wrote it as part of my Business Administration study with the Information Management department. In this research I focused on using IT and organization literature to fill the academic gaps on social media literature. I researched the definitions of social media and web 2.0 and how these can be used by organizations. The main focus was to find an answer to how organizations can align their use of social media (or social software) with their business strategy. To in the end realize more effective investments.

Here is the first part of a serie of blogposts where I present the the research and findings of my Social Media & Business thesis. I hope you’ll comment and share your views on the material. In the end I will make a pdf available and we might even have updated sections based on comments/discussions!

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