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Keywords: CIO Management Issues, Enterprise 2.0, Knowledge Sharing, Participative Computing,
Social Computing, Social Web, Web 2.0
INTRODUCTION
The evolution of more social and participatory
Web 2.0 services and applications is challenging
chief information officers (CIOs) to transform
traditional enterprise IT services and applica-
tions planning, implementation and adoption
into new services that support new applications
by enterprise employees, vendors, and custom-
ers. David Armano speculated that by 2009 CIOs
would learn from early trials of Web 2.0 social
Enterprise 2.0 Management
Challenges
Karen P. Patten, University of South Carolina, USA
Lynn B. Keane, University of South Carolina, USA
ABSTRACT
The nature of the enterprise and the way people work is changing rapidly. The enabling power and competi-
tive advantage of new social and participative technologies will beneft those that recognize the way work is
changing. Web 2.0, the ‘second phase’of the Web, is the foundation of a new and improved Enterprise 2.0.
Enterprise 2.0 provides, through a web of interconnected applications, services, and devices, the capabilities
for enterprise employees and vendors to be more competitive and productive and for enterprise customers
to be more engaged and loyal by accessing the right information from the right people at the right time. This
paper describes Enterprise 2.0 management challenges and issues identifed by Chief Information Offcers,
which include the unauthorized use of services and technologies, the integration of a myriad of technolo-
gies and capabilities, and the potential compliance and security implications. The authors have proposed
a conceptual framework that explores the relationships of three Enterprise 2.0 dimensions – technology, its
use, and how resulting user-generated content may lead to business value – with management implications
affecting IT culture and policies within the enterprise. This paper provides observations and suggestions for
future research.
media services and be able to transition from
a ‘what’ is Web 2.0 mentality to a ‘how’ social
media initiatives should be implemented and
supported within the enterprise (Kim, 2008).
Preliminary research by the authors has shown
that this transition has occurred in several in-
dustries – hospitality, tourism, entertainment,
but CIOs in other industries are still struggling
with how to support social media within their
enterprises.
Considered by some to be the ‘second
phase’ of the Web, Web 2.0 is a new and im-
proved Web (Anderson, 2007; O’Reilly, 2005).
Enterprise 2.0 therefore is the new and improved
DOI: 10.4018/jvcsn.2011010104