Management Information Systems

Please write at least one page discussing if and or how your research strategies have evolved. Additionally answer the following question,

Essay question – What conclusions did you reach on your research topic? Write a paragraph or two stating your conclusions.

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Consider your research topic along with the topics / subject matter we are studying in this module. Find four research sources, with 1 or 2 from peer-reviewed journals and 1 or 2 from trade journals. You may include one popular source if it is relevant to your exploration of the topic and appropriately current and from a good quality source. Note that your sources should be current (within past 5 years). If possible, try to find some articles that connect your research topic with any of the module topics. Write an annotated bibliography entry for each of the four sources, and compile them into a document to submit.

Each annotated bibliography entry should have the following organization:

Formal citation (use MLA, APA, or another recognized format)
Annotation:
Summary of source — a few sentences providing an overview of the source, focusing on the main idea or argument.
Evaluation of source — a sentence or two discussing the goal of the source and how effectively it achieves that goal.
Usefulness of the source for your purposes — a couple of sentences discussing how the source is useful in your work on your research topic.

Please refer to the How to Write an Annotated Bibliography page in the Course Information section:

How to Write an Annotated Bibliography

An annotated bibliography includes both a formal citation and a discussion of the source. Your formal citation may be in any recognized citation style. At a minimum your annotation must include a summary of the source. A good annotation will also include an evaluation of the quality and usefulness of the source and a discussion of how the source helps you with your thesis or project.

An annotated bibliography entry might have the following organization:

Formal citation (use MLA, APA, or another recognized format)
Annotation:
Summary of source — a few sentences providing an overview of the source, focusing on the main idea or argument.
Evaluation of source — a sentence or two discussing the goal of the source and how effectively it achieves that goal
Usefulness of the source for your purposes — a couple of sentences discussing how the source was useful in your work on this assignment. You might also mention whether you found the source interesting and/or whether it was difficult to use.

If you want to know more about writing annotations, check the following resources:

Purdue OWL’s Annotated Bibliography page
: This site provides a more detailed explanation of an annotated bibliography entry.
How to Prepare an Annotated Bibliography
and Critically Analyzing Information Sources
from Olin and Uris Libraries at Cornell University: These pages provide some very specific suggestions. In this assignment, you are not expected to cover all the material identified in the page on analyzing sources, but their suggestions might give you ideas.
University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Writer’s Handbook pages on the content of an annotated bibliography
and writing style for an annotated bibliography
. (In this course, you should not use the telegraphic style.)