General Information

Course Duration
4 hours

Audience
A wide range of information technology (IT) professionals and business managers, including departmental managers, webmasters, IT managers, Intranet/Extranet/Internet Consultants and system integrators

Prerequisites
Familiarity with the concept of the Internet and e-commerce

Topics Covered

• E-commerce and business
• What e-commerce offers
• The roots of e-commerce
• A new business process

• Customer to business activities
• Business to business activities
• Other types of e-commerce

• Customer transactions
• Hands-on: Shopping online
• Business to business

Course Aim

To provide an overview on e-commerce, categorise it and examine its application to business

Learning Objectives

After taking this course, the student should be able to

• define what e-commerce is
  
  
• describe how e-commerce builds on the traditional commerce transaction
  
  
• discuss the scope of e-commerce and how e-commerce relates to business processes
  
  
• distinguish between the categories of e-commerce
  
  
• outline a company strategy for e-commerce applications