GCO5801

Trading systems and electronic commerce

R B Johnston

6 Points
* First semester
* Distance

Objectives At the completion of this subject students will be able to describe various electronic commerce technologies and their impact on business operations, and apply these technologies to business activities.

Synopsis Introduction to trading and trading systems. Role of computers to automate trading. Information systems applications in selected industries including the service sector, eg insurance, banking, public sector. Discussion and evaluation of EC technologies and their impact on business operations - bar coding, electronic data interchange (EDI), point-of-sale systems (POS), electronic funds transfer (EFT), data encryption, communication protocols, wide area networks, the role of Internet; their impact on business operations. Applications to the operation of databases, processing of transactions, and generation of management reports in areas such as sales, purchasing, distribution, inventory management and general management of service activities.

Assessment Assignment: 30%
* Examination (2 hours): 70%

Prescribed software

Mind Your Own Business Education Version

Prescribed texts

Johnston R B Trading systems and electronic commerce Dept Business Systems, Monash U, 1995

Recommended texts

Harris B (ed.) EDI yearbook 1995 Blackwell, 1994
Leyland V Electronic data interchange: A management view Prentice-Hall, 1993
Sokol P K From EDI to electronic commerce McGraw-Hill, 1995