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Table of ContentINTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3LITERATURE REVIEW................................................................................................................3ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION...................................................................................................4CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................9REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................10

INTRODUCTIONThe information technology refers to as the use of technologies in order to minimize theefforts of humans and to increase the efficiency of work done within the company. Informationtechnology provides different options for easing the work like use of computers, recording andmanaging data in electronic form, use of different types of software and hardware and manyother such type of techniques (Acquisti, Brandimarte and Loewenstein, 2015). This is the reasonbehind the increase in the popularity of information technology. The present study is based onMarks and Spencer group plc. It is a British multinational retailer founded by Michael Marks andThomas Spencer in the year 1884.The main reason for making this report is to understand the role and importance ofinformation technology in success or failure of business. Another reason is to understand thesocial and ethical issues of using technology. Further, it will outline some various kinds ofnetwork technologies which the company uses to improve the quality of there work anddifference between them. The another reason behind working on this report is to discuss someimportance of internet and intranet for the business. At last the report will highlight the stages ofSystem development life cycle.LITERATURE REVIEWRole of ITIn the words of Taylor, Fritsch and Liederbach, (2014), use of information technology isvery useful as the use of it helps the retail industry in reducing the workload and increasing theefficiency and quality of work within the company. This is because of the reason that the use oftechniques minimizes the efforts of employees. For example many retail companies someinventory management techniques. These techniques help those companies. This system helpsthe company in recording inventory in electronic form and as and when the inventory reaches tominimum level the order is automatically placed by the inventory system. So this helps inreducing the time in calculating the inventory and when to order the inventory.Ethical and social issuesIn opinion of Pantano and Viassone, (2014), there are many ethical and social issueswhich relates with the business but also impacts the society. If the company uses too muchtechnology then there may be possibility that there is misuse of the information and also thecompetitors of that company can use this information in some negative way. But Kali,

McKenney and Sagy, (2015), argued that the companies in retail sector must use techno ethics inorder to develop some principles and strategies which it can use in order to provide training toemployees to use the latest techniques so that they can efficiently use those techniques inminimizing their work.Types of network technologiesIn words of Volk, Stengel and Schultmann, (2014), a network technology is a systemwhich helps two or more devices which can communicate with each other with help of thosenetwork. This network helps those connected devices to exchange and share data, facts andfigures and information among all the large and small information systems with one another.Galliers and Leidner, (2014), articulates that there are many types of network technology whichcompanies of retail industry can use. The different types of networks are like Personal AreaNetwork (PAN), Local Area Network (LAN), Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN). Importance in internet and intranetIn views of Briz - Ponce and García - Peñalvo, (2015), internet is a system whichconnects the system at a global level with help of TCP and IP that transmits data with help ofdifferent types of media. The use of internet is important for business because internet helps thecompanies in communicating with other department and also with external parties. But Galegher,Kraut and Egido, eds., (2014), argued that use of internet connects many people with each otheras compared to traditional method of communication. The use of internet is very flexible as theemployees can found many things and information on the internet.ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSIONFrequently used computing terminologiesThere are many terms associated with computing. Some of them are as follows- Internet- it is referred to as a network of computers which connects and allows thecomputers all over the world to communicate with each other.Web browser- these are the programs which helps the user to look and operate andnavigate between pages on world wide web (WWW). Some examples of web browser arelike Firefox, Internet explorer, Google chrome and many more related.Modem – it is a device used to transfer information and data with help of cable lines andtelephones with help of internet.

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