IMS5007 - Electronic commerce

Leader: Julie Fisher

Offered

Caulfield Second semester 2007 (Evening)

Synopsis

This unit covers the major issues facing business and IT managers in the effective implementation of Electronic Commerce in contemporary organisations. It examines the evolving nature of e-commerce, its
impacts on organisations, and how managers can effectively harness the potential of e-commerce investments to achieve organizational goals.
The unit also involves study of the main theoretical and practical issues of e-commerce, e-commerce policies and management, and the particular problems of implementing e-commerce systems.

Assessment

Assignments: 50%
Formal Supervised Assessment: 50%

Contact hours

3 hours per week

Prerequisites

24 credit points of IMS 9000-level units, or equivalent; or FIT9003, FIT9004, FIT9005, FIT9006, or equivalent; or 24 credit points of graduate level units in the Graduate Diploma in Information Management and Systems, or the Graduate Diploma in Information and Knowledge Management, or the Gradute Diploma in Business Systems, or the Master of Information Management and Systems, or the Master of Information Management and Systems (Professional), or the Master of Information Technology, or the Master of Business Systems, or the Master of Business Systems Professional, or equivalent; or an approved undergraduate degree in information systems (IS) or information management (IM) or equivalent.

Prohibitions

IMS3280, SYS3280, SYS3290, SYS4280, SYS4290, BUS5020, GCO2803