E-Business Strategy (EBS)

Assignments
 

2000 (Jan)
 One (10%), Two (30%)

2000b (Jul)
 One (20%), Two (30%)

 

2000 (Jan) - Assignment 1

From the list below, choose one topic and prepare a detailed 1000 word essay on two of the following topics:
  • Portals
  • Internet Auctions
  • Reverse Auctions
  • Disintermediation 
  • SSL
  • SET
  • XML
  • E-Commerce Standards
  • Online communities
  • Electronic intermediaries
  • Electronic commerce development tools
  • Turnkey systems for electronic commerce
  • Digital signatures

Your essay must be written in language that persons with little knowledge of the area can understand.

Your essay should have two sections, one for each topic, and should comply with the format suggested in the FOB Communication Skills Handbook.

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2000 (Jan) - Assignment 2

1) Choose one Web site from the different categories shown below: 
  • Online Retail
  • Online Publishing 
  • Health Care Industry Online
  • Travel and Transportation
  • Real Estate
  • Stock Market
  • Online Entertainment
  • Online Procurement
  • Online Professional Services
  • Financial Services Online

1.1 Describe the specific benefits that you think flow to this enterprise from enabling this enterprise for e-Business. These must be specific benefits which may vary from enterprise to enterprise.

1.2 Which model of e-Business does this enterprise comply with? Which model should it comply to?

1.3 Examine and report on its effectiveness from the viewpoint of the new 5 Ps of Marketing.

Word guide: 1000 words approximately


2) Choose an organization with which you are familiar but which has no Web presence. For example it could be your own enterprise or another enterprise that you know reasonably well.

2.1 Write a report to management which proposes specific strategies that should be adopted to implement an e-business solution to this organisation. Your report should produce recommendations along with specific actions that could then be used by Web developers to develop a Web site for the chosen organisation

Your report must be approximately 2500 words and must follow the format for report writing prescribed in the Faculty of Business Communication Skills Handbook.

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2000 (Jul) - Assignment 1

It is likely that electronic commerce will affect every organisation in our society. From the list below, you are required to choose one type of organisation and write a report explaining how you think your chosen organisation is likely to be affected. You must include both positive and negative effects. You are then required to identify and recommend several ways in which this type of organisation should respond to survive in this new economy.

Types of organisation or industries:
  • Sporting organisations
  • Farming enterprises
  • Regional communities
  • Educational establishments
  • Flower growers/retailers
  • Health industry
  • Automotive industry
  • Accounting profession

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2000 (Jul) - Assignment 2

1. Choose one Web site from the different categories shown below:
  • Online Retail
  • Online Publishing
  • Health Care Industry Online
  • Travel and Transportation
  • RealEstate
  • Stock Market
  • Online Entertainment
  • Online Procurement
  • Online Professional Services
  • Financial Services Online

1.1 Describe the specific benefits that you think flow to this enterprise from enabling
this enterprise for e-Business. These must be specific benefits which may vary from enterprise to enterprise.

1.2 With which model of e-Business does this enterprise comply? With which model should it comply?

1.3 Examine and comment on its effectiveness from the viewpoint of Internet Marketing. Your answer must be presented in the form of an essay.

Word guide: 1000 words approximately

2. Choose an organization with which you are familiar but which has no Web presence. For example it could be your own enterprise or another enterprise that you know reasonably well.

2.1 Write a report to management which proposes specific strategies that should be adopted to implement an e-business solution to this organisation. Your report should produce recommendations along with specific actions that could then be used by Web developers to develop a Web site for the chosen organisation.

Your answer to this question must be approximately 2500 words and must follow the format for report writing prescribed in the Faculty of Business Communication Skills Handbook.

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