Development of IT Technologies in Large Corporations

This Bachelors Thesis focuses on the development of IT departments in big corporations, mainly in telecommunication and pharmaceutical industries. The work aims at analyzing the week points of the IT departments in a model global pharmaceutical corporation. It suggests some measures to improve the situation and evaluates them. In the introductory part the historical development of IT technologies is summed up and, subsequently the IT development in telecommunications is described. Next part deals with specific features of the IT departments in a global pharmaceutical corporation. The last but one chapter interprets the term management, corporate organizational structures and IT management. The chapter focusing on a model pharmaceutical Pharma company is the most significant part of the work. It defines the corporation and its IT department and detects the questionable spheres. The solution for these week points is suggested and analyzed