Sociological Theories and Concepts Assignment Paper

Sociological Theories and Concepts Assignment Paper

For this assignment, reflect on the different sociological theories and concepts. You will use critical thinking to evaluate those concepts and apply them to your work, home, and/or community life. You may draw from the readings, videos, lectures, discussions, and assignments to help you construct your paper.

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Write a two- page reflection paper that addresses the following requirements: Sociological Theories and Concepts Assignment Paper

1. Explain how sociological theories and concepts affect your work, home, and/or community life and influence your future learning opportunities.
2. Identify a minimum of two different sociological concepts or theories you learned and explain how you will apply these sociological concepts or theories to your work, home, and/or community life.
3. Use specific sociological terms and concepts from the textbook readings in your paper to demonstrate that you understand and can apply the concepts.

Some examples of topics/concepts/theories that you can apply to your own life include (but are not limited to): Sociological Theories and Concepts Assignment Paper

• sociological imagination
• sociological perspectives
• elements of culture
• breaking norms
• deviance
• the role of socialization
• agents of socialization
• theories of self
• social structure
• roles or status groups Sociological Theories and Concepts Assignment Paper
• inequality
• social class
• gender roles
• perspectives on aging
• life chances
• race/ethnicity
• social institutions’ (i.e., family, religion, education) role in society
• social change
• the environment
• population dynamics Sociological Theories and Concepts Assignment Paper

Create citations and a references list for any cited materials. Include a title page, and use 12-point font, double spacing, and one-inch margins for your paper.

ESSAY

Compose an essay to address the elements listed below.

• Identify the components of an information system (IS) using the five-component framework, and provide a brief summary of each.
• Explain Porter’s five forces model.
• Management IS (MIS) incorporate software and hardware technologies to provide useful information for decision-making. Explain each of the following IS, and use at least one example in each to support your discussion:
  • a collaboration information system,
  • a database management system,
  • a content management system,
  • a knowledge management/expert system,
  • a customer relationship management system,
  • an enterprise resource planning system,
  • a social media IS,
  • a business intelligence/decision support system, and
  • an enterprise IS.
• Identify and discuss one technical and one human safeguard to protect against IS security threats.
• There are several processes that can be used to develop IS and applications such as systems development life cycle (SDLC) and scrum (agile development). Provide a brief description of SDLC and scrum, and then discuss at least one similarity and one difference between SDLC and scrum
• Sum up your paper by discussing the importance of MIS.

Your paper must be at least three pages in length (not counting the title and reference pages), and you must use at least two resources. Be sure to cite all sources used in APA format, and format your essay in APA style.