Unit Three: Principles of Managing Information and Producing Documents

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Unit three: Principles of managing information and producing documents Assessment Section 1 – Understand the purpose of information technology in a business environment 1. In relation to your current business environment (or one that you are familiar with), identify at least two different types of information technology that may be used when completing work tasks. • Computer software including word processing, database, spreadsheets, and presentation programmes. • Communications such as emails, text messaging and fax 2. What are the benefits to businesses (and others) of using information technology for doing work tasks? The benefits to business of using information technology are that it saves time, allowing a business to work more efficiently and be more productive and also be more accurate. Information technology means a business can communicate faster with its clients, suppliers and potential customers. It can store large amounts information electronically including orders and accounts so takes up less room with filing and storage. Also the internet can be used to research thing quickly and easily, whether this is cheaper postage better quality raw materials etc. Section 2 – Understand how to manage electronic and paper-based information 1. Explain the purpose of agreeing objectives and deadlines when researching information. If possible, refer to specific examples from research tasks you have worked on to support your answer. The purpose of agreeing objectives and deadlines when researching the information is to ensure that the right outcome is met, if too little information is given to start with the researcher may not research the right topic or may not research enough or not find the correct information, and it may not be compiled in the correct format for the time it is required. Objectives need to be

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