MCA 101:IT Fundamentals

Lectures: 4 Periods/Week Sessional Marks: 20
University Exam: 3 Hours University Examination Marks: 80


Unit – I
Business and information technology
Business in the information age: Pressures and responses, why you need to know about Information Technology, what is an Information System?
Information technologies in the modern organization
Basic concepts of information systems organizations: Structure and IT support, IT support at different organizational levels, managing Information Technology in organizations, IT people and careers.
Unit –II
Computer hardware: The significance of hardware, the central processing unit, computer memory, computer hierarchy, input technologies, output technologies
Computer software: Software history and significance, system software, application software, software issues, programming languages, enterprise software
Managing organizational data and information: Basics of data arrangement and access, the traditional file environment, Databases – The modern approach, database management system, logical data models, data warehouses
Unit – III
Telecommunications and networks:  The Telecommunications system, networks, network communication software, network processing strategies, Telecommunication applications The Internet, Intranets and Extranets: What exactly is the Internet?, the evolution of the Internet, the operation of the Internet, services provided by the Internet, the World Wide Web, Internet Challenges, Intranets, Extranets, Enterprise information protocols, The Mobile Internet
Unit – IV
Functional, Enterprise, and Inter Organizational Systems: Information Systems to support business functions, transaction processing. Information systems, accounting and finance systems, marketing and sales systems, production and operations management systems, human resources management systems, integrated information systems and enterprise resource planning, inter organizational /global information systems
Electronic Commerce: Overview of E – commerce, business – to – consumer applications, market research, advertising, and consumer service, business – to – business collaborative commerce applications, innovative applications of E – commerce, infrastructure and E – commerce support service Computer based supply chain management and information systems integration:
Supply chain and their management, supply chain problems and solutions, IT supply chain support and systems integration
Data, Knowledge, and Decision support: Management and decision making, data transformation and management, decision support systems



Text Books
    Prescribed Book
  1. EFRAIM Turban, R. Kelly Rainer, Richard E. Potter, "Introduction to Information Technology" , john wiley (2008), chapters 1 to 9, 10.1, 10.2, 10.3 and 11.1, 11.2, 11.3.
Reference Books
  1. ITL Education Solutions Ltd., "Introduction to Information Technology", Pearson India (2008).
  2. Deborah Morley, Charless S. Parker, "Understanding Computers Today and Tomorrow, 11thedition, Thomson (2007).
  3. Aksoy, DeNardis, "Introduction to Information Technology", Cengage Learning (2008).
  4. Ajoy Kumar Ray, Tinku Acharya, "Information Technology", PHI.