Define and describein your own wordsSOA. What is SOA, How can SOA improve a business to make it more competitive and enable it to provide better innovation than other organizations? Cite evidence and use examples. What are the benefits of SOA and any potential dangers?
Your essay is to be aminimumof500 wordsin length. Going over the minimum word length requirement is acceptable; however, I am not looking for a 1000+ word essay.
Through writing this assignment, you will be required to demonstrate knowledge of how to integrate concepts from your textbook, how to conduct research, and how to properly cite sources using APA formatting guidelines. You will be responsible for usingscholarly/peer reviewed sourcesin this assignment. Textbooks are not considered a scholarly/peer reviewed source; however, they may still be included as a supplemental reference.
Be asthorough as possiblewhen writing your essay, and remember, this is an academic assignment, so no “text-talk,” no conversational tone, and ABOVE ALL OTHER THINGS… don't plagiarize!! Lastly, spell-check and proofread your work! Failure to follow these steps will negatively impact your grade.
For this course, you will submit the graded activity usingTurnitin. An Originality Report will become available within a few minutes after your first submission. Inside the Originality Report will be a Similarity Index. The Similarity Index shows a percentage of the material in your paper which matches other sources found by Turnitin. You will be expected to have a
Similarity Index of less than 15%
. If your Similarity Index is greater than 15% you will need to review your Originality Report to be sure that you have paraphrased your work appropriately, and cited your sources correctly.
The Originality Report will help you to avoid plagiarism, and improve the quality and content of your essay. It is strongly suggested that you keep direct quotations to a minimum, and never copy and paste text without proper citations. You have until the activity due date to resubmit your work, however, there will be a 24 hour delay before the Originality Report becomes available. It is your responsibility to submit your activity on time, with a Similarity Index of less than 15%.
General APA Formatting Guidelines
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The Assignment should havean APA title page and an APA reference page. The APA title page and APA reference pageDO NOTcount towards the minimum word requirement! Your body of work needs to be aminimumof500 wordsin length. Note that an APA abstract page isNOTrequired!
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