ITGS Business and Employment Introduction and Task ITGS Strand 2 1 IBDP

ITGS - Task 1 - 2.1 Business and Employment
(1) an introduction to the topic 2.1 Business and Employment ITGS
a list of areas that this broad topic covers
(2) A focus on one of these topics:
-- Banks - ATM, EFT, Credit and Debit Cards, EFTPOS, Tele-Banking, e-banks (i.e. the new model of banks with no buildings), concurrency and the evolution of banking.
-- Collaborative software, bulk email, spreadsheets, email, mail merge and macros in the work-place
-- Employee monitoring systems, desktop monitoring software
-- Supermarket technology, point of sale, barcodes and the past, present and emerging technologies
-- E-commerce and online business and the contrast of physical businesses compared to online businesses and the mix of both.
-- E-marketing, consumer data and advertising
-- Travel sites, travel booking systems and hotel booking systems
-- Autonomous vehicles and electric vehicles
-- Traffic control systems, vehicle tracking, package tracking and driver monitoring
-- Websites in business - Web traffic analysis, social media in business, click through rate, conversion rate, bounce rate,
(3) A link to current news topic(s)
(4) A for more information / call to action / response

Topics Covered in Strand 2.1 Business and Employment
The coverage of business and employment should address the IT systems that exist as well as the ethical issues and social impacts that arise from the increased use of information technologies for both employers and employees. Students should be aware of the range of different business environments, ranging from a traditional (offline) business to businesses that are exclusively online. Topics:
(1) Traditional businesses – Banks (ATM, EFT, Telephone Banking, Internet Banking), hotels, supermarkets, employee monitoring and clothing stores.
(2) Online businesses (e-commerce) – Working practices such as remote-working, home working, E-commerce, consumer data and advertising, web design, e-marketing, travel sites, package tracking, Tele-working, Tele-commuting, Work-Shifting, targeted advertising and online businesses.
(3) Transportation – Airline reservation systems, navigation, package tracking, traffic control systems, IT systems in cars, Traffic management and monitoring systems.

Skills that may be developed within this strand:
-- Collaboration, organization, information literacy, time-management and thinking
-- Web 2.0 tools

Luke Cameron Watson IBDP Teacher