Impact of Information Technology on Business Operations of Waitrose

BABS Foundation Year UOS IIT Assignment
Introduction to Information Technology Assignment
Impact of Information Technology on business operations of
Waitrose
Student ID:234316
BA in Business Studies (Foundation Year)
University of Suffolk
Date of Submission:19th of March 2022
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I declare that this assignment is all my own work and that I have acknowledged all materials
used from the published or unpublished works of other people. All references have been
duly cited.
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BABS Foundation Year UOS IIT Assignment
Abstract
ICT regulations need to be able to address the ethical concerns raised regarding privacy, intellectual
property, piracy, and many other related issues. Therefore, this chapter describes these ethical
issues and how to deal with them individually or as an organization. It provides information on the
concepts of ethics and technological advances that raise ethical concerns. These include data
protection, information rights, intellectual property rights, and ethical guidelines
find specific issues more efficiently and develop solutions to specific issues. These innovations
improve productivity and performance among other aspects. Informational data is very important to
organizations and represent itself as a valuable resource for safe and effective maintenance.
Furthermore, companies need to use management information systems to track and control
business sales data, expenses, productivity, maximize profit, and identify areas for improvement.
Therefore, most of the many business applications of information technology in business processes
are to improve business performance and build a successful organization.
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BABS Foundation Year UOS IIT Assignment
Table of Contents
COVER: IMPACT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ON BUSINESS OPERATIONS OF WAITROSE.........1
ABSTRACT.........................................................................................................................................2
1.INTRODUCTION................................................................................................................................3
2. LITERATURE REVIEW........................................................................................................................4
2.1 DIFFERENT TYPES OF SYSTEM SOFTWARE IN GENERAL............................................................................4
2.2 ETHICS AND SOCIAL ISSUES OF USING TECHNOLOGY IN GENERAL...............................................................5
 COUNTERFEITING..........................................................................................................................5
 ONLINE PIRACY.............................................................................................................................5
 SOFTLIFTING................................................................................................................................5
 HARD DISK LOADING......................................................................................................................5
2.3 NETWORKING TECHNOLOGY, DIFFERENT TYPES IN GENERAL.....................................................................6
2.4 THE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND ITS IMPORTANCE IN GENERAL..............................................................7
2.5 SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT LIFE CYCLE................................................................................................8
3. ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION...............................................................................................................9
3.1 WAITROSE’S SOFTWARE SYSTEM AND SOFTWARE SYSTEM TYPES...............................................................9
3.2 TYPES OF NETWORKING TECHNOLOGIES USED IN WAITROSE...................................................................9
3.4 THE IMPORTANCE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN THE SELECTED BUSINESS................................................10
4. CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................11
5.REFERENCES.............................................................................................................................12
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BABS Foundation Year UOS IIT Assignment
1.Introduction
Information technology has rapidly transitioned from being useful to being indispensable. Its impact
not only reaches businesses of all types and capacities but also people in their private lives.
As well as IT, Artificial Intelligence is a topic that both inspires fear and excitement as it is
continuously brought up these days, and is being developed to help human kind with circumstances
such as disasters and health while reducing the risks, costs and labour.
The benefits that come from relying on IT, range from cutting back on costs, increased productivity,
better time management and less strain and labour. And along with progress, all sorts of progressive
concerns rise, such as social differences and ethical issues. Another example of a rising concern,
which is proportional to the growth and development of IT, is cybercrime. And as result of that, even
more resource to technology has to be used to fight against issues like fraud or hacking.
The purpose of this report is to present the importance of Information technology, system software
and artificial intelligence while addressing different stages of system development, different types of
networks, information and communication technology and the impact of using information
technology in management and business.
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