Role of Information Technology in Tesco's Success and Failure

Introduction to Information
Technology

INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
Literature Review...................................................................................................................3
Role of Information technology in success or failure of TESCO......................................3
Ethical and social issues associated with TESCO.............................................................4
Differentiate between different types of networking technologies....................................5
Importance of internet and intranet in TESCO..................................................................6
Role of IT in management.................................................................................................8
Different stages of system development life cycle............................................................9
Analysis and Discussion.......................................................................................................10
Benefits of IT...................................................................................................................10
Drawbacks of IT..............................................................................................................11
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................11
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................12

INTRODUCTION
Information technology is defined as the usage of computers to retrieve, store, manipulate
or transmit data or information. It is mainly used to perform business operations, entertainment
or personal technologies. It is considered to be a part of communication and information
technology (information technology , 2020). Tesco is an international supermarket
company. It was founded in 1919 in UK. It generally deals with the products like eatables,
groceries, clothes, entertainment, electronics and many more items. Moreover, it provides the
services also like financial services and many more. It has several stores all over the world where
they sell the branded as well as normal product range for all types of customers with occasional
discounts and offers. The following discussions are made on the information technology, it’s
roles, benefits, drawbacks, SDLC, types of networking, importance, social and ethical issues
associated with it in context of Tesco.
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