To go online or to not?

For the last year I have been working at a Ski shop in Washington D.C. and I have noticed that they are not adapting to the new market trends. As most of you have noticed by now e-commerce (buying and selling products online) is a major part of our lives. I hope you all understand this and if you have not shopped online yet, I recommend it, its almost like Christmas when your package arrives.
However, back to my store. The company unfortunately has not adapted to the internet part of business and I believe that in the future the company is going to take a big hit by not going online. Our company has a lot to offer and I believe that not being able to offer online services, as some of our competitors are doing, is going to affect our customers loyalty.
I wonder whether or not e-commerce is necessary for every company?

A brave new "boundaryless" world

The new "boundaryless" society has become possible thanks to the increasing amount of technological advances. Both inside and outside of companies team functionality has become more efficient due to these advances. The younger and more technology adapted society understands and works every day with these to more efficiently in order to produce and maintain joint ventures and alliances amongst. I believe this is the future of many industries, and as a student it is important to understand the implications of this.

These advances, facilitate alliances, joint ventures and new product development . As a I recently read in an article about the myths of informal networks, some management teams are slowing down the process of a "boundaryless" society by taking decisions that focus on the individual and not in collaborative work.

To conclude, I believe that just like society and employees are understanding the changing and collaborative work, managers and company owners must to do the same in order to allow for society and the market place to advance simultaneously

My first time

Hi all, my name is Andres Boutsaktsian, this is my first blog entry for ITEC 333: Social networking & business. In future posts I will be discussing articles and class discussions.
I hope you enjoy my blog.
"On my honor, all posts on this blog are my own"