Assignment: Social Networks And Their Impact On Business Research Project
Description
This paper may be written as a Word document by an individual or a small group. It may also be developed as a PowerPoint presentation using slides instead of pages. Citations must be footnotes on the slides in the Notes area with a References slide(s) at the end. Students will select a broad topic, narrow it, and perform in-depth work on that topic. The project must be sufficiently complex to require the expertise of junior-senior level students. Project topics assigned will be in the general areas listed below.
If a PowerPoint format is used, then evidence of advanced PowerPoint techniques must be incorporated into the final presentation--timings, mobile graphics, use of effective transitions, etc.
Suggested broad topics to narrow:
A. Information Technology's Role in Business
B. E-Business, Business and the Internet
C. Globalization
D. Biographies of Individual Business Entrepreneurs
E. Social Networks and their impact on Business
Learning Objectives
• Work as an individual or as a group by narrowing the topic and developing the paper.
• Read and research problems created by technology in society and some ways to modify or prevent these problems. Discuss these in the paper.
• Demonstrate an in-depth understanding of the topic by comparing/contrasting
• Sources you may use for your paper include:
1. reading the course textbooks, reading documentation materials,
2. contacting "experts" on the topic
3. researching library materials.
4. using the Internet
Additional Considerations
Note a few of the common reasons why the group research term paper would not meet the minimum standards:
• Too easy. As stated above, the work must be "sufficiently complex to require the expertise of junior-senior level students."
• Too little time spent in research and writing.
• If this is a collaborative project, there must be evidence that all members of the group have participated in and contributed to the final paper.
• Overlap of another course. If the content of the research paper involves concepts covered in another course(s), then it must be of a different or more complex nature. It includes the understanding that the student will complete all of the work.
• Using only one source for the research.
1. All topics require the approval of the instructor.
2. Discuss questions relating to the paper with the instructor at any time necessary.
3. Call or e-mail the instructor in an emergency.
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
1. The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.