Why should employees in all functional areas become knowledgeable about IT? - Regardless of the employee's functional area of responsibility, information systems are important for several reasons: (1) IT facilitates the organizational activities and processes of today's businesses. (2) Most professions students will enter after they graduate will require some knowledge of information technology. (3) Employees who can use information technology will enjoy an important advantage over their lesssavvy peers in the workplace. (4) Information systems will enable the students to perform their jobs more effectively and efficiently