Information Technology in Business Course Name Course Code Course Credit Trimester Introduction and Objectives I Information systems

represent the backbone in almost all of todays organizations. They support operations and enable intelligence necessary for strategic survival and success. The main objective of ITB is to facilitate understanding of how various types of Information systems can be used for changing organizations to make them operationally more efficient and strategically more effective. This course focus on: Benefits offered by computer technology, Problems posed by computer technology, Hardware and software systems that make it possible, Future of computers in society Information Technology in Business

Pre-Requisite Course Outline 1. 2. 3. History of Computers, types of Computers, 5 Generations of Modern Computers, Wirths Law, Advantages and Disadvantages of Computer applications. The Internet : Everyday Uses of Cyberspace, Internet History, Metcalfes Law, Advantages and Disadvantages of Internet applications, Universal Access pros and cons. Computer Hardware :How Computers Represent Data, Microprocessors, Secondary Storage, Input Devices, Output Devices, Categories of Computers, Computer Networks, Technology Trends, Computer Software: Major Types of Software, System software, Generations of Programming Languages. Systems and Applications Software: The Importance of Software in Business, Classes of Software, Freeware, Shareware, Public-domain Software, Operating System Functions, Types of Application Software, Enterprise Application Software, Programming Languages. Computers in Business: Advertising, International business, Industrial development, Retail, Banking and Finance, Stock market, Manufacturing, Marketing, Job force, Telework, Employee monitoring. Society and Changing Technology, Changing Nature of Work, Jobs of the Future, Changing Business Structures, E-Commerce, Common Business Services, Computers in Education, Computers and Medicine, Computers and Transportation, Computer Crime and Security Measures. Technology as a tool for competitive advantage: Management of IT has changed drastically in the past 50 years, Globalization, E-enablement, Knowledge Sharing and Knowledge Management, Escalating Benefits of Information Technology, five Waves of Innovation, Below the line (Saving $), Above the line (Making $), The Internet Economy, Global Marketplace, Users Bridging the Technology Gap.

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Evaluation References

Internal Assessment : 60%, End Term Assessment: 40% Text Book Shelly, Discovering Computers introductory: your Interactive Guide to the Digital world, Cengage . Other Reading Rainer, Turban, Potter, Introduction to Information Systems, Supporting and Transforming Business, Wiley. Sinha, Pradeep K., Computer Fundamentals, BPB publications. http://www.cio.com, http://www.techrepublic.com, http://www.ittoolbox.com, http://www.bitpipe.com, http://www.cio.in, http://www.dqindia.ciol.com, http://www.computerworld.com, http://www.howstuffworks.com, http://www.iiitb.ac.in/ss/erpfaq/stdyctr.htm, http://www.technologyevaluation.com/