What are the benefits to businesses (and others) of using information technology for doing work tasks? Administrative tasks can be completed quickly, efficiently and be produced to a professional high standard using the various templates that are available. Documents can be personalised to reflect a company image and to make the information easy to view. Information can be shared quickly between people and businesses. Documents can be altered quickly if needed without disrupting the rest of the document.
The benefits of IT for work tasks is the ease of communication, many attendees at a meeting may be invited quickly and in one go rather than individually calling each person. Quotes maybe easily sent via email to prospective customers, everyone who works for the business access notes and information on customers via databases. The internet can be used to quickly find information. Section 2 – Understand how to manage electronic and paper-based information 1. Explain the purpose of agreeing objectives and deadlines when researching information.
1 – Paper based – This can be your diary and wall calendar. These are easy to use, diaries can be taken with you and updated as and when needed. 2 – Electronic – Such as PDA’s Smart phones and electronic systems. Electronic diaries are become more popular and these can be updated on computer as and when needed or on the move depending on the system. 1.3 Describe the purpose of obtaining relevant information about requested diary entries and changes The purpose of obtaining relevant information about changes to diary entries is to ensure that people have the correct information for a meeting such as time and location.
Microsoft Office is a good example of a productivity software. a. Word processing- Is the making of documents on your computer. You can use this on your computer to edit, print, and complete documents. This is the most common used software.
A lot of those types of companies still use paper to keep track of their income coming in and expenses. The software that can be used for such a type of business could be QuickBooks for a startup business with a short budget. Now on the other hand if you are corporation or a franchise the company will need a more sophisticated system in place, these types of businesses would be for example airlines, hotels, banks, and other large businesses. Also this type of business would need a real time account for the accounting and finances and a daily log of what is available for example keeping track of car rentals, renting a room for a hotel stay, or purchasing an airline
Riordan Manufacturing Human resources Roles Earl Market CMGT 430 June 30, 2012 Ashiyan Ian Rahmani-Shirazi Riordan Manufacturing Human Resources Roles Access controls to information systems are easier and more efficient with the use of role based access controls. To aid Riordan Manufacturing in developing the Enterprise Role Based Access Control (ERBAC) schema for the human resources information systems (HRIS) a role graph has been created (Ferraiolo, Ahn, Chandramouli, & Gavrila, 2003) . Four primary roles for human resources (HR) for consideration include HR clerk, HR supervisor, HR Manager, and IT support staff. Roles for the HR department are in terms of requirement for access, restrictions, and policies of all types that
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. Some forms of information Technology that I use when completing tasks are: • Spreadsheets-used for inputting formulas and figures • Word Processing-used for letters • Database-used for inputting client names and addresses etc. • Mobile Technology • Presentation Software-Presentation slides 2. What are the benefits to businesses (and others) of using information technology for doing work tasks? Information Technology benefits a business by allowing it to work more efficiently and effectively to maximise productivity: Benefits are as follows: • Faster communication for example email communication • Electric storage • Enhanced Protection of Information • Information sharing is made easier through storage and communication • Geographical barrier are removed • Cost savings
1.2) Outline the benefits of using information technology for work tasks? Information technology (IT) benefits the business world by allowing organizations to work more efficiently and to maximize productivity. Faster communication, electronic storage and the protection of records are advantages that IT can have on your enterprise. Information technology has to do with computer applications, on which nearly every work environment is dependent. (Crit.
Outlook helps us with assignment communications, organizing and manages all of our information about our clients and sharing information with other co workers. Outlook manages our e- mails, calendars, contacts, task and to do- lists, as well as documents or files on the hard drives, we do group scheduling, and phone support, outlook has enhanced the junk mail filter to help provide the level of protection against junk-mail but one of the disadvantages with outlook is if you leave the outlook 2003 window active it may use so much memory that stops responding so you have to get in a habit of minimizing this program than switching to another
The database, in conjunction with the aforementioned functionality, will greatly enhance both efficiency and effectiveness of Riordan Manufacturing’s procurement processes. Purpose of Database Plan The main purpose of a database is to consolidate electronic information in storage to make it easier to find and cross-reference information about the business and customers (Taylor, 2010). For Riordan Manufacturing, the main purpose of the database referenced in Service Request SR-rm-005, is for Riordan to use the database in a business-to-business (B2B) website to order materials directly from its vendors through the Web. In addition, through B2B exchange, Riordan could reduce cost through automation of the acquisition process. A database plan is used as a database implementation guide and operational specification for the database after the implementation (MSDN, 2008).