Syllabus

E- business

AL Balqa Applied University

Karak University College

Dr . Kafa .H. Nawaiseh

COURSE DESCRIPTION

Electronic business or e-business has been dramatically changing the way today’s businesses operate and compete in the global marketplace. Nevertheless, most people including the businessmen are focusing on how to utilize the e-Business system as a tool to effectively implement traditional business strategies, few cares about the engineering construction of those systems. This course provides an overview of e-business ENGINEERING from an architectural perspective, and introduces the fundamental concepts and frameworks of IBM patterns for e-business with which to examine the existing e-business models, the prevalent enabling technologies, and the strategic issues confronting the legacy firms. The efficiency, performance, capacity, and practical design of e-Business engineering systems will be covered with the best practice of IBM experience.

COURSE OBJECTIVES

The objective of this course is to provide a foundation to prepare students, as future IT engineers, system architects, or project managers, to play leading roles in the application and management of e-business system construction. Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

·  Understand the current status of e-business concepts and follow its development;

·  Recognize the key implementation issues along with the e-business system design;

·  Design the e-business engineering solution using the e-Business patterns;

·  Describe the best practices in e-business engineering system development;

·  Catch the enterprise data storage technology and management issues for e-Business systems;

·  Evaluate the existing e-business system with an architectural vision and performance perspective;

·  Appreciate the criticalness of performance, service-level-agreement, and latest IT technology to e-business solutions;

Build up baseline knowledge for further study and research in Electronic Business and Information Technology fields

Content :

Chapters / Time
1 Introduction to e-business and e-commerce / Week 1.2 .3
2 E-commerce fundamentals / Week 2.3 .4
3 E-business fundamentals / Week 4.5 .6
4 E-business infrastructure / Week 6.7.8
5 E-environment / Week 8.9 .10
6 E-business strategy / Week 10.11.12
7 Supply chain management / Week 12.13.14
Presentation / Week 15 .16

First exam: 20 marks

Reports, research projects, cases: 20 marks

Participation : 10

Final exam: 50 marks

References :

E-BUSINESS AND E-COMMERCE MANAGEMENT STRATEGY, IMPLEMENTATION AND PRACTICE

Dave Chaffey . fourth edition