INT 111 CH 1 Wrap up project

							The following is a wrap up to Chapter 1. It is due in one week, September 24th 2010.
I recommend you review your notes like I showed you (research and follow suggested links as
well as do your own personal research) Then complete these questions then since you would
definitely be ready do your online test. Yes even though the assignment is not due until next
week, get it over with. I already gave you chapter 2, so … wrap up chapter one, put it behind you
and move on. “JUST A SUGGESTION”. Any good student would do it that way. So to
accommodate this, the online test will be available Sunday. I have extended your study time by 2
days. TO HELP YOU so do not come up with crazy lame excuses about anything. This class is all
about you. Put in your fair share of work to get the most of the class.
Answer the following questions:

   1. What are the characteristics of the modern business environment in Belize?


   2. Describe the Web-based, global platform and how this affects Belize.

   3. Describe the platform used by Google, Amazon and other companies. Would this be
   something that can work in Belize.

   4. Describe some of the pressures that characterize the modern global business
   environment?

       5. What are some of the organizational responses to these pressures faced in Belize?
          Are any of the responses specific to a particular pressure and does it include IT? If
          so, which ones?

       6. What are the major reasons why it is important for employees in all functional areas
          to become familiar with IT?


       7. Why is it important to become knowledgeable about information technology if you are
          not working as an IT employee?


       8. What is the difference between IT Infrastructure and IT architectur?.


       9. Is the Internet an infrastructure, an architecture, or an application program? Why?
          If none of the above, then what is it?


       10. How has the global, Web-based platform affected competitionin Belize? Give an
           example.
11. Describe the new information technology infrastructure of Google and Amazon.
    What is the relationship between this new infrastructure and the global, Web-based
    platform?

12. Explain why IT is a business pressure and also an enabler of response activities that
    counter business pressures.

13. What does a flat world mean to you in your choice of a major? In your choice of a
    career? Will you have to be a “lifelong learner”? Why or why not?


14. What will the impact of a flat world be on your standard of living. Explain