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INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY IN THE WORKPLACE, GRADE 12, WORKPLACE PREPARATION (BTX4E) 85
The Electronic Workplace Environment
Overall Expectations
By the end of this course, students will:
• describe workplace settings from an information and communication technology perspective;
• explain the impact of information and communication technology on the workplace environment;
• explain the importance of adhering to ethical standards when conducting business electronically.
Specific Expectations
The Digital Workplace
By the end of this course, students will:
– identify a variety of workplace settings (e.g., home office, small business, large corporation);
– explain the ways in which workplace set- tings have changed as a result of recent developments in information and commu- nication technology;
– identify types of computer networks;
– describe the hardware and software required for a specific workplace setting (e.g., health care facility, bank, travel agency).
The Impact of Information and Communication Technology
By the end of this course, students will:
– list the positive and negative effects of information and communication techno- logy on working conditions (e.g., telecom- muting, job reassignment, flex-time, employee monitoring);
– explain how information and communi- cation technology affects the way in which business is conducted (e.g., more efficient communication, ease of informa- tion sharing and retrieval, reduced mailing costs);
– identify different types of businesses
(e.g., e-commerce, data warehouse, web host) that have evolved as a result of infor- mation and communication technology developments.
Workplace Ethics
By the end of this course, students will:
– explain why it is important to have a personal code of ethics;
– identify important elements of a business code of ethics;
– describe the consequences of unethical behaviour related to information and com- munication technology for an employee and for a business.