Course No.: 304 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
PRACTICES IN BUSINESS (ITPB XII)
(For B.Com General and six Speciality
Courses)
Marks: 80 Hours: 40
Objectives:
The basic objective of this paper is to familiarize the students with the
concepts of Information Technology and how these are in practice in business.
Further the paper enables the students to understand theoretically the
applications of IT in Business.
Course
Contents:
Unit
I: Information revolution, Information Technology, Information and
Communication Technology- concepts, significance and fundamental aspects. 20: 10 hrs
Unit
II: Different tools of IT and its application in Business: Traditional tools
like Printing Press, Radio, Audio, Video, Telephones, etc. ; emerging
technologies and Media convergent. 20: 10 hrs
Unit
III: Fundamentals of Computers: Computer and its components, Data, information
and EDP, Number system and codes- Different number system (moderate idea)
American Standard Code for Information Interchange. 20: 10 hrs
Unit
IV: Computer networks, Electronic Data Interchange, Advantages of EDI, Barriers
to implementation, The world wide web, issues in internet, usages of internet. 20: 10 hrs
Text
and Reference Books:
1.Edwards,
Ward and Bytheway: The Essence of Information Systems; Prentice Hall, New
Delhi.
2.Kanter:
Managing with Information; Prentice Hall, New Delhi.
3.Nath
C.K.: Information Technology and its implications in Business; Kalyani
Publication, Hariyana.
4.
ITL ESL: Fundamental of Computers ( for UG courses in Commerce and Management),
Perason, New Delhi.