COURSE STUDY GUIDE OF IT IN BUSINESS

COURSE INTRODUCTION

This course is designed to provide the basic knowledge of the computer

hardware and software used in modern business organizations. After
studying this course the student will be able to identify and understand the
basic necessity and usage of various business technologies for infrastructure
and daily use. Knowledge will be given about the components and
commands of MS Office that are used in day to day office life.

COURSE OUTLINE
WEEK TOPIC
The Amazing Computer (Peter Nortons)
The Computer System and Parts of the Computer.
1
The basics of Internet
The shapes of computers today, The MIS and IT.
Hardware and software (Peter Nortons)
Hardware and Software
2
The alternate input devices
The Monitors and Sound Systems, Devices That Output
Processing Data, Storing (Peter Nortons)
Transforming data into information
The CPUs Used in Personal Computers
3 The types of storage devices
The Measuring and Improving Drive Performance
Application Software and System Software
Operating System basics
4 Application Software, Ms Word (Peter Nortons)
Word Basics : Starting word, Creating a new document, Opening
preexisting document, The parts of a word window, Typing text,
Selecting text, Deleting text, Undo, Redo, Repeat, Inserting text,
Replacing text, Formatting text, Cut , Copy, Paste . Formatting Text.
Documents: Auto format, Line spacing, Margins, Borders and
Shading.
Headers and Footers: Definition of headers and footers, creating
basic headers and footers, creating different headers and footers
for odd and even pages.
Tables : Creating a simple table, Creating a table using the table
menu, Entering and editing text in a table, selecting in table,
adding rows, changing row heights, Deleting rows, Inserting
columns, Deleting columns, changing column width.
Graphics: Importing graphics, Clipart, Insert picture, Clip Art
Gallery, drawing objects
 Templates: Template types, using templates, exploring templates,
modifying templates.
Mail Merge : Mail Merge concept, Main document, data sources,
merging data source and main document, Overview of word menu
options word basic tool bar
Application software, Ms Power point (Peter Nortons)
Power Point : Basics, Terminology, Getting started, Views
Creating Presentations : Using auto content wizard, Using blank
presentation option, Using design template option, Adding slides,
Deleting a slide, Importing Images from the outside world, Drawing
5 in power point, Transition and build effects, Deleting a slide,
Numbering a slide, other Saving presentation, Closing
presentation, Printing presentation elements. slide animation,
master slides, add a chart graph, headers and footers, actions
buttons, page setup, autoshapes, slide show options, editing a
graphics, word art, animation preview, date and time, saving and
printing, design tips, presentation basics.
Application software, Ms Excel (Peter Nortons)
Excel basics : The usual spread sheet features, Overview of excel
features, Getting Started, Creating a new work sheet, Selecting
cells, Navigating with the mouse and keyboard, Entering and
editing text, text boxes, text notes, checking spelling, undoing and
repeating actions, entering and formatting numbers, entering and
editing formulas, referencing cells, order of evaluation in formulas,
look up tables, copying entries and equations to minimize typing,
more auto fill examples, creating custom fill lists, protecting and un
protecting documents and cells.
Rearranging worksheets : Moving cells, copying cells, sorting
cell data, inserting rows, inserting columns, inserting cells,
inserting as you paste, deleting parts of a worksheet, clearing
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parts of a worksheet, how formulas react to worksheet design
changes, Auditing tools help spot potential problems.
Excel formatting tips and techniques : Excel page setup,
Changing column widths and row heights, auto format, manual
formatting, using styles, format codes alter a numbers
appearance, format painter speeds up format copying, changing
font sizes and attributes, alignments, centering text across
columns, using border buttons and commands, changing colors
and shading, inserting and removing page breaks, hiding rows and
columns.
Organizing large projects: Using names, splitting windows and
fixing titles, outlining your worksheets, working with multiple
worksheets, using multiple worksheets in a workbook, viewing
multiple windows, summarizing information from multiple
worksheets.
7 Application software, Ms Excel (Peter Nortons)
 Excels chart features: chart parts and terminology, instant
charts with the chart wizard, creating charts on separate
worksheets, resizing and moving charts, adding chart notes and
arrows, editing charts, rotating 3-D charts, Changing worksheet
values by dragging chart parts, printing charts, deleting charts,
setting the default chart type, controlling which series on which
axis, adding overlay charts, creating trend lines, data map.
Working with graphics in Excel: Creating and placing graphic
objects, resizing graphics, positioning graphics on worksheets,
drawing lines and shapes, examples of graphics in Excel, possible
sources of excel graphics, Excel slide shows.
8 MID TERM EXAM
Network Basics (Peter Nortons and Haag/Cummings/Mc Cubbrey)
The network
The structures
9
The network topologies
The network media and hardware
The network software, Network media and Network hardware
Data Communication (Peter Nortons and Haag/Cummings/Mc
Cubbrey)
The local and global reach of networks, Data communications with
standard telephone lines and modems, Modems, uses for a
10 modem, Using digital data connections ,Broad band connections,
Wireless networks.
Explain how computer data travels over telephone lines
Explain a modems function
Explain four types of digital telephone services

