Information Technology in Business: Impact of Computer Networks, ICT, Internet and Intranet

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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
Identifying and discussing the impact of computer networks on business ................................6
Describing the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) which makes a business
to respond customer needs in an efficient way .Discussing the impact of Internet and Intranet
on businesses...............................................................................................................................7
CONCLUSION .............................................................................................................................11
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................12
Books and Journals........................................................................................................................12
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ABSTRACT
Information technology is the key aspect to set the foot of new generation in society with
the digital innovations. The today's world is dependent of the technologies and it is advancing
day by day. Information technology helps to build the communications of a business, it safeguard
the different information and data. This can be understood as a fusion of telecommunication of
technologies and fusion of machines which are integrates with other technology for instance
database, other machines, hardware and equipments. The main goal of information technology is
to record, create, store, retrieve, scrutinise, and transact information and data. These are
relatively used in the context of operations in business. The information technology helps
organization in improving and developing its efficiency and to increasing its workflow also it
assist the businesses to plan the growth for future in the business organization.
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INTRODUCTION
The information technology in the business is used to process the data into the digital
information by the use of hardware such as computer or other electronic devices that physically
exists. The information technology mainly helps in the storing and converting data into
electronic form. In the context of a organization it is used in communication as well as in
computer technology. This ensures that the whole business system interacts and operates in
efficient manner. In order to describe the use of information technology in the business the
organization chosen for this report is Morrisons (Andrade 2018). The Morrisons is the fourth
largest supermarket company founded in 1899 and based in the United Kingdom. the company
operates around 500 supermarkets in England and Scotland and Wales. The company's
headquarters are in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. The company deals in the products of
Food and Drink, Clothing, Petrol, Books, homeware, florist and Magazines. This report aims to
describe the relevant and important facts of information technology and it will highlight the
factors of information technology for instance different type of software and application used in
the business and importance of it. The information technology plays a crucial role in the business
and it relatively makes easy to do the business for the businessman.
LITERATURE REVIEW
According to Thong & Yap, The information technology is framework of digital
programmes which are used with the help of computers. A software is the digital tool that
provides help to the management in the different operations of the organisation. The information
technologies helps business to operate smoothly and effective and easy manner. As per their
study on information technology, this has be known discovered that the integrated connection
between the business operations and the information technology had formed a huge gap in the
functionality of the operations of a business.
Analysis and Discussions
Analysis of different types of software and which one is more important
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