Principles of Managing Information and Producing Documents
Unit three: Principles of managing information and producing documents
Assessment
You should use this file to complete your Assessment.
• The first thing you need to do is save a copy of this document, either onto your computer or a disk
• Then work through your Assessment, remembering to save your work regularly
• When you’ve finished, print out a copy to keep for reference
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Please note that this Assessment document has 5 pages and is made up of 4 Sections.
Name:
Section 1 – Understand the purpose of information technology in a business environment
1. In relation to your current business environment (or one that you are familiar with), identify at least two different types of information technology that may be used when completing work tasks.
Microsoft word- I use it myself for letter writing, résumé creation, card creation and writing my study assessments.
Intranet- it is a computer network that uses Internet Protocol technology to share information, operational systems or computing services within an organization.
2. What are the benefits to businesses (and others) of using information technology for doing work tasks?
Information technology is a powerful tool that can make your business more productive and profitable. It can help streamline business activities, communicate more efficiently with customers and even generate new customers or clients- all while helping to reduce business expenses.
This means that we can not only share information quickly and efficiently, but we can also bring down barriers of linguistic and geographic boundaries. We can now communicate with anyone around the globe.
IT has also brought about Cost Effectiveness by helping to computerize business processes thus streamlining business to make
Assessment
You should use this file to complete your Assessment.
• The first thing you need to do is save a copy of this document, either onto your computer or a disk
• Then work through your Assessment, remembering to save your work regularly
• When you’ve finished, print out a copy to keep for reference
• Then, go to www.vision2learn.com and send your completed Assessment to your tutor via your My Study area – make sure it is clearly marked with your name, the course title and the Unit and Assessment number.
Please note that this Assessment document has 5 pages and is made up of 4 Sections.
Name:
Section 1 – Understand the purpose of information technology in a business environment
1. In relation to your current business environment (or one that you are familiar with), identify at least two different types of information technology that may be used when completing work tasks.
Microsoft word- I use it myself for letter writing, résumé creation, card creation and writing my study assessments.
Intranet- it is a computer network that uses Internet Protocol technology to share information, operational systems or computing services within an organization.
2. What are the benefits to businesses (and others) of using information technology for doing work tasks?
Information technology is a powerful tool that can make your business more productive and profitable. It can help streamline business activities, communicate more efficiently with customers and even generate new customers or clients- all while helping to reduce business expenses.
This means that we can not only share information quickly and efficiently, but we can also bring down barriers of linguistic and geographic boundaries. We can now communicate with anyone around the globe.
IT has also brought about Cost Effectiveness by helping to computerize business processes thus streamlining business to make