SDLC(Haag/Cummings/Mc Cubbrey)
List the seven steps in the SDLC and associated activities for each
11 steps, describe three ways to success you can staff a system
development project.
Advantages of self-sourcing ,difference between self-source,
outsource etc
Data base Management System (Haag/Cummings/Mc Cubbrey)
The mother of all computer applications, Databases and Database
12 Management. Systems, working with a database.
Create database with the help of MS Access.
Like create tables, Working with tables, Query Reports etc.
Major Business Initiatives :SCM,BI(Haag/Cummings/Mc Cubbrey)
Components of BI(BUSINESS INTELLIGNECE SYSTEM)
13
The advantages of these softwares.
The BI and SCM.
 Major Business Initiatives: CRM,ICE (Haag/Cummings/Mc Cubbrey)
14 The advantages of these softwares.
The CRM and ICE.
E Commerce (Haag/Cummings/Mc Cubbrey)
The E COMMERCE
The advantages of ECOMMECE
15 ECOMMERCE Business Models
The Porters five forces models
The role of e market places in B2B e commerce

16 Final project presentation

17 FINAL TERM EXAM
 READINGS

Week 1:
The Amazing computer
Key Readings
Peter Norton, Introduction to Computers, sixth Edition, Tata, McGraw Hill
(2007) ,unit 1
HAAG/CUMMINGS ,MIS for the information age ,international edition, McGraw
hill, Chapter1

Further Readings
Deborah Morley, Charles S. Parker, understanding computers today and
tomorrow, 11th edition, Thomson (2007).
http://www.jegsworks.com/Lessons/lesson1-2/lesson1-1.html

Week 2:
Hardware and software
Key Readings:
Peter Norton, Introduction to Computers, sixth Edition, Tata ,McGraw Hill
(2007),Unit 2 & Unit 3
HAAG/CUMMINGS ,MIS for the information age ,international edition, Mc Graw
hill,Chapter1

Further Readings

Deborah Morley, Charles S. Parker, understanding computers today and

tomorrow, 11th edition, Thomson (2007).
http://www.articlesbase.com/hardware-articles/hardware-and-software-a-
couple-made-for-each-other-2198313.html

Week 3:
Processing Data, Storing
Key Readings
Peter Norton, Introduction to Computers, sixth Edition, Tata ,McGraw Hill
(2007), Unit 4 & Unit 5

Further Readings
Deborah Morley, Charles S. Parker, understanding computers today and
tomorrow, 11th edition, Thomson (2007)
http://www.articlesbase.com/hardware-articles/computer-storage-options-
today-tomorrow-657978.html
http://www.jegsworks.com/Lessons/lesson6/lesson6-1.html
http://www.jegsworks.com/Lessons/lesson4/lesson4-1.html

Week 4:
 Application software ,Ms Word
Key Readings
Peter Norton, Introduction to Computers, sixth Edition, Tata ,McGraw Hill
(2007)
Ran Mansfield, Working in Microsoft Office, Tata McGraw Hill 2008).

Further Reading
Ed Bott woody Leonhard ,Using Microsoft Office 2007 , Pearson Education
(2007).
Steve Schwartz ,Microsoft office 2010 for windows
Steve Johnson ,Microsoft office 2010 on Demand

Week 5:
Application software ,Ms Powerpoint
Key Readings

Ran Mansfield , Working in Microsoft Office, Tata McGraw Hill( 2008).

Further Readings
Steve Schwartz ,Microsoft office 2010 for windows
Steve Johnson ,Microsoft office 2010 on Demand
Ed Bott, woody Leonhard, using Microsoft Office 2007, Pearson Education
(2007).

Week 6:
Application software ,Ms Excel
Key Readings
Ran Mansfield, , Working in Microsoft Office, Tata McGraw Hill 2008.

