MBIS603-19T2 (C) Term Two 2019

Digital Business and Technology

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 22 April 2019
End Date: Sunday, 30 June 2019
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Friday, 3 May 2019
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Friday, 7 June 2019

Description

This course covers key concepts, principles and frameworks related to digital business strategy and implementation including Business-to-Consumer and Business-to-Business eCommerce and technology infrastructure needed to support these systems. This course explores ethical, legal, and societal issues relating to internet technology use by organisations.

This course covers key concepts, principles and frameworks related to digital business strategy and implementation including Business-to-Consumer and Business-to-Business eCommerce and technology infrastructure needed to support these systems. This course explores ethical, legal, and societal issues relating to internet technology use by organisations.

Learning Outcomes

  • At the end of this course, it is expected that students should be able to:

  • Demonstrate an understanding of the unique features of internet technology and their business significance
  • Demonstrate an understanding of issues relating to the selection of the digital business models for an organisation
  • Demonstrate knowledge of the role of internet technology in the supply chain and procurement process.
  • Identify and evaluate key issues related to implementation and infrastructure issues
  • Identify and evaluation key usability and human computer interaction principles to digital business website design
  • Identify and evaluate key security threats in digital business environments.
  • Demonstrate an understanding of ethical, social and legal issues raised by digital business implementations

Prerequisites

Subject to approval of the Head of Department

Timetable Note

Term 2 -- Wednesdays: 9:00am - 12:00noon

Course Coordinator / Lecturer

Anushia Inthiran

Anushia Inthiran
Phone 369 4636(or Ext 94636)
email: anushia.inthiran@canterbury.ac.nz

Assessment

1.  Class Participation  --  10%  --  [ongoing]
2.  Individual Presentation  --  10%  --  [4 students rotation *only once]
3.  Group Project (5 in a group)  --  30%  --  [20th June 2018]
4.  Final Exam [ 2 hours]  --  50%  --  [27 June 2018]

Textbooks / Resources

Recommended Reading

Schneider, Gary P.,1952-; Electronic Commerce ;

Regular reading is strongly advised.

The following are the recommended texts and reference sources.  Additional materials (incl. academic and practitioner articles, case studies etc) will be provided via LEARN or otherwise notified to the class. Note that all assigned readings are examinable including handouts and supporting materials.

Recommended Text:

Gary P Schneider (2016). Electronic Commerce, 12th Edition (2016), Cengage


Additional Resources (available in the library):

 George Westerman, Didier Bonnet, Andrew McAfee Leading Digital: Turning Technology Into Business Transformation, Harvard Business Press, 2014

 Kenneth C. Laudon, Carol Guercio Traver, Commerce 2016: Business, Technology, Society, 12th Edition 12th Edition, Pearson,

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Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $1,193.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

Minimum enrolments

This course will not be offered if fewer than 10 people apply to enrol.

For further information see Department of Accounting and Information Systems .

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