1.2 Use spreadsheets in business situations.
Read Ch. 7, 8, & 11 & Technical Guide 3 of Introduction to Information Systems.
Review Ch. 1 & 2 of Excel® in Microsoft® Office 2010.
Read this week’s Electronic Reserve Readings.
Participate in class discussion. A minimum of two substantive posts on four out of the seven class days this week.
Respond to weekly discussion questions. Initial responses to discussion questions should be a minimum of 200 words to be considered as a substantive post.
Discussion question 1 is due no later than Thursday of each week.
Discussion question 2 is due no later than Saturday of each week.
Resources: Types of Electronic Commerce Activity
Complete the Types of Electronic Commerce Activity.
Take a screen shot of the completed activity, and submit it to your instructor in a Microsoft® Word document through the assignments link.
Collaborate with your learning team to discuss the previous week’s objectives.
Discuss what you learned, what could be applicable to your workplace or personal life, and how your knowledge has increased as a result of what you experienced through the learning activities in the previous week.
Submit your team summary of the discussion in a 1- to 2-page Microsoft® Word document using proper APA formatting including citations and references.
Submit a learning team evaluation form to your individual forums.
Resources: Ch. 1 & 2 of Excel® in Microsoft® Office 2010.
Scenario: Imagine you are an employee of Party Plates, a company that manufactures decorative paper plates and napkins for special events. Your team has been assigned a new project. The president of your company has tasked you with improving the efficiency of the current information systems used in the sales department, because the current systems are somewhat antiquated. Your organization is currently using Microsoft® Excel® to track all personnel data, but