AICT 1.2 & 1.3

Types of Organisations

We have seen that you need to distinguish between:• Utilities• Local Government• Charities• Banks• Retailers• Manufacturers• Travel, Leisure & Tourism

Ownership

• Commercial organisations – or ‘Businesses’– Aim to make a profit (reward to owners)– Aim to grow the business (profits, sales, market share,

employees)• Range in size from– Sole traders eg window cleaners– Local businesses eg Plumbers, corner shops– Medium eg Regional shop chain– National eg Halfords, Kwik-Fit– International eg Ford, Esso, Coca Cola

Objectives

• Commercial – – Financed by sales– Controlled by owners

• Public – provide services– Financed by taxes, – Controlled by Government

• Non-profit or Charitable– Financed by donations & grants– Regulated by Charity Commission

Use of ICT in Tesco

• Market Goods & Services• Present information• Exchange information• Conduct transactions• Capture & Process Customer information• Control & Optimise Stock• Distribute goods• Manage Customer relations

Use of ICT in London Ambulance Service

• Present information• Exchange information• Public relations• Fleet Management• Staff Management• Facilities Management• Telecomms – 1 million phones call pa.

Use of ICT in a Charity: BHF

• Manage & Invest Funds• Donor information• Marketing Programmes• Management of shops, staff, volunteers

Organisations & ICT:Information that goes out…

Task: ICT & HealthVisit NHS Direct & view ‘Best Treatments’• Create a list of:• Different forms of information• Different methods used to find information• Different audiences• How presentation varies for each audience

Task 2:Charity & ICT

• On the BHF website find:• Capture & processing data• Presenting & exchanging information• Conducting transactions• Marketing goods & services• Distributing goods• Managing customer relations• Optimising Stock levels

Use of ICT in Public Sector

• Visit British Army & Metropolitan Police websites• Can you find:• Capturing & Processing data• Presenting & exchanging information• Conducting transactions• Marketing goods & services• Managing customer relations• Optimising JIT *purchasing *just in time

Use of ICT in Manufacturing

Visit the Ford website: Find evidence of• Capturing & Processing data• Presenting & exchanging information• Conducting transactions• Marketing goods & services• Managing customer relations• Optimising JIT *purchasing *just in time

Size

• Generally, the larger the organisation, the greater the amount of ICT that is used

• Find the Turnover, Employee numbers and Number of Office locations (if possible) of:– 3 largest International businesses– 3 largest UK businesses– Largest UK government organisation– 3 Largest charities

What is…

• JIT• B2B• B2C• Find on the web the Objectives of:– BUPA– Manchester Grammar School– PDSA