Role of Information Technology in Morrisons

INDIVIDUAL
REPORT

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
LITERATURE REVIEW................................................................................................................1
Role of IT in retail sector........................................................................................................1
Various kinds of communication system technology.............................................................1
Ethical and societal problems create in the usage of technology...........................................2
Value of internet and intranet in enterprise............................................................................2
ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION...................................................................................................2
Role of information technology in Morrisons........................................................................2
Different kinds of data group used in Morrisons....................................................................2
Kinds of web technologies utilised in Morrisons...................................................................3
Ethical and societal problems in Morrisons...........................................................................4
Value of internet and intranet in Morrisons...........................................................................5
Explanation of various types of system improvement life cycle............................................6
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES ...............................................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION
IT is process which is used in order to convert any sort of physical devices and then
process it to the creation, procedure and dealings all forms of electronic information. It helps in
order to store, recover, transmit and handle data and information in order to operate business. It
is categorised into three sections like processing of techniques, application of mathematical
methods in decision making and also develop thinking with the help of computer programs
(Avgerou and Walsham, 2017). Many kinds of business enterprise are related with IT such as
hardware, financial institution, hospitality, supermarkets etc. This report is in the context of
Morrisons which is the fourth largest supermarket chain in UK and headquarter in West
Yorkshire, England. This report is based on the understanding of Information technology and its
applications in the organisation. Moreover, it focuses on the determination of the role of IT and
the victory and stoppage in business. It also determines the right and social problems which are
related with the operations of company. In addition to this, it is also identified that different kinds
of web technologies are important, describes the use of intranet and internet in company concern
and also explicate the different phases of system development cycle.
LITERATURE REVIEW
IT is a technique which is utilised by every department in order to manage their
information. Form the view point Dave Bourgeois, “information technology is related with the
various elements who work jointly in order to collect and store the message which is used in
dominant and judgement in the company.
Role of IT in retail sector
IT plays an important function in order to pull off the difficult formation of organisation
and because of increasing globalisation, sale and supply of products and services gets affected
and they all need to be managed for the effective use (Bawden and Robinson, 2015). For
Morrison, it is important to control and manage their information as it helps in improving the
competence of company in order to increase the flexibility and helps in determining the data of
their several customers.
Various kinds of communication system technology
Networks are the procedure which is used order to connect the devices and conversation
the message as these are termed as the medium of relation among the devices and computers.
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