What are some examples of technological advances that could be used in a department store operation?

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6 Slides of a Time Line/ Provide Examples/ APA Format/Rubric Attached

You are working for a local department store in the Operations Department.
you are asked by your supervisor to create a visual presentation with a timeline of digital growth in the organization and compare it to the digital growth in society in general. In discussing this project with your boss, it is clear that digital growth can refer not only to Internet and computers, but it can also refer to other aspects of business operations such as cash registers, phone services, advertisements, various tools for communication, etc.
are told that the timeline can be in any visual format that you choose.
For this timeline, you are to reflect and address the following sets of questions:

What is digital growth? Where is the company now in terms of digital growth?
What are some examples of technological advances that could be used in a department store operation?
What are some possible advantages and disadvantages of using advanced technology?
What is Big Data? How might Big Data be used in this business?
What are some possible advantages and disadvantages of the store using Big Data?
Do you believe that updating technology and business practices will be advantageous? Why or Why not?

Write a 3-4 page (single spaced length) proposal for a sociological research project focused on the topic you have selected.

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Assignment Overview
There are many challenges facing the Baltimore area and not necessarily a lot of easy solutions. One of the strengths of the sociological perspective is that it can provide a new or “fresh” perspective on a problem. For this assignment, you will choose a social problem that affects the Baltimore area and will explain how a sociological perspective could be used to think about the problem in a new way.
Please note that you are not expected to provide a solution to the problem. The goal is to explain how a sociologist would develop a research project in order to further study the issue. For instance, if your chosen social problem was jaywalking (people crossing the street illegally), you would write about how sociological concepts such as deviance, or theories such as strain theory or structural disorganization, could be applied by a sociologist in a research project.

Instructions for the Research Proposal
Write a 3-4 page (single spaced length) proposal for a sociological research project focused on the topic you have selected. Your paper should contain all of the information described below. The bibliography is included in the required length. You may format your paper as one continuous essay, or you can divide the paper into the sections listed below.
1. Description of the Topic
In the first part of your paper, describe the topic you have selected and explain why the issue is important for society.  Use information from at least 2 of the research resources in your annotated bibliography in this section of the paper.
1. gun-violence in Baltimore city
2. drug addiction
3. crime rates being too high
4. Children with no real mentors
Use in-text citations in your paper in places where you have used information from your research resources. An in-text citation identifies the sources of the information you are using inside parentheses in the paper. For instance, “According to Dr. Brown, sociology is the most popular class at CCBC (Brown).” There is a help file posted with this assignment with more information about formatting in-text citations.
2. Apply Three Sociological Concepts to the Issue (most important section for your grade)
Choose 3 of the sociological concepts or theories you have learned about this semester and describe how those 3 concepts can be used to better understand the issue you have selected. We covered several sociological concepts and/or theories each week in the class and you can choose any of them. This a very important section of your paper so be sure you have explained in detail, using quotations or specific references from the textbook or assigned videos, how each sociological concept could be used by a sociologist to understand the problem. Do not use a sociological concept that has not appeared in the textbook or other assigned course materials.
3. Conclusion
Write a conclusion that summarizes your own opinion about why a sociologist in particular (as opposed to some other kind of researcher) could make an important contribution to understanding the problem. Think about the unique sociological perspective (the sociological imagination) in writing this portion of the paper. How could sociology give us a fresh perspective on the problem that we might not have considered before?
4. Include a Bibliography in MLA Format
Submit a shorter version of your bibliography that includes only the research materials you used in writing your paper. Remove all the annotations (summaries) so that only the bibliographic information is left. Your bibliography should have a minimum of 2 items listed (because a minimum of 2 research sources are required in the first section of your paper). However, if you use more research sources in your paper, you should include them in the bibliography.

Are you concerned about certain kinds of gaming content that children might see? 

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Please answer all the questions with a minimum of 400 words.

Please supports main ideas with substantial, relevant, & accurate evidence.

Think about what type of content is appropriate or not in games. Many people are concerned especially about 1) violence and 2) representation of women or misogyny.

For some examples of violence in games, please watch the 5 minute TRAILER from the documentary “Game Over: Gender, Race, and Violence in Video Games”.
https://shop.mediaed.org/game-over-p97.aspx

For some examples of the representation of women in games, please watch 10 minutes or so of this clip from Anita Sarkeesian:
Women as Background Decoration: Part 1 – Tropes vs Women in Video Games

1. What kinds of content – if any –  should not be in electronic games? (You may want to consider misogyny, violence, and advertisements in games).
2. Are you concerned about certain kinds of gaming content that children might see?
3. What are some positive and valuable uses of electronic games?

Engage In Practice-informed Research and Research-informed Practice

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According to the Council on Social Work Education, Competency 4: Engage In Practice-informed Research and Research-informed Practice:
Social workers understand quantitative and qualitative research methods and their respective roles in advancing a science of social work and in evaluating their practice. Social workers know the principles of logic, scientific inquiry, and culturally informed and ethical approaches to building knowledge. Social workers understand that evidence that informs practice derives from multi-disciplinary sources and multiple ways of knowing. They also understand the processes for translating research findings into effective practice. Social workers:

Use practice experience and theory to inform scientific inquiry and research;
Apply critical thinking to engage in analysis of quantitative and qualitative research methods and research findings; and
Use and translate research evidence to inform and improve practice, policy, and service delivery.

This assignment is intended to help students demonstrate the behavioral components of this competency in their field education.
To Prepare:  You will be expected to use at least 5 peer-reviewed resources. The purpose of the research is to discover “evidenced based practices” that are most effective while working with clients served within the population. If the agency serves more than one population, select one sub-population within the agency to conduct the review. (Georgia Department of Family and Children Services)
The Assignment: Create a 10-12 slide PowerPoint Presentation, where you will explain the following:

Population researched
Best evidenced based practices modalities used to engage the population
Current modalities used in the agency
Briefly discuss and suggest to methods of implementing evidence-based practices in the agency
Analyze the findings from the articles you researched