Information Technology Analysis: Tesco PLC and System Development

This report delves into the application of Information Technology (IT) within Tesco PLC, examining its crucial role in the business's success. It explores how Tesco utilizes IT to enhance productivity, manage data, and facilitate communication with stakeholders. The report further addresses the ethical and social issues associated with IT, such as data privacy, cyber security, and copyright infringement, and how Tesco mitigates these risks. It differentiates between various networking technologies, including LAN, WAN, and MAN, highlighting their characteristics and applications. The report also emphasizes the importance of Intranet and Internet for business operations and concludes with an overview of the different stages of the system development life cycle, providing a comprehensive understanding of IT's impact on Tesco's operations and strategic goals.

Information Technology

Abstract
Information technology is plays the vital role in the business thus it provides many
opportunities to business. Therefore, technology is provided the reliable process that helps to
lead the business's profitability at worldwide level. Tesco plc is using Information technology
software in the business to improve the productivity and enhance the future growth of the
business.
The report has been explained the role of IT in the organization. Furthermore, it has
explained the social and ethical issues that are related with the technology. Moreover, report has
explained the different types of networking technologies such as Lan, Wan, Man. Lastly, report
has covered the importance of Intranet and internet in the business and various Stages of System
development life cycle.

Table of Contents
Abstract............................................................................................................................................2
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
LITERATURE REVIEW................................................................................................................1
Identify the role of IT in the success or failure............................................................................1
Find ethical and social issue........................................................................................................3
Differentiate between different types of networking technologies..............................................4
ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION...................................................................................................6
Important of internet and Intranet in business............................................................................6
Explain the different stage of system development life cycle.....................................................6
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION
Information technology refers to maintaining, developing the broad range of hardware
and software solution that assists to collect the data and valuable information of organization.
By using the advance technology, entity can able to gather, organize, and analyse data that helps
firm to meet desired goals. Henceforth, new technological advancement plays essential role in
the modern current trends (Benckendorff, Xiang and Sheldon, 2019). It is modern process that
describe the technology-based information and also enhance the capacity of organization to serve
the best product and services that generate profitability. Theretofore, IT provides the times
saving and cost saving advantages to the firm that leads to enhance the revenue and productivity
of an organization.
The present report is based on information technology of TESCO. It is a British
multinational groceries and general merchandize retailer.
Furthermore, report will describe role of information technology within the business This
technology helps them for their succession. Furthermore. Report will discuss the social and
ethical issues that pertain an organization. Furthermore, it will differentiate between different
types of networking technologies. The Study will explain the Significance of Intranet and
Internet for the firm. Lastly, it will discuss various stage of System development life cycle.
LITERATURE REVIEW
Identify the role of IT in the success or failure.
Information technology is provided the best solution to the firms that helps them for their
succession. Thus, Tesco PLC use the advance technology within the business to makes and
provide reliable processing system within the environment of business. As per the view of Bruss
and Leuchs, (2019), it is stated that information technology is refers to makes the best process by
implement the technology within the business to improve the efficiency of business. Thus, IT
provide the work better for Tecso either as a stand-alone process or as part of a wider network.
Information technology has significant importance to drive the business of Tesco plc towards
success. Thus, Information technology has importance within the business that helps to drive the
business of Tesco plc towards the future goal and objective. There are few important roles of
while using the information technology within the Tesco.
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As per the view of Estima and Painho (2019), it is stated that manager and employees of
the Tesco using the technology that helps to easily communicate with the suppliers, customers,
dealers and distributors. For example, email is one of the best technology that helps to easily
interact with stakeholders this inexpensive and time saving activity. Therefore, Tesco plc
maintained the employees' data by the using employees management information software as it
provide the better decision-making power to the manager that they analyse the data and makes
decision regarding the salary, provided fund etc. Thus, firms collect the information by analytical
processing or software data. The another software is data management software which helps
Tesco for maintain the personal data of the employees the purpose of this software is that no one
can use this personal date of employees. That means this software provide the privacy to the
employees. Therefore, this data of the managers and employees have been collected through
decentralized computing with the help of the Data management software.
According to the Jakšič and Marinč, (2019), it is sated that the human resource
departments and Managers of the Tesco also using IT for giving training to their employees viva
digital monitors. The Human Resource department of the Tesco plc using the BambooHR. 4.8
software for automated recruitment and selection process. Further, firm can also use SaaS
business model to leads the overall efficiency and operational process of Tesco.
