E-Business

Course Description:

Electronic business may be thought of as a revolution in progress. If organizations are going to take advantage of the new Internet technologies, the must first address them as an integral part of their strategic perspective. Businesses are recognizing the Internet's role in the decision process that organizations go through in analyzing and purchasing goods and services. The objective of this courseis tooffer a clear perspective on the new internet economy and introduce the basic principles of e-business and e-commerce. It will discuss the decision to bring business online, choosing a business model, accepting payment, marketing strategies and security, as well as many other important issues.

This course provides you some insights into real world information processing job requirements. Because of the dynamic nature of today's information processing arena, a portion of the course will deal with skill preparation needs as determined from experts in the field and the instructor's research.

Course Learning Outcomes:

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able:

• Define and discuss major concepts, tools, techniques, and methods of electronic commerce,
• focus deeply on the web issues and
• Plan, design, and prototype a significant e-commerce web project.
• Start a business based on electronic environment