the practitioners in policy informatics and the demand for analysis and modeling skills. From the readings for this week and your research on the topic, write an assessment on the future of policy informatics. If you were to hire a policy informatics manager for a future opportunity in your organization, what capacities would be the most salient to the role?
Submit a short paper 1200 words or less in a MS Word Document. Your paper must demonstrate proper APA formatting and style. You do not need to include a cover page or abstract, but be sure to include your name, assignment title, and page number in the running header of each page. Your paper should include a minimum of four references from your unit readings and assigned research; the sources should be appropriately cited throughout your paper and in your reference list. Use meaningful section headings to clarify the organization and readability of your paper. Review the rubrics before working on the assignment.
Module 3 - SLP
DATABASE APPLICATIONS
Recall that for the SLP assignment for this course, we are conducting assessments of database programs and demonstrations available online.
For this module you'll be checking into a very extensive and useful online tutorial set from Microsoft:
Learning Resources
Video Series: SQL Server 2005 Express Edition for Beginners
Getting Started with SQL Server Express
This video series is designed specifically for SQL Server beginnersindividuals who are interested in learning the basics of how to create, manage, and connect to SQL Server Express databases. Whether youre just a beginner or somewhat familiar with databases, these video lessons will help you get better acquainted with SQL Server 2005 Express.
Getting Started
The series includes almost 9 hours of video-based instruction that walks SQL Server beginners t
Groupware is software that was developed to support teams by providing team members with powerful and convenient ways to schedule their interactions, communicate with each other, and record and update group output. Another (less catchy) name for computer supported collaborative work (CSCW) is computer supported teamwork. Much of the early research in this area was focused on understanding the complex relationships between the social aspects of teamwork and the technical features of groupware and looking for ways to improve the quality both of the teamwork and the groupware. In more recent years, economists have begun to examine groupware and CSCW as well in the interest of determining efficient methods of organizing cooperative work and using groupware.
Here are a couple of good introductory articles on the special problems of databases used to support group applications:
Heer, J. Viegas, F. B., and Wattenburg, M. (2009). Voyagers and voyeurs: Su