Week 8

In the lecture we learnt about databases and cloud computing. We learnt how databases and relationships with database worked. We then learnt about sheets software and computing. Then in the seminar we did Access 2010 and understanding relational databases and also did some group work for our coursework.

Week 7

In the lecture we learnt about enhancing business inelegance and using IS. First of all we learnt how businesses understood big data as this was the first step. We then learnt about the threats and opportunities to the business and continuous planning. Then we learnt the different systems and databases that businesses use in order to remain efficient. Then in the seminar we learnt how to use pivot tables in excel which allowed us to handle tables and calculations. Then we got in our groups to discuss our coursework. 

Week 6

In the lecture we learnt about core business processes. This included OCP and PPP as well as MSP and MOP which all show the process of a good. Then we learnt about supply chains and organizational chains which show how a business is run. Then for the seminar we learnt about call referencing and used excel for this. Also in the seminar we did some group work for our assignment.

Week 5

In the lecture we learnt about managers, leaders and leadership. We learnt the roles and responsibilities of a manager and also theories such as theory x and y which teachers what management style you should have. We then learnt about leaderships and their traits and the gender and ethics.
In the seminar we discussed as a class the case study we are doing. This helped everyone understand what they are doing and enabled us as a group to come up with more idead. We then dicussed as a group what ideas we should commit to and then delegated an idea to each perosn. We then had to research the ideas in detail.