DTBP - Using Technology to Conduct Business Effectively and Efficiently (Lesson)

 

Using Technology to Conduct Business Effectively and Efficiently

This lesson offers an overview of ways digital technology that can be used to conduct business effectively and efficiently. How can digital technology improve business productivity and effectiveness?

Digital technology tools and applications, used effectively and efficiently, can greatly enhance the productivity and profitability. For example, cloud applications such as Office 365 or Google Docs allow employees to prioritize important emails, collaborate by sharing calendars and files, access files anywhere and anytime, and hold virtual meetings from anywhere in the world, thus improving employee productivity and increasing the company profitability.

 Using Technology to Conduct Business

   

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How could this business use digital technology applications effectively and efficiently, to avoid the end result discrepancy? 

What digital technology tool(s) and application(s) would you recommend? 

  

   

SCENARIO 

You own ________________________ (fill in with a business of your choice). Your Information Technology (IT) Director just called an emergency meeting to inform you and the team that your customers’ data has been hacked due to a faulty firewall that should have been updated earlier this year but did not happen due to budget restraints. 

Thoughts:

What steps should you take next? What are the potential consequences to your business? What could have been done to avoid this situation? 

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