This week we will cover how to evaluate information and control technology. This is a popular topic because some will say that most information on the internet is fake. Others will say that it is biased or manipulated. Ultimately, you need to have a reasonable amount of judgement to ensure the information you are reading is legitimate.

Moreover, as technology evolves and expands, users and businesses are faced with constant decisions about what is right for them or their business. What drives adoption? What makes products successful? Does the business need the new technology or does the new technology create the need?

Pick a topic below and post your reply by Wednesday at midnight. Your response should be at least 400 words and appropriately cites your resources.

Topics:

• How well can we predict the consequences of a new technology or application?
• Who should make the decision for a business on what technology the adopt?
• What does the term “need for reasonable judgement” mean?
• Do sites like Wikipedia hold any credibility?

Find a recent article that relates to this week’s topic and post a summary of that article and how it relates to this week’s lesson. 

 This week we will cover how to evaluate information and control technology. This is a popular topic because some will say that most information on the internet is fake. Others will say that it is biased or manipulated. Ultimately, you need to have a reasonable amount of judgement to ensure the information you are reading is legitimate. 

Please see below the discussion in response to the question and respond as a peer using 150 or more words.

Original Question: 

  (Explain why the entity relationship (ER) model is useful. How has it helped to produce a more structured relational database design environment?) 

Peer Response:

Based on the background readings, Entity Relationship (ER) Diagrams is a graphical representation, a tool used to describe the data requirements and assumptions in the system from a top-down perspective (Wang, 2017). It is a high-level logical and structural model that defines the relationship among different entities of a Database Management System (DBMS).

So, why is it so important to utilize ER models when designing a DBMS? As you may know, many mistakes occurred during a database design. Creating a great data modeling can be challenging and overwhelming when you have too many data to deal with. Database designers can easily fall behind their design timeline when they cannot identify clearly all the data elements necessary to design efficiently the database.

Therefore, ER Diagrams (ERD) provide a clear representation of all the different entities and relations to design the DBMS. ERD helps the database administrator (DBA) to identify all the entities and attributes necessary to build their database by defining the appropriate and logical correlation between those entities for an efficient DBMS.

ERD should be the first major step of a database design as it provide the DBA a graphic representation of data needed to build the database, before it gets converted into a set of tables at relational database.

Thank you!

 Assignment:

• Find and then evaluate a Research article – Mobile technology preferred; but any technology topic is acceptable (must follow APA and these formatting requirements:)
  • Write a four – six (4-6) page paper that evaluates a research article that you found – your paper should be: typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. See hand-outs provided on graduate and APA style research papers.
  • State the name of the article you found, use the questions below as context for evaluating your article; discuss what this article about; cite this article and include it in your reference list.
  • Use at least four different quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia, Blogs, Info articles, and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources for research writing.
  • Include a cover page containing: the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference pages do not count toward the page count. Review the Helpful Information provided related to critical thinking and also follow the hand-outs provided in this folder.

Please use the example “Guidelines for Evaluating your Research Article” as your guide in addressing the questions below: 

• What is an Information Technology Project?
• What makes research writing different that ordinary information/observation writing? 
• Identify & explain the major components of a research paper format.
• What components of a research format is included in your article, and
• How does this format contribute to the purpose of the writing?
• Why use Peer Reviewed journals in research?
• Why are keywords used during the Literature Review process?
• Why use/apply APA basic citation style in your writing assignments?
• Why is academic integrity important (see syllabus)?

Assigned Readings:

Chapter 1. What is Organizational Behavior

Initial Postings: Read and reflect on the assigned readings for the week. Then post what you thought was the most important concept(s), method(s), term(s), and/or any other thing that you felt was worthy of your understanding in each assigned textbook chapter.Your initial post should be based upon the assigned reading for the week, so the textbook should be a source listed in your reference section and cited within the body of the text. Other sources are not required but feel free to use them if they aid in your discussion.

Also, provide a graduate-level response to each of the following questions:

1. You are working as a manager of a financial planning office where you require your employees to have a presence on social media. One of your financial advisors posts to his Twitter account that he needs $500 to pay his rent for the month. Would you punish him? Why or why not? 

[Your post must be substantive and demonstrate insight gained from the course material. Postings must be in the student’s own words – do not provide quotes!] 

 [Your initial post should be at least 450+ words and in APA format (including Times New Roman with font size 12 and double spaced). Post the actual body of your paper in the discussion thread then attach a Word version of the paper for APA review]

Text-

Title: Essentials of Organizational Behavior, Student Value Edition 

ISBN: ISBN-13: 9780135468890 

Authors: Stephen P. Robbins, Timothy A. Judge 

Publisher: Pearson 

Edition: 15TH