Role of IT in Tesco: An Analysis

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
LITERATURE REVIEW................................................................................................................1
Role of IT in any business...........................................................................................................1
Ethics and social issues of IT in any business.............................................................................2
Networks and their types.............................................................................................................2
Internet and intranet.....................................................................................................................3
Software development life- cycle................................................................................................3
ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION...................................................................................................4
Role of IT in Tesco......................................................................................................................4
Ethics and social issues in Tesco.................................................................................................5
Networks and their types in Tesco...............................................................................................5
Internet and intranet in Tesco......................................................................................................6
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................6
REREFENCES................................................................................................................................7

INTRODUCTION
Information technology can be defined as use of systems or computers that can be used
for storing, transmitting, retrieving and manipulating data or information which is further used
either for business operations or for personal use. Information technology is a sub- set of
information and communication technology (Halbouni, Obeid and Garbou, 2016). IT plays a
vital role within an organization as it is used in almost all the operations and functions of the
business. Not only this, in fact implementation of IT within business has become important for
organizations because of increasing competition within market. Proper implementation
information technology within organizations helps the company in protecting integrity of data so
that it can be protected from any kind of threat. Today due to advancement in technology with IT
system, business of an organization can simply stops as it is integrated in all the functions of a
business such as HR, finance, operations, communications, sales and others. This report will
focus upon role of IT within an organization, Ethics and social issues of IT, Networks and their
types, Internet and intranet and Software development life- cycle. Organization laid emphasis
upon in this report is Tesco. Tesco is a British multinational retail organization that was founded
in 1919 who’s main headquarter is in Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom. They are one of
the largest retailers present in the world. They serve in various countries of Asia and Europe.
LITERATURE REVIEW
Role of IT in any business
According to the view of Amade, Painho and Oliveira, (2018) IT plays an important role
within a business as it not only helps organizations to run their operations and processes
smoothly and with accuracy but also helps in driving innovation and invention which further
helps the organization to move forwards towards the path of success. It helps an organization to
become more productive, helps in saving money of the organization, increases their overall
performance, increases customer experience, enhances overall organizational communication,
improves decision making and many more. Implementation of IT within business has also helped
the organizations to increase flexibility within in working in many ways such as employees can
work from any location, communicate or transfer message or data from any where regardless of
their location, flexibility in working hours and many more. Majorly implementation of
information technology within organisations has enhanced. It can be used for conducting virtual
conferences, meetings with employees, clients or customers regardless of their locations.
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