Professional Issues in IT, 3rd Edition

Table of contents

1. Front Cover
2. Half-Title Page
3. BCS, The Chartered Institute for It
4. Title Page
5. Copyright Page
6. Contents
7. List of figures and tables
8. About the authors
9. Acknowledgements
10. Abbreviations
11. Useful websites
12. Preface
13. 1. Law and Government
    1. 1.1 What is the law?
    2. 1.2 Criminal law and civil law
    3. 1.3 Where does the law come from?
    4. 1.4 The legislative process in the UK
    5. 1.5 The European Union
    6. 1.6 The legislative process in other countries
    7. 1.7 The law across borders
    8. Further reading
14. 2. The Computing Profession
    1. 2.1 The concept of a profession
    2. 2.2 Royal charters
    3. 2.3 Professional conduct
    4. 2.4 Education
    5. 2.5 The advancement of knowledge
    6. 2.6 Continuing professional development
    7. 2.7 Representing the profession
    8. 2.8 Membership grades
    9. 2.9 Reservation of title and function
    10. Further reading
15. 3. What is an Organisation?
    1. 3.1 The role of organisations
    2. 3.2 Commercial organisations
    3. 3.3 Companies limited by shares
    4. 3.4 Setting up a company
    5. 3.5 The constitution of a company limited by shares
    6. 3.6 Directors
    7. 3.7 Takeovers, mergers and management buyouts
    8. 3.8 Outsourcing
    9. 3.9 Non-commercial bodies
    10. Further reading
16. 4. Structure and Management of Organisations
    1. 4.1 Organisational models
    2. 4.2 Structuring principles
    3. 4.3 Depth of structure
    4. 4.4 Centralisation
    5. 4.5 Setting up a structure in practice
    6. 4.6 Job design
    7. Further reading
17. 5. Financing a Start-Up Company
    1. 5.1 Why capital is needed
    2. 5.2 The business plan
    3. 5.3 Sources of finance
    4. 5.4 Gearing
    5. Further reading
18. 6. Financial Accounting
    1. 6.1 Disclosure requirements
    2. 6.2 The balance sheet
    3. 6.3 The profit and loss account
    4. 6.4 The cash flow statement
    5. 6.5 The overall picture
    6. Further reading
19. 7. Management Accounting
    1. 7.1 Planning and management information
    2. 7.2 Budgets and overheads
    3. 7.3 Cost of labour
    4. 7.4 Allocation of overheads
    5. 7.5 Cash flow forecast
    6. Further reading
20. 8. Investment Appraisal
    1. 8.1 Investment proposals
    2. 8.2 The time value of money
    3. 8.3 Applying discounted cash flow to a simple investment project
    4. 8.4 Assessment of a software product proposal
    5. 8.5 Pitfalls of discounted cash flow
    6. Further reading
21. 9. Human Resources Issues
    1. 9.1 Introduction
    2. 9.2 The legal context
    3. 9.3 Recruitment and selection
    4. 9.4 Staff training and development
    5. 9.5 Remuneration policies and job evaluation
    6. 9.6 Agency workers, personal service companies and IR35
    7. 9.7 Appraisal schemes
    8. 9.8 Redundancy, dismissal and grievance procedures
    9. 9.9 Contracts of employment
    10. 9.10 Workforce planning
    11. Further reading
22. 10. Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
    1. 10.1 Introduction
    2. 10.2 The development of anti-discrimination legislation
    3. 10.3 What is discrimination?
    4. 10.4 Discrimination on the grounds of sex
    5. 10.5 Discrimination on racial grounds
    6. 10.6 Discrimination on the grounds of disability
    7. 10.7 Discrimination on the grounds of age
    8. 10.8 Public Sector Equality Duty
    9. 10.9 Positive action
    10. 10.10 Information systems
    11. 10.11 Avoiding discrimination
    12. 10.12 Diversity and inclusion
    13. Further reading
23. 11. Intellectual Property Rights
    1. 11.1 What is intellectual property?
    2. 11.2 Different types of intellectual property rights
    3. 11.3 Copyright
    4. 11.4 Patents
    5. 11.5 Confidential information
    6. 11.6 Trademarks and passing off
    7. 11.7 Domain names
    8. Further reading
24. 12. Contracts and Licences
    1. 12.1 What is a contract?
    2. 12.2 Licence agreements
    3. 12.3 Outsourcing
    4. 12.4 Fixed price contracts for bespoke systems
    5. 12.5 Consultancy and contract hire
    6. 12.6 Time and materials
    7. 12.7 Liability for defective software
    8. Further reading
25. 13. Data Protection, Privacy and Freedom of Information
    1. 13.1 Introduction
    2. 13.2 Data protection
    3. 13.3 Privacy
    4. 13.4 Freedom of information
    5. Further reading
26. 14. Internet Issues
    1. 14.1 The effects of the internet
    2. 14.2 Internet service providers
    3. 14.3 Modernising the legislation
    4. 14.4 The law across national boundaries
    5. 14.5 Defamation
    6. 14.6 Pornography
    7. 14.7 Spam
    8. 14.8 Cookies and user tracking
    9. 14.9 Consumer contracts regulations
    10. Further reading
27. 15. Computer Misuse
    1. 15.1 The problem
    2. 15.2 The Computer Misuse Act 1990
    3. 15.3 Amendments to the Computer Misuse Act
    4. 15.4 Operation of the Computer Misuse Act
    5. 15.5 Computer fraud
    6. Further reading
28. Appendix: Sample Contract of Employment
29. Index
30. Back Cover