Business and Employment 2018 Activities

Business And Employment (Traditional Businesses)

Your task is to find either a supermarket/hotel/bank or any financial institution that operates locally or globally and provide the following;

a) Name the institution

b) Describe the different services offered by the Institution

c) Describe at least four unique Information technologies (systems/software/hardware/innovations) used by the bank.

d) Describe at least four common social and ethical issues that the institution faces or can face.

e) What are some of the common measures put in place to addresses the the issues state above?

References

Hardware;

https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/A-level_Computing/AQA/Paper_2/External_hardware_devices/Input_devices

https://bizfluent.com/info-8054026-use-computers-banking-industries.html

Software
https://www.capterra.com/banking-systems-software/

Banking Mobile apps 

https://thefinancialbrand.com/40109/best-mobile-banking/

https://www.allerin.com/blog/10-most-popular-erp-systems-used-in-the-banking-industry-2

Post your findings in OneNote

Class Assignment; 27th Aug 2018
Investigate, make brief notes,  and make a short presentation on the following;

Supermarket Technologies

• Describe TWO unique information technology systems/ hardware used in supermarkets
• Describe TWO unique softwares/ mobile apps designed to ease the operations of supermarkets
• What are the common social / ethical significance of using any of the above technologies?
• Describe some practical solutions from research to common problems results from using any of the technologies describe above.

 Hotel Technologies

• Describe TWO unique information technology systems/ hardware used in hotels.
• Describe TWO unique softwares / mobile apps designed to ease the operations of hotels.
• What are the common social / ethical significance of using any of the above technologies?
• Describe some practical solutions from research to common problems results from using any of the technologies describe above

Travel Agencies Technologies

• Describe TWO unique information technology systems/ hardware used by travel agencies.
• Describe TWO unique softwares / mobile apps designed to ease the operations of travel agencies.
• What are the common social / ethical significance of using any of the above technologies?
• Describe some practical solutions from research to common problems results from using any of the technologies describe above

Examples;
Supermarket Software; https://www.nextar.com/examples/supermarket; Nextar
Hotel System; Cloudbeds
Travel Agencies; Bookinglayer