INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND COMMUNICATION

    What is Managing information within and outside the organization?

Business managers now must know about information technology, new structure must setup to manage information in a world, those who have knowledge of information technology will be successful business leader.

    What is the importance of it?

Today business faces many challenges in handling new technologies, managing they’re in their information for greatest productivity communications with media: email and internet will continue grow in use like other communication technologies (voice mail, group ware, teleconferences, faxes).

What are the new technologies that companies have to manage for communications purposes?

Now exist private information service, and these are another means for accessing business information, development of fiber optics, local areas networks, satellite technologies facilitate the growth of information technology, now we have: computers, desktop publishing capabilities and electronic spreadsheets.

Describe the role of technological discoveries throughout history.

Is very vast because in business the new technology help and support to businessmen to save time, money, and spade work. Also, by incurring less money much information can send/get in no time.

What is the importance of technologies in the globalized business world? 

The importance of technology is that we live in a globalized world, it is essential to keep in touch and now all businesses are growing and joining the technological world. As time goes by, it is essential that countries remain interconnected.

Describe the use of the technologies in the communication field. 

The individuals can work in their house, use e-mail to transmit work, advantages are reduced time, increased flexibility of working hour. Employees use modems, telephone lines, and remote workstations to transmit their work.

What are the Do’s and Don’ts of Electronic Communication?

DO: Handy way to communicate quickly with another person, every person is responsible for the content of an e-mail message, being conscientious in checking and responding to electronic messages, read each message before sending it, decide which electronic system is appropriate for the message, organization of the message.

DON’TS: Sending confidential information, flood system with junk mail, write lengthy messages.

How have the Information & communication technologies changed the structure of business organizations?

• Technology has loosened the strings that bind the traditional company
• Telecommuting lets people work where it is more convenient
• Can boost profits
• From home computers to car phones is easy to feel like you’re always “plugged in”
• Respond instantly to every message whether you’re at home, business trip, or action
• Technology has loosened the strings that bind the traditional company.

What are the legal and Ethical implications of the use of technologies? Explain the in detail.

•   Has the potential to exalt or debase the people.
•   Threatens privacy; anyone’s privacy be invaded if put to the wrong use with the wrong people, and many people prefer not to give out information on any site as it may frighten them.
•   Invasion of privacy; the intrusion of technology into our privacy is multidimensional and humiliating; social networking can be misused by privacy breach to cause identity theft.
•   Sexual predating, stalking, unintentional fame, employee tracking, and online victimization. Collects a lot of information, Monitors the exact time of employees