Managing Information and Technology

Managing Information
and Technology
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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
Categories of information system................................................................................................3
ERP system..................................................................................................................................5
Benefits of ERP systems in a real life business...........................................................................6
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................7
RECOMMENDATIONS.................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8
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INTRODUCTION
Information system refers a combination of hardware, software and telecommunication
networks which people build and makes an effective used to filter, collect, creating and
distributing data (Link and et.al., 2017). This study is based on Tesco which is a British
multinational general merchandize and groceries retailer. Headquarter of this company is in
England, UK. It was founded in the year of 1919 by Jack Cohen. Its shops are in 7 countries and
provide qualitative food products, furniture, toys, electronics and others. This study is going to
show importance of different types of information systems and uses of them. It will also show
ways, roles and examples of different categories of information systems which help people n
identifying the best one. Further, it will also show enterprise resources planning systems which
helps organizations to manage their business functions in an efficient manner. There are several
advantages and reasons of using enterprise resource planning systems which improves
efficiency, customer services, quality of data and others. In real life business like retailers and
others, both systems play an important role.
The main aim of conducting this study is to analyse importance of information system
and supporting Tesco in identifying the best type of system by which they can manage their
business functions effectively. By evaluating and identifying both advantages and disadvantages
of ERP systems and information systems in order to identify the best one and help companies in
accomplishing their goals. Enterprise resource planning system play a vital role in managing as
well as controlling organization wide information steams. One of the main objective if
developing and discussing more about different types of information systems and enterprise
resource planning systems are to provide detailed or in depth analysis to companies as how they
can increase data collection as well as dissemination capabilities of their business by making an
effective use of ERP systems.
MAIN BODY
Categories of information system
Information systems are interrelated components such as hardware, software which
works together to store, process, collect and distribute informations or data in order to make an
effective decision, controlling and analysing in an organization (Leroux, 2018). There are
different types and categories of information system like transaction processing system,
management information systems, decision support system and online analytical processing or
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