As per the view of Reuter, 2019Singh and O’Hagan, (2019), digital marketing is one of
the best internet-enabled devices. This device is important because it provide connectivity with
customers. Tesco uses this software in the business to increased ads, companies and also increase
the customer base. This tool is helpful because it helps to increase the sales as well as enhance
the demand of the product which directly affect on the profitability of the firm. The company
has launched their own app with the use of digital marketing. Tesco providing the Loyalty cards
as the customers are using their app. This make enable to gather the data of their loyal customers
for providing them discounting offers.
As per the view of Stein, Newell, Wagner, and Galliers, (2015), it is stead that business
performance system also the best tool which describe the overall performance of the firm like
operational, marketing and financial performance that helps firm for managing and measuring
the performance by using the business performance management system.
According to the Taylor and Joshi, (2019) it stated that Analytical tool is helpful to
understand the customer, therefore Tesco can also use this tool in the business to understand the
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customer like their needs, behaviours, demographics and customer target market etc. This tool
helps to allow business to make better decision regarding the customer.
Find ethical and social issue.
As per the view of Taylor and Joshi, (2019), it is stated that to manage the society
welfare related to the technology is essential. The ethics and morale is essential when firm used
the different types of technology in the business, Therefore, organization should maintain the
ethics while using the technology. It provides the insights to the ethical dimensions. It refers to
adopting the legal practices of technological systems in the business. The main aim of adoption
the legal practices which is protect the customer with different cyber crimes. Thus, the ethical
principles is to protect the society from the issue of the technology.
Maintain the legal practices within the business it essential because it describes the
ethical behaviour of the firm. Therefore, As in today's world, many organizations is concern with
privacy like, there is issue of confidential information to the business. Therefore, there are
private data which is confidential information for the firm and in current world it easily hacked
by the hacker, and they misuse this data. Thus, This can be negatively affects firm's profitability.
Therefore, TESCO avoid and protect the customer with these types of crimes, so they can run
different programs for provide the knowledge among the customer that they organize customers
aware programmes from the cyber crimes. There are different types of cyber crimes for example,
customer faced frauds at the time of doing online shopping and making payments through credit
and debit card so, this is the major concern of the customers that they can faces monetary fraud
while making payments. Therefore, Another frauds is Advance free fraud is also impregnable
nowadays. As in this fraud the hacker is hacked the personal website of Tesco and also makes
the duplicative website to user by describe as the official website of the Tesco plc. Thus, the
customers get trapped due to make payments unknowingly.
To behave ethically and maintain social issues regarding the technology Tesco can using
E-mail system for makes easy and better communication with their stakeholders such as
customers, suppliers and distributors. Thus, by using this system it provides better privacy
conversions with their traders. Therefore, while using this system in the business it has some
issues related to transmitting the information that is stakeholders secrets are leaked from some
third party authority. Therefore, company need to protect their system, so they use the privacy
software to protect the systems. Tecso can be aware while doing E-mail attachment to avoid the
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privacy issues. Thus, Network firewall is also the another crime which hacks the personal
computers of employees so to maintain the privacy Tesco can use the firewall security to protect
the confidential information. Tesco also face another issues Such as spyware as this software is
damages the confidential information of firm which is installed in computers of employees. The
computer virus can damaged the firm important data. Thus, firm can also install the protection
security in the computers so no one can damage the confidential information of the employees.
As per the view of Theis and Wong, (2017), Copyright infringement is type of authority
of owner that they protectects their product and information from third party, so they must hold a
valid copyright. On the other side, when copyright materials are being used by some other party
without any authority. So, Tesco PLC need to take strict actions as anyone can unauthorized use
of a copyright materials like reproduction, distribution, performance, public display.
Hence, Tecso use the different types of protection software which protests the business.
So, they can use the different software as they provide training to the employees that how to use
the privacy security in the business such as MIS, financial information etc. Therefore, to enhance
the profitability of the firm. Tesco make sure that they protect their confidential information by
protect their computes with passwords. Tecso need to provide the knowledge among the
employees that how to use the personal websites that no one can hack the websites. Thus, this all
activities helps to improve the Tecso performance.
Differentiate between different types of networking technologies.
Basis Wan Man Lan
Meaning Wan is also called
wide Ares network.
