2) In 2011, Google introduced Google+ as a Facebook competitor. Read this article: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/29/technology/29google.html?pagewanted=all Then conduct some research on your own about Google+. How do you think Google+ compares to Facebook? Have you tried using Google+? Why or why not? Do you think Google has a chance at successfully competing against Facebook? Why or why not?
3) Find an article online about an incident where an employee was fired for social media use. Summarize and critique the article in your own words. Do you think the termination of the employee was justified? Why or why not? Could the employer have done anything to prevent this incident? Be sure to include the URL of your article.
4) Come up with three concrete recommendations for improving your chosen information system. Make sure you do not just identify the problems, but that you also make very specific recommendations for how you would correct those problems. This is going to be a very important part of your Analysis Essay 2, so make sure you come up with three original, concrete recommendations for improving your system and that you explain how you would implement each one. It is NOT an option to say, “My system can’t be improved.” Information systems can always be enhanced and made better, and it is your job in this class to come up with three good concrete recommendations for improving your information system.
My chosen information system is the Marine Corps Training Information Management System (MCTIMS).
Text Readings:
Ch. 7 – Social Media, Peer Production, and Web 2.0
Ch. 8 – Facebook: Building a Business from the Social Graph
Discussion Guidelines:
Your initial post in each discussion, answering the week’s discussion questions, is due by 11:55 PM ET on Wednesday each week.
Initial responses should be no less than 250 words of your own writing (not including your reference list.
Do not include my questions or discussion prompts in your post. You may number your answers, but your post should contain only your own original writing (the 250-word minimum is based only on your words in the post.).
Write in complete sentences and full paragraphs and avoid using lists of any kind in your posts.
Your initial post must be original in content and demonstrate a thorough analysis of the topic.
Include your own personal experience related to the topic being discussed. If you do not have experience working with information systems, describe your experience with various information systems, including web-based systems, you use in your personal life.
You should also conduct research on the topic of discussion using outside sources, in addition to your textbook, each week. You are encouraged to use the APUS Online Library to find scholarly articles related to the topics of discussion. You may also use the Internet to search for information, but make sure you only use scholarly and authoritative sources (not Wikipedia or other similar sites.
Write in your own words and avoid copying and pasting from other websites).
If you do quote from a source, keep quotations to a minimum – I would rather see you express your own understanding of what you learned from your sources, in your own words.
Book Title: Information Systems Version 1.3 – E-book links provided inside the classroom.
Author: Gallaugher
Publication Info: FlatWorld Knowledge
ISBN: FLATWORLD-ITSYS
Book Title: Gallaugher, J. (2012). Information systems: A manager’s guide to harnessing technology (ver. 1.3). Irvington, NY: Flat World Knowledge.
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