Professional issues in information technology /
This book addresses the social, legal, financial, organisational and ethical issues relevant to IT professionals. It is designed to accompany the BCS HEQ 'Diploma in IT' core module: Professional Issues in Information Systems Practice. This new edition covers the social and legal implicati...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Swindon :
British Computer Society,
[2014]
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| Edition: | Second edition. |
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
Table of Contents:
- Cover; Copyright; CONTENTS; LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES; AUTHOR; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; USEFUL WEBSITES; PREFACE; 1 LAW AND GOVERNMENT; 1.1 WHAT IS THE LAW?; 1.2 CRIMINAL LAW AND CIVIL LAW; 1.3 WHERE DOES THE LAW COME FROM?; 1.4 THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS IN THE UK; 1.5 THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS IN OTHER COUNTRIES; 1.6 THE LAW ACROSS BORDERS; FURTHER READING; 2 THE COMPUTING PROFESSION; 2.1 THE CONCEPT OF A PROFESSION; 2.2 ROYAL CHARTERS; 2.3 PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT; 2.4 EDUCATION; 2.5 THE ADVANCEMENT OF KNOWLEDGE; 2.6 CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; 2.7 REPRESENTING THE PROFESSION.
- 2.8 membership grades2.9 reservation of title and function; 3 what is an organisation?; 3.1 the role of organisations; 3.2 commercial organisations; 3.3 limited companies; 3.4 setting up a company; 3.5 the constitution of a limited company; 3.6 directors; 3.7 takeovers, mergers and outsourcing; 3.8 non-commercial bodies; further reading; further reading; 4 structure and management of organisations; 4.1 organisational models; 4.2 structuring principles; 4.3 depth of structure; 4.4 centralisation; 4.5 setting up a structure in practice; 4.6 job design; further reading.
- 5 financing a start-up company5.1 why capital is needed; 5.2 the business plan; 5.3 sources of finance; 5.4 gearing; further reading; 6 financial accounting; 6.1 disclosure requirements; 6.2 the balance sheet; 6.3 the profit and loss account; 6.4 the cash flow statement; 6.5 the overall picture; further reading; 7 management accounting; 7.1 planning and management information; 7.2 budgets and overheads; 7.3 cost of labour; 7.4 allocation of overheads; 7.5 cash flow forecast; further reading; 8 investment appraisal; 8.1 investment proposals; 8.2 the time value of money.
- 8.3 applying dcf to a simple investment project8.4 assessment of a software product proposal; 8.5 pitfalls of dcf; further reading; 9 human resources issues; 9.1 what are human resources?; 9.2 the legal context; 9.3 recruitment and selection; 9.4 staff training and development; 9.5 remuneration policies and job evaluation; 9.6 appraisal schemes; 9.7 redundancy, dismissal and grievance procedures; 9.8 contracts of employment; 9.9 human resource planning; further reading; 10 anti-discrimination legislation; 10.1 the development of anti-discrimination legislation; 10.2 what is discrimination?
- 10.3 discrimination on grounds of sex10.4 discrimination on racial grounds; 10.5 discrimination on grounds of disability; 10.6 discrimination on grounds of age; 10.7 avoiding discrimination; further reading; 11 intellectual property rights; 11.1 intellectual property; 11.2 copyright; 11.3 examples of copyright cases involving software; 11.4 confidential information; 11.5 patents; 11.6 trade marks; 11.7 domain names; further reading; 12 software contracts and licences; 12.1 what is a contract?; 12.2 licence agreements; 12.3 outsourcing; 12.4 contracts for bespoke software.
