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Content
Learning aim A: Explore how IT infrastructure meets the needs of
organisations and their stakeholders
A1 Purpose and functions of organisations
Apply an understanding of information technology (IT) to identify the infrastructure
requirements of organisations in a range of sectors and vocational-based scenarios.
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Purpose and differences of organisations that provide a service and/or
a product.
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Infrastructure requirements driven by the priorities of an organisation.
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Identification and definition of features and characteristics of the infrastructure
required for key tasks carried out by functions of an organisation:
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manufacturing of products
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delivering services
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supply chain management
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marketing and sales
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customer relations
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resource management
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staff
recruitment
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staff management
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support and financial.
A2 Digital devices, their functions and uses
The features and uses of digital devices in IT systems to meet the needs of organisations
and their stakeholders.
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Digital devices that form part or all of IT systems:
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personal computers (desktops and laptops)
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mobile devices, e.g. smartphones,
modular smartphones, specialist phones,
tablets, laptops, wearable computers
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servers (physical, virtual)
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entertainment systems, e.g. televisions, projectors, DVD players/recorders,
Blu-ray players, personal video recorders (PVR), set-top boxes (STB),
media stations, sound
systems
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digital cameras (still, video)
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navigation systems
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wearable computers, e.g. smartwatches, fitness trackers
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data capture and collection systems, e.g. barcode scanners, RFID
(radio frequency identification), sensors,
weather stations
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communication devices and systems.
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The function and use of digital devices for:
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education and training
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personal use
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social use
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retail use
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organisational use, e.g. business operations, internal and external
dissemination of information
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creative tasks.
U
NIT
1:
I
NFORMATION
T
ECHNOLOGY
S
YSTEMS
–
S
TRATEGY
,
M
ANAGEMENT AND
I
NFRASTRUCTURE
Pearson BTEC International Level 3 Qualifications in Information Technology –
Specification – Issue 3 – September 2022 © Pearson Education Limited 2022
30
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