Week 4 Assignment: Source Evaluation

 

Instructions

Goal: The goal of this assignment is to research your topic, evaluate selected sources, and organize your sources.

Description: 
During the Week 2 Assignment, Project Plan, you chose a topic and created your project plan. In the Week 3 Lesson, you read about location and access and in Week 4, you learned about organizing your digital information and storing that information responsibly. Now it is time to take the work you did in the Week 2 Assignment, Project Plan, and locate and evaluate sources  (CO2 & 5) that that will lead to your Week Week 7 Assignment, Field of Study Project. 

Please follow these instructions: 
– Download the Source Organization Worksheet Template (in Word).
– Complete Parts I and II in the Template. 
– Find a minimum of three (3) sources. One (1) source must be an academic source and from the APUS Trefrey Library and the other sources must be credible and appropriate for college research.
– Please include robust source summaries that explain the contents of the source and the relevance of the source to your topic.

Consider the following: 
– Once you complete the Source Organization Worksheet Template, please submit the completed Worksheet.
– See the attached rubric for grading guidelines.

SourceEvaluation Worksheet

Part I: Topic

Describe the topic, concept, idea, or approach that is going to be the central idea of the Week 7 Field of Study Project. There is no minimum word count but please use several fully thought-out sentences to make your point.

Part II: Source Evaluation

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How technology changed accounting

Student’s name

Student’s affiliation
American Public University
Course title
Information and digital literacy( COMM 120)
Course number
B016
Course instructor’s name
Dr Leslie Kelly
Date
01/27/2021

In every business, accounting is a very important aspect in carrying day-to-day operations. Because it enables businesses keep track of their cash inflows, outflows, and gauging its financial position. Accounting in the ancient times was done on papers, it was a very tiresome task, and sometimes a lot of inaccuracy by the accountants accompanied it. In the modern cooperate world accounting is mainly done in computers mainly by use of Microsoft word excel. In addition, to other programs.
The act of accounting first came to play in the ancient times when barter trade was mainly practiced. This is because both parties had to record their agreements to prevent the other party from breaching the contract. Eventually the double entry ledgers were developed. After this a monk named Luka pacioli came up with the groundwork for modern accounting which provider a clearer picture of activities of a firm that were related to finance. The groundwork laid by the monk eventually led to establishment of accounting as a modern proffesion.
Since the adoption of modern technology, accounting has proved to be more accurate. This is because the computers mainly do calculations directly. The only job that has to be done by the accountants is to key in the right information and the formulas. In addition to these, the use of modern technology has enabled the calculations of accounting be fast. This is mainly because it does not involve the heavy paper work and long procedures anymore. Throughout these development stages the main role played by accounting was to keep records safe and make them available in time of need and the modern technology has played a great role in making sure this happens effectively.

Eikeset, A. M., Dunlop, E. S., Heino, M., Storvik, G., Stenseth, N. C., & Dieckmann, U. (2016). Roles of density-dependent growth and life history evolution in accounting for fisheries-induced trait changes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 113(52), 15030-15035.
Bendovschi, A. C. (2015). The evolution of accounting information systems. SEA–Practical Application of Science, 3(07), 91-96.
Kaplan, R. S. (1984). The evolution of management accounting. Readings in accounting for management control, 586-621.

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Social media influence on peoples decision making

Student’s name

Student’s affiliation
American Public University
Course title
Information and digital literacy(COMM120)
Course number
B016
Course instructor’s name
Dr Leslie Kelly
Date
01/27/2021

Social media in the modern day society plays a great role in influencing people’s behavior and characters. Several social media platforms play this great role of influencing people. Research has shown that social media has been identified as influential by 40% of respondents I making travel decisions, 25% financial services, and 18 % in retail purchase. The main reasons for this tend are discussed below.
The in making travel decisions many young people showed high tendency of seeking social media guidance. Generally, all population age groups showed high tendency in seeking guidance from the posts of their friends and close family members. The generation distribution and the percentage of the people and the influence by the social media is as stated below. The millennials showed a 62% of media influence on their travel decision followed by generation x with 61%, baby boomers and silent generation had the same percentage score of 48%. The research also showed that how the travel agencies advertise themselves on various social media platforms also influence the decision made by the generations.
In the retail industry, the advertisements the generations also proved to be dependent on social media in making purchase decisions. The generation showed a high dependency on the promotions and online reviews made by friends in making decisions on the retail fir to buy their goods and which firm to avoid. The advertisements carried out by this firm both traditionally and social proved to be of great importance in influencing the decisions of the consumers in the various generations.
Word of mouth and promotions proved to be the best tools in influencing the generations followed by online reviews, company websites and finally the financial blogs. Generally social media platforms currently paly a great role in influencing the decisions of consumers in various sectors. If companies in these industries utilize this platforms well then they will surely prosper.
References
Bronner, F., & de Hoog, R. (2014). Social media and consumer choice. International Journal of Market Research, 56(1), 51-71.
Voramontri, D., & Klieb, L. (2019). Impact of social media on consumer behaviour. International Journal of Information and Decision Sciences, 11(3), 209-233.
Pütter, M. (2017). The impact of social media on consumer buying intention. Marketing, 3(1), 7-13.

Hello Robert,

I think there has been a misunderstanding of the directions. For this assignment, the task is to pick 3 sources (one of them an APU library source) and summarize for us what is in each source. Then explain how it can be used in your presentation. You do have 3 sources here but you have synthesized the information from the three. I will ask you to resubmit. I am attaching the template to fill out. There is a model to show you what the completed assignment should look like attached to the week 4 assignment directions.

No rush on the redo–as you have time.

This audio feedback tries to elaborate on what to do for the resubmission.

Best Regards,
Dr. Kelly