Unit 9 Scheme of work

8832 BTec Nationals Unit 3 Business Information Systems

1 Information in organisations

History: why organisations are formed, common characteristics, variations in size, purpose
Classification: public service, industrial, commercial
Organisational structures: traditional hierarchical, flatter
Information: forms (verbal, documentary, electronic), types (customer, supplier, market, sales, operational, design, purchase)
Communication: upward, downwards and sideways
Role of information: for strategic planning and operational control

2 Functional areas
Departments: internal (sales, personnel, purchasing, design, marketing, finance, operations)
Related external bodies and agencies: customers, suppliers, legal and statutory bodies
Division of organisations: geographical, departmental, functional area
Information flows: between internal functions and with outside bodies and agencies, information flow diagram
ICT support of information flows: email, EDI, tele and video conferencing, www, intranets and extranets, EFTPOS, FAX, Telex, portable devices

3 Data handling and processing
Data controls Methods: batch, transaction, information storage and retrieval, time-sharing, real-time (process control and information processing), centralised, distributed
Data handling applications: accounts (basic functions of sales, purchasing and nominal ledger) payroll, sales order processing, invoicing, purchase ordering, stock control, bookings, personnel
System life cycle: stages and importance to development of organisations

4 Business system
Physical elements: to protect health and safety, privacy, integrity and security of data, forms of data (electronic, paper)
Operational requirements: procedures to protect data (loss, privacy, integrity), Health and Safety Act (ergonomics, office layout), Data Protection Act (privacy of data), Copyright, Designs and Patents Act (copyright of data), Computer Misuse Act (fraud and computer misuse)

E-commerce: benefits of e-commerce and its role within business information systems

Scheme of Work		Session: 2006-2007

School: Computing		Course title and year:
		Btec Natonal Diploma 2006/7
Lecturer: Philip M Russell

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Unit 3 Business Information Systems National Syllabus