Further Readings
Ed Bott, woody Leonhard, using Microsoft Office 2007, Pearson Education
(2007)
Gini Courter, Annette Marquis ,Mastering Microsoft Office 2003 for Business
Professionals

Week 7:
Application software ,Ms Excel
Key Readings
Ran Mansfield, working in Microsoft Office, Tata McGraw Hill (2008).

Further Readings
Ed Bott, woody Leonhard, using Microsoft Office 2007, Pearson Education
(2007)

Week 8:
Network Basics
Key Readings
 HAAG/CUMMINGS ,MIS for the information age ,international edition, Mc Graw
hill , XLM E
Peter Norton, Introduction to Computers, sixth Edition, Tata, McGraw Hill
(2007) ,Unit 9

Further Readings
James O brien ,Information System, International Edition
Deborah Morley, Charles S. Parker, understanding computers today and
tomorrow, 11th edition, Thomson (2007).
Pradeep K.Sinha Priti Sinha, Computer Fundamentals (Concepts, Systems &
Applications)
http://www.articlesbase.com/networks-articles/network-topology-basics-
1263248.html
http://www.articlesbase.com/networks-articles/server-computer-client-
computers-and-computer-network-topology-2911424.html

Week 9:
Data Communication
Key Readings
HAAG/CUMMINGS ,MIS for the information age ,international edition, Mc Graw
hill, XLM E
Peter Norton, Introduction to Computers, sixth Edition, Tata, McGraw Hill
(2007), Unit 9

Further Readings
Deborah Morley, Charles S. Parker, understanding computers today and
tomorrow, 11th edition, Thomson (2007).
James O brien ,Information System, International Edition
http://www.articlesbase.com/computers-articles/what-is-the-relation-with-
data-communications-and-networks-930189.html
http://www.articlesbase.com/information-technology-articles/data-
communication-the-language-of-the-future-555256.html

Week 10:
System Development Life Cycle
Key Readings
HAAG/CUMMINGS ,MIS for the information age ,international edition, Mc Graw
hill ,Chapter 6
Peter Norton, Introduction to Computers, sixth Edition, Tata, McGraw Hill
(2007),Unit 13

Further Readings
Ken Laudon, Jane Laudon ,Management Information Systems, 11th Edition
James O brien ,Information System, International Edition
 http://www.articlesbase.com/e-learning-articles/sdlc-systems-development-
life-cycle-1979815.html

Week 11:
Data base Management System
Key Readings
HAAG/CUMMINGS ,MIS for the information age ,international edition, Mc Graw
hill, Chapter 3
Peter Norton, Introduction to Computers, sixth Edition, Tata, McGraw Hill
(2007),Unit 8

Further Readings
Ken Laudon, Jane Laudon ,Management Information Systems, 11th Edition,
Chapter 6
James O brien ,Information System, International Edition

Week 12:
Major Business Initiatives : SCM,BI
Key Readings

HAAG/CUMMINGS ,MIS for the information age ,international edition, Mc Graw

hill, CHAPTER 2

Further Readings
James O brien ,Information System, International Edition
Ken Laudon , Jane Laudon ,Management Information Systems, 11th Edition,
http://www.articlesbase.com/business-articles/does-your-company-need-
business-intelligence-software-3765792.html
http://www.articlesbase.com/software-articles/importance-of-business-
intelligence-software-869299.html
http://www.articlesbase.com/finance-articles/supply-chain-management-
software-what-is-it-1576978.html

Week 13:
Major Business Initiatives: CRM,ICE
Key Readings
HAAG/CUMMINGS ,MIS for the information age ,international edition, Mc Graw
hill, CHAPTER 2

Further Readings
James O brien , Information System, International Edition
Ken Laudon, Jane Laudon, Management Information Systems, 11th Edition
http://www.articlesbase.com/management-articles/crm-software-the-tool-of-
the-future-3810096.html
 http://www.articlesbase.com/software-articles/6-ways-that-crm-software-is-
better-than-a-spreadsheet-4002082.html
Week 14:
E Commerce
Key Readings
HAAG/CUMMINGS ,MIS for the Information Age ,international edition, Mc
Graw hill , CHAPTER 5

Further Readings
Ken Laudon, Jane Laudon ,Management Information Systems, 11th Edition,
Chapter 10
James O brien , Information System , International Edition.
http://www.articlesbase.com/online-business-articles/ecommerce-and-its-
future-in-pakistan-910902.html

Week 15:
Final Presentations & Revision