Gone are the days when
people used to send an e-
mail and wait for a reply, nowadays they can interact
online as well as see each other online. People can write their own
views on blogs and can read and comment on other's views too.
The data transfer is also very fast, including sharing of videos
and photos, etc. Web 2.0 is all about the new age of interactive
websites. This is the era of Social Networking Sites (SNS) on which
people chitchat, share photos and videos too. This is creating an impact
on the organization as most of the employees are
surfing on SNS during their working hours. This article presents the meaning
of Web 2.0, its tools and impact on Human Resource Management.
It will provide the measures HR managers should take for
effective utilization of Web 2.0.
Web 1.0 is retronym for the state of World Wide Web
(WWW) wherein web pages were not interactive, but static and
non-interactive. It was just sending an e-mail and replying. The
evolution happened post 2003—the Era of Web 2.0.
The transition of Web 1.0 to Web 2.0 is experienced due to rapid
speed of the information technology. Web 2.0 is the interactive version of
web-based communities and social networking websites like
Facebook, Orkut, LinkedIn, etc. It also included video sharing, wikis,
blogs, mashups, etc. The second generation of web is
commonly referred as Web 2.0. The term `Web 2.0' is commonly associated with web
applications that facilitate interactive information
sharing, interoperability, user-centered
design, and collaboration on the World Wide
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