Social networking technologies can help a company create virtual communities of practice that
A)allow employees to develop new workplace skills.
B)encourage disgruntled employees to vent their frustrations.
C)discourage socializing so that individual employees can get their work done.
D)discourage teamwork so individual employees can reach their full potential.
E)link employees to others with similar professional interests throughout the organization.

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Social networking technologies can help create virtual communities of practice by linking employees with similar professional interests throughout the organization. This can encourage collaboration, knowledge-sharing, and skill development among employees. The other options (A, B, C, and D) are not true for the majority of the organizations, and they do not encourage virtual communities of practice.

Social Networking Technologies Can Help a Company Create Virtual Communities