Monash University

Leader(s): Dr Linda Dawson (Caulfield); Dr Siew Eu-Gene (Malaysia); Ms Komla Pillay (South Africa)

Offered

Caulfield First semester 2009 (Day)
Sunway First semester 2009 (Day)
South Africa First semester 2009 (Day)

Synopsis

This unit introduces students to the ways organisations and businesses use the internet and related technologies to securely conduct business activities. Students will acquire an understanding of the way e-business is carried out across all kinds of organisations for transactions and other business purposes. Students will analyse and design an e-business solution as part of a preliminary business case in order to gain an understanding of how e-business concepts can be applied to specific organisational and business environments.

Objectives

At the completion of this unit students will demonstrate an understanding of:

1. the concept of e-business, that is, how organisations and businesses organise their activities using the Internet and associated technologies to communicate, carry out and record transactions both internally and externally;
2. the nature of e-business activities across business, government, community and not-for-profit sectors;
3. core e-business activities and processes e.g. change management, EDI, electronic record keeping, negotiation;
4. the legal, privacy and security issues and implications of using the internet to conduct e-business;
5. the implications for businesses and organisations of trends in e-business;
6. the need for the integration of web interfaces with back office systems and other business processes.

At the completion of this unit students should be able to appreciate:

1. the complexity of legal, privacy and security issues and their implications for conducting e-business;
2. the impetus of the internet and related technologies in driving internal integration and external business relationships and service provision (including mobile systems and web services).

At the completion of this unit students will be able to analyse the potential for an e-business approach in a specific business or organisational environment and to prepare a simple e-business case.

At the completion of this unit students should be able to work in a small team to analyse the potential for an e-business approach in a specific business or organisational environment and to contribute to the preparation of a simple e-business case.

Assessment

Examination (3 hours):60%
other assessment modes: 40%

Contact hours

Lectures: 2hrs/week, tutorials/laboratories: 2hrs/week

Prerequisites

FIT1003 or IMS1704 or equivalent

Prohibitions

IMS2704, ELC1000, IMS3280, BEW1601, CPE3008, GCO2803, FIT1009 (Translation for IMS2704) or units deemed to be equivalent

Additional information on this unit is available from the faculty at:

http://www.infotech.monash.edu.au/units/fit2052/