That means it provides
the connectivity with
several Lans. This
network is provide the
network in wide range
area.
Man is also called
metropolitan area
network. This network
is larger network
which provide the
connective with tows
and different buildings
in same city.
Lan is also caled local
area network which
provides the
connective in same
buildings. Like is a
group of computers
and network devices
connected together in
same area.
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Ownership This type of network
has distributed
ownership as this have
private and public
ownership. Every one
can use this network
by take ownership.
MAN can either be
private or public
ownership both.
It has private
ownership that means
a companies' owner
have authority to run
this network within the
business.
Coverage This provides
networking is wide
area such as whole
worldwide.
This network is able to
connect The large
geographical area
such as country and at
global level.
This network is able to
connect the limited
area such as in
company and
particular building
Data transferability Wan provide the
lower data transfer
speed as it has Power
between 410 and 20
mbps because it has
provided the network
at global level.
MAN has data speed
up-to 100 Mbps.
The data scope in
between 100 and 1000
Mbps. Thus, and there
speed of Lan is high
Cost Expensive. The
example of wan is
internet.
Expensive. The
example of Man is
IUB network.
Not expensive. The
example of Lan is
token ringor Ethernet
Connectivity range
and Data
transferability
This network covers
the area up-to 100,000
kilometres. WAN
network has Low
information measure
in order to data
transferability.
This network cover the
area up-to 100,000
kilometres. This type
of Data has moderate
bandwidth.
This network can
connect the few areas
upto 100 to 1000
metre. Transferability
data is high bandwith.
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ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION
Important of internet and Intranet in business
Internet – The Internet network is world wide network every one can use this network. This is
provide information and data facilities in different devices such as computers, mobile, laptop and
many more.
Intranet — This network refers to the private network that is used by the enterprises and
organization for their personal use.
Importance of internet for Tesco — Internet is the most important network which provide the
best information to the managers and employees they use internet for doing email and private
message. They also used communication networks for interacting with one another. HR
department of company also used internet for doing recruitment. They put job advertisement on
their official website (Tsimplis and Papadas, 2019). Thus, through internet they choose the best
candidates. Therefore, through internet Tesco promote their product in the market.
Important of Intranet for Tesco — The main importance of Intranet is that it is helpful for
fulfilling the digital marketing need of an organization. This is helpful in promote the products in
different market. The another importance is that by using the Intranet it helpful to makes the
better communication with stakeholders of Teco. Intranet provides the better workflow and it
helps to improve overall productivity of the Tesco. Thus, it provides the privacy during the
important work and also it helps to reducing the error in Tesco plc. Thus, It provides the easy
sharing of the resources by the use of bet network.
Explain the different stage of system development life cycle.
The development life cycle is described the process of implementing the new system in the
business. There are different types of stages that helps to meet the goal of the firm. It includes the
seven steps which are discussed below -
 Planning – The first stage helps to identify the problem and provide the best the
solutions of reducing the problem.
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 Systems Analysis and Requirements – The second stage is analysis the requiremnts of
tecnology within the business it helps to meet the goals and objective of the particular
task.
 System Design – This stages is helps to identify the different features and criteria of the
system that this software is really meet the requirements or not.
 Development – Tesco use the software on the purpose of development, so this stages is
describe that firm develop the software to enhance the productivity of the firm.
 Integration and Testing – In this pahse, firm identify that the newly developed
softawre is meeting the business objective or not. Thus, the new project being tested in
this phase.
 Implementation – This is the implementing stage when firm taste the system and then
implement within the business to achieve the goal of the firm. So in this phase the system
is being placed into the organization.
 Operations and Maintenance – This is the last stage which describe the performance
of the software that means system is really perform well or not. Therefore, when this
system its not meet the requirements of firm So, firm can re-evaluate the strategy of
operation and makes necessary changes (Vaishnavi and Kuechler, 2015).
CONCLUSION
From the above project report it can be summarized that information technology plays the
crucial role to promote the products within the market effectively. It refers as to have the use of
different computer software's and work as to store, transfer, manipulate and retrieve data. Thus,
organization using the different technologies within the business to manage the privacy.
The project report is based on information technology of Tesco. The report has described
the role of information technology in the context of Tesco. Furthermore, assignment has
explained the different types of networking technologies such as LAN, WAN, MAN. Moreover,
report has described important of internet and Intranet. Lastly, assignment has also defined the
system development life cycle.
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