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Course Competencies
1. Define the concept of integrated office systems as it relates to the electronic processing, distribution, security, privacy of ethics, and retrieval of information. (I, II)
2. Recognize business technologies, such as operating systems, databases, multimedia, ERP and their applications. (II, III, IV, V, VI, VIII)
3. Define and distinguish between the internet and the World Wide Web. (III)
4. Use the World Wide Web to locate information. (III)
5. Understand how database management compares to the traditional file management processing system. (V)
6. Analyze enterprise resource planning (ERP) concepts. (VI)
7. Outline factors affecting computer security, information privacy, ethics, regulatory and legal issues. (VII)
8. Apply the features of presentation software for business applications. (VIII)
9. Identify the ways in which computers are used in business and industry present and future. (IX)
10. Identify careers in computer business technology. (X)
Course Outline
I. Basic Concepts of Integrated Office Systems
a. Computer business terminology
b. Electronic information processing, distribution, and retrieval
c. Overview of using computers in business
1. Components of a computer
2. Categories of computers
3. Computer software
4. Elements of an information system
II. Computer Systems
a. Input and output
b. Data storage
c. Communications and networks
III. The Internet and the World Wide Web
a. Definition of the Internet/WWW
b. Uses of the Internet/WWW
c. Locating information
d. Ethics and codes of conduct
e. Internet / WWW Resource Discovery Systems
1. Menu systems
2. Hypertext systems
3. Library systems
f. Web Page Analysis
1. Effective sites
2. Non-effective sites
IV. Operating Systems
a. Overview
b. Functions
V. Data Management
a. Overview of databases
b. Database management systems
VI. Enterprise resource planning (ERP)
a. Definition
b. Integration of information technology systems
1. Accounting and financial systems
2. Human resources systems
3. Production and purchasing systems
4. Distribution and transportation systems
c. Forces influencing ERP
d. Implementation strategies
VII. Security, Privacy, and Ethics
a. Computer security
b. Information privacy
c. Ethics in the information age
d. Internet issues
VIII. Multimedia
a. Multimedia applications
1. Presentation Software
2. Design presentation
3. Customize presentation
a- Graphics
b- Animation
c- Chart/table
4. Other techniques
b. Multimedia hardware
c. Use of multimedia in business and industry
IX. Future Trends in Computer Business Technology
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