IT Systems In Organizations (HL only)

IT Personnel/Careers
http://www.experience.com/alumnus/article?channel_id=technology&source_page=home&article_id=article_1203699431751

 http://www.infoworld.com/t/information-technology-careers/the-6-hottest-new-jobs-in-it-052

Policies
http://www.park.edu/ITP.pdf

IT personnel
Use the link below to write notes  the role and responsibilities of each of IT persoannel identified
http://www.cheshirefire.gov.uk/detail.aspx?mid=1504

Development Personnel.
a) What is the difference between development and IT personnel

b) Research and write short notes on the roles and the responsibility of the following development Personnel

- Development Manager
- Programmer
- Systems analyst
- Project manager

Duties of IT manager
http://www.indeed.com/forum/job/it-manager/Roles-Responsibilities-IT-manager/t48635

Duties of Database Administrator

http://geekswithblogs.net/freetraining/archive/2005/12/07/62434.aspx

Network Administrator 

http://www.ngrd.ab.ca/Downloads/FOV1-0001E3BA/462_Network_Administrator.pdf

CASE STUDY MIND MAP ACTIVITY

You have been assigned a concept to investigate in groups of three based on the 2013 Case study. For each concept assigned you will;

• Create a detailed mind map using A3 paper or A4 Manila paper. The mind map should include all relevant related technologies, terminologies, benefits, problems, issues, examples from research, suggested solutions to some of the problems etc. (exhaust all that we need to know about the concept)
• Use different colors to represent different information in the mind map. 

N/B The final mind map developed will be presented during our next lesson on Monday10th Sept 2012. This work will be graded based on Content, clarity, depth, and the presentation quality.

William, Sheehan, Emmanuel- Online booking system

Jamal, Caleb, Solitei-  System Interfaces

Sadrudin, George, Aarfa- Dispatch systems

Jamil, Fatema, Sohail- Journey optimization

Examples of mind maps

http://mappio.com/mindmap/markusklems/cloud-computing-overview

http://peterlaird.blogspot.com/2008/05/understanding-cloud-computingsaaspaas.html

http://local-marketplace.com/online-local-city-marketplaces/tag/online-local-mind-map/

http://www.toplinestrategies.com/cloudhead/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Cloud-Computing-Mindmap.jpg

IT systems in Organization

Notes on IT systems

https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http://www.itgstextbook.com/files/sample-chapter.pdf&chrome=true

http://sharpertutorials.com/system-development-life-cycles-sdlc/

https://sites.google.com/site/mrstevensonstechclassroom/hl-topics-only/it-systems-in-organizations

Duties of IT manager
http://www.indeed.com/forum/job/it-manager/Roles-Responsibilities-IT-manager/t48635

Duties of Database Administrator

http://geekswithblogs.net/freetraining/archive/2005/12/07/62434.aspx

CASE STUDY 2013

Read about the following taxi systems in the links below. Name and compare them in terms of similarities and differences. Use a clearly labeled table to show these information.

http://www.verifone.com/industry-solutions/taxi/us-solutions/fleet-management-insight/efleet.aspx

http://www.digital-dispatch.com/

https://tdispatch.com/

http://www.steria.com/your-business/transport/

http://www.marandy.com/

http://www.unicomg.com/en/unicomsoft/taxi-system

Database Ethical and Social Issues

Use the link below and write brief notes on some of the databases social and ethical issues.

Ensure you get clear difference between Data matching and Data Mining

https://sites.google.com/site/mrstevensonstechclassroom/home/strand-3-it-systems/3-7-databases/database-issues-integrity-privacy-security

Find out other issues with relevant examples apart from the ones in the article above 

Database Applications

You have each been assigned a particular field to research for any database used there. For each database identified
a) Name and describe how the database is used or works

b) The benefits of databases in the field identified

c) Social and ethical issues arising from using the database in the identified field

d) Suggest some solutions to main problems identified

Sadhu- Databases in education
William- Database in health
Solitei- Military Databases
Fatema-Governance or government databases
Dave- Business databases
Aarfa- Medical database
Jamal-Databases used in transport
Sohail- Airline or eservation databases
George- Databses used in entertainment
Dave- Database used to monitor the environment or climate changes
Barry- Databases for science and research institutions
Jamil-Business and employment

HOLIDAY WORK

CASE STUDY ASSIGNMENT (HL Student Only)


Identify at least TWO Taxi companies and interview them on their operations and how IT is used. For each company collect the following information

• What IT systems or programs are used
• How do the programs / systems work
• What are problems do the companies face while using the systems
• How have they solved some of the problems

Please collect any receipts, bar codes and any related documentations for evidence. 

Also study the http://www.taxi-track.com and compare with any other taxi local company or international taxi companies.

• Find out the Similarities and the differences in how IT is used in each company
• What are the major problems of Red Dragon company and what solutions can you suggested?

N/B Ensure that the research is extensive

 Post your findings in the blog. Any new information is welcomed and should also be posted.

Project Work (Criterion C) HL & SL

Task 1

You can be working on criterion C now. Design a plan for your project using the structure in the samples earlier provided.

Task 2

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