Documenting a Day, the Role of Applications – A Reflection Essay
The use of digital tools has become a common practice in today’s world. And depending
on your line of work the tools used might include a wide assortment of applications that manage
databases, manipulate data, or record information. The role of applications plays a huge part in
how we do business. Technology has increased the use of word processing applications,
spreadsheet applications, presentation applications, and database management systems.
Upon reflection of this week’s assignment, using Excel, PowerPoint, and Word, I have found that my career experience in IT
has allowed me to hone my digital tool skills. Since my initial introduction to computers, I have
always been fascinated by the use of journals and I’ve even dabbled in journaling online. Word
processing applications make it convenient to keep digital logs of information or events without
paper and pen. The word processing application is a necessary tool in my personal and business
life.
Where word processing applications let you format text, spreadsheets applications are
used for formatting tables of information. Tables allow you to calculate, sort data, or create
graphical charts from table input (Vahid & Lysecky, 2017).
I’ve had lots of recent experience in
my statistics and accounting classes where I had to create formulas and charts in
Excel, the most commonly used spreadsheet application.
Additionally, presentation applications, like Microsoft’s PowerPoint, allow you to
deliver information visually. Presentation apps are commonly used for delivering information to
an audience and the information can be in the form of numbers, pictures, texts and animations
(Vahid & Lysecky, 2017). From personal experience, I find that PowerPoint is an application I
enjoy working with. I enjoy creating visually pleasing presentations and I find that delivering good presentations is a skill that needs to be learned. In the business world, a good presentation
can mean success in project acceptance.
Lastly, the most essential tools for business success is the use of software applications
and database management systems. These digital tools give meaning to data. They transform
data into meaningful information that senior staff can make decisions on for their enterprise.
Database management systems collect, store, and sort information, and applications are designed
to work with the database to process or use that information.
Overall, applications play a vital
role in how we do business and it is essential to have an understanding of how applications affect
our lives.
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