Evaluation of IT Systems in Different Functions of Organisation

Business
Information
Technology Systems
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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................3
P1 Evaluate the use and significance of IT systems within different functions of organisation.
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P2 Evaluate the way IT contributes for achieving the objectives in organisational context. 5
M1 Evaluation the way IT systems applied in different functions of organisation and how
work together in achieving goals............................................................................................6
D1 Critically evaluate the role and purpose of IT systems in Different functions of
organisation. ..........................................................................................................................7
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................7
P3 Analysis of diverse ways in which IT systems stores, process data for knowledge, data,
communication and customer data relationship management................................................7
M2 Critically analyse distinct ways for storage and processing data.....................................8
D2 Illustrate understanding of distinct ways IT system stores as well as process data along
with example to recommendations.........................................................................................9
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................9
P4 Assess how IT can be utilised for supporting value added change for improvisation in
business operations, performance as well as sustainability....................................................9
M3 Critically analyse advantage and disadvantage of specified IT system.........................10
D3furnish recommendations for improvisation of IT systems in supporting value added
change...................................................................................................................................11
TASK 4..........................................................................................................................................11
P5 Recommendations ..........................................................................................................11
M4 Evaluate ways in which IT systems render practical solutions......................................12
D4 Critique recommended practical solutions.....................................................................12
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................12
REFERENCES .............................................................................................................................13
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INTRODUCTION
Business information system is the set of various kinds of interrelated procedures or
processing by using the infrastructure in a business enterprise in order to generate the desirable
level of information. Business information system proved beneficial for organisation to support
or assist the decision making that people associated within the enterprise in process for
attainment of goals and objectives in proper manner. Respective system gain the data and
resources of IT infrastructure as an inputs from environment. Respective report is based on the
British Home Plc which is an successful medium sized group of companies by handling various
kinds of subsidiaries of various fields such as retail, travel and property with consultancy in order
to gain potential outcomes. Respective report is based on the use or significance of the IT
systems within the different functions of organisation and way the IT systems contribute in
achievement of objectives in proper manner. It also includes different IT systems store or process
the data for various aspects to gain potential outcomes. At last it includes the IT system can be
used to support value added changes to improve business operations in positive manner.
TASK 1
P1 Evaluate the use and significance of IT systems within different functions of organisation.
Information technology (IT) which signifies the advancement in the tools and techniques
for smoothening of the processing as well as coordination of the data and statistics in order to
gain potential outcomes in positive manner (Popovič, Puklavec and Oliveira, 2019). In today’s
competitive world for gaining sustainability information technology plays very crucial role and
all organisations completely rely on respective system to bring out accuracy in their results. In an
organisation there are various departments existed that work in collaborative manner in order to
gain potential outcomes by using information system such as in context of British Home plc that
uses the emails in order to store data and information in order to save cost and time rather than
handing manual information. Here are the various departments and ways by which they use
information technology for gaining potential outcomes that are as follows:
Human resource operations:
HR department is one of the most important functional area within the organisation that
are accountable for caring the personnel within the organisation. With the advent of higher
technology they by using the information technology they can select and retain one of the most
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talented personnel in their organisation. In context of British Home Plc they by using
information system can be able to screen out and select one of the most appropriate kind of
resume or CV for the vacant post in order to retain competitive workforce within organisation in
positive manner. in context of British Home Plc they by using the Information technology in
various fields in order to improve their level of performance that are as follows:
Emailing and online advertisement:
Email and online advertisement is one of the crucial tool in today’s business environment
in order to share the potential knowledge and information to the ultimate consumer base in
positive manner (Owens, Wilson and Abell, 2019). in context of British Home Plc they use mail
that are very much cost effective and improve level of efficiency to gain potential outcomes. The
another effective kind of usage of IT in online advertisement by which organisation can aware
people about organisational products and services in order to enables in their decision making
process in effective manner. so it can be said that IT proved very much effective for a firm in
order to gain competitive advantage.
Financial functions:
Information technology plays very much crucial role in the financial department too for
gaining effectual kind of financing and to evaluate the financial position in the market place. In
context of British Home Plc they evaluate the results while they enter data into their potential
software to gain accurate and potential results out of it. For an example they avail the services of
transaction processing system in order to gain accurate results by eliminating errors at maximum
level so that they can retrieve and intensify information in order to improve their results in
positive manner.
Marketing operations:
Marketing is one of the most important department within the organisation that are
carried out by the firm in order to get aware people about organisational products and services in
effective manner (Müller, Vorraber and Slany, 2019). In context of British Home Plc they by
using internet of things that are one of crucial tool in order to enlarge business opportunities in
market place by attract consumers towards their products and services by amplified results in
positive manner.
E commerce:
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