Managing Information and Technology

Managing
Information and
Technology
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Table of Contents
Table of Contents.............................................................................................................................2
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
Introduction aims and objectives.............................................................................................1
Categories of information systems...........................................................................................2
ERP system.................................................................................................................................3
Benefits of ERP system in real-life business:..........................................................................4
Conclusion and recommendation.............................................................................................5
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................6
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INTRODUCTION
Introduction aims and objectives
Information technology is refers as a system that uses by all organisation in order to bring
something new and improving their existing performance. In environment technology is
changing day by day where organisation who is adopting this can only goes forward and
attaining higher profits. In other words, information technology is related to uses of computers
for transmitting and manipulation of information of information. Information technology covers
development, utilisation, and maintenance of data which helps to carrying on business and
processes the benefits. To know the befits and uses of information technology Mark and Spencer
has been taken that is multinational clothing retail company using information technology for
carrying out distribution and processing of data. This is largest organisation that offers retailing
products and services to customers at national and international level and earning higher profits.
The management of such organisation focuses on needs and wants of people by using new
technology and provide kind of products and services which helps to make higher profits. This
organisation is using information system which is considered as main components for collecting
storing and processing the information at affordable prices. This refers as social – technical,
formal and organisation system which helps to run a business effectively and maintaining profits.
Management of Mark and Spencer company uses different types of system and software with the
help of informational technology helps to run a business (Bodnar and Hopwood, 2012).
The aim of this report to classify the effect of information and the ERP system within
Mark and Spencer company to manage and control the information over a wide range of
streams. The first objective is to find different types of information systems. Another objective is
to analyse the role of the ERP system in controlling and managing a wide range of information
streams.
Enterprise resource planning (ERP) refers as software system which is used by
organisation to arrange and control the business processes. This is a main system, often uses in
real time and mediated by technology and software. This is important for business organisation
to follow the enterprise resource planning system that is uses to think about all processes which
are required to run a company such as finance, HRM, marketing, operation, research and
development, manufacturing, supply and chain services which has impacted on business
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