| CODE | CIS2086 | |||||||||
| TITLE | e-Business | |||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 02 - Years 2, 3 in Modular Undergraduate Course | |||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 5 | |||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 4 | |||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Computer Information Systems | |||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | During the study-unit, the students will be introduced to: a) ebusiness models and strategies, b) the ebusiness technological infrustructure, c) security issues in ebusiness applications, d) integration with existing ERP applications. In particular, the study-unit will discuss the following topics: What is e-Business?, e-Business vs. e-Commerce, e-Business Strategy, Business Models, e - Business Technological Infrastructure, e-Business Modelling, the role of Enterprise Information Systems in e-Business, Electronic Markets, e-Procurement, e-Business Networks, Security and Reliability for e-Business. Study-unit Aims: The aims of the study-unit are: - to teach the students about Ebusiness and the enabling technology concepts and Information Systems enabling the Ebusiness process in modern enterprises. - to make the students aware of the economic and managerial perspectives when considering the technological options in Ebusiness projects. - to explain the students about the technological infrastructure enabling Ebusiness applications and their integration in Enterprise information systems. - to allow the students to understand the main technological issues involving security that have to be taken into account when developing Ebusiness applications. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - describe the Ebusiness context from the economic and technological point of view. - explain the technological infrastructure enabling Ebusiness applications. - describe the main issues in developing Ebusiness software applications. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - recognize when a software application concerns the Ebusiness context. - recognize and manage the development of the applications enabling the Ebusiness infrastructure of a company. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: Main Textbooks: - Michael P. Papazoglou, Pieter Ribbers (2006). e-Business: Organizational and Technical Foundations, Wiley, ISBN-13: 978-0470843765 - Whiteley D, E-Commerce- Strategy Technologies and Applications, Mc Graw Hill ISBN 0-07-709552-9. Other Textbooks: - Mark Norris , Steve West (2001) eBusiness Essentials, 2nd Edition, Wiley ISBN-13: 978-0471521839. - Ince D, Developing Distributed and e-Commerce Applications, Pearson Publications ISBN 0-321-154223. - Turban et al,. Electronic Commerce – A Managerial Perspective, Prentice Hall ISBN 0-13-975285-4. |
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| ADDITIONAL NOTES | Students taking this study-unit need to have a technical background. | |||||||||
| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture and Independent Study | |||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Lalit Garg Clyde Meli Peter Albert Xuereb |
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