During the fourth week of our class we were directed to choose a specific industry and describe the functions of computers for that industry. I chose the Corporate Office as my industry. Corporate computing does not really change much from industry to industry and so you can classify the Corporate Office as its own industry. In each corporate office, there are usually many different types of computers that are necessary for the business to maintain functionality and profit. On the low end of the spectrum, a corporate office has entry-level workers that use desktop PCs to complete the tasks for their jobs. The function of these computers are mostly for document editing and creation. In the finance department, the workers are using Microsoft Excel on their Windows PCs to manipulate earnings statements, customer invoices, materials invoices, etc. The sales teams use CRM tools to document leads and track inventories. The HR team has acce...