Introduction To Information Technology

Introduction To
Information Technology

ABSTRACT
The particular report summarises that marks and Spencer is retailed sector company
where information system use in effective manner to increase sales. The report consist of
different types of role of IT department which can define failure and success. In organisation find
out several types of social and ethical issues to run business. There are identifying different types
of networking technologies which can use by company to conduct business activities. In the
every business internet and intranet have important value to survive business and for develop
system development cycle follow the particular stages.

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................4
LITERATURE REVIEW................................................................................................................4
Role of IT in the success or failure of Marks and Spencer.........................................................4
Ethical and social issues that pertain to running businesses.......................................................5
Identify and differentiate between several types of networking technologies............................6
Importance of Intranet and internet in Marks & Spencer...........................................................7
Different Stages of system development cycle...........................................................................8
ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION ..................................................................................................9
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................10
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................11

INTRODUCTION
Information technology an area of business that emphasizes on the areas such as
computer technology support, computer network and database management, business software
operation and information security (Cui and et.al., 2015). In present time information technology
can face different types of challenges and issues which is connected to diverse features like this
growth of internet, latest operating system, web security, wireless and mobile communicational
protocol system. To understand the concept of the report selected retail organisation Marks &
Spencer, which is based on UK. It is a major British multinational retailer which is trading in
high quality clothing, food and home products The presented report focus on success and failure
in IT sector, ethical and social issues and different types of networking technologies.
Additionally, importance of intranet and internet and define various stages of system
development cycle.
LITERATURE REVIEW
Role of IT in the success or failure of Marks and Spencer
Information Technology (IT) provide help to maintain data through gathering,
transmitting and getting access to attain organisational goals and objectives. The importance of
IT relies upon a number of feature like assistive management, changes in business procedures
and reforms in system and processes as these when coordinated with working system. They are
not attended to heavily invest efforts, money and time upon technologies and do not attempt to
bring out invention into organisational premises from the point of view of spread out business
into new market to modify share as well as create strong position into market. IT system has an
effective role in management of issues which is related to technology breakdowns. It will be
presented in reference to Marks & Spencer to trading regrading to technological challenges and
suitably introducing them. The roles of IT in success of Marks & Spencer are mentioned below -
Assist in decision making – An entity has to undertake effective decision in order to
accountability as well as speed of system. In the context to corporate world, business firms have
to determine of path for enquiry for taking decision regarding to maintenance of orderly conduct
within the premise. Marks & Spencer attain web as well as other types of online modes in order
to avail information and assure about the validity and accuracy (Laudon and Laudon, 2015).