ECT 589 E-Business Strategies
Summary
Designed for ECT majors and IS majors in ECT concentration, this course focuses on the deployment of Internet and enterprise technologies to support organization's e-business initiatives and collaborative commerce. Conducted in the format of seminar, case analysis, and dialogue with industry practitioners, this course requires students to actively participate in the study of models and approaches for e-business technology implementation and transformation. Topics include: the impact of Internet on industry structure and organizational transformation, enterprise application architecture, planning and implementation of technology and process to support an increasingly collaborative and integrated environment for e-commerce. Students have to complete an organization case study of e-business technology implementation to fulfill the requirement of this capstone course. This course should be taken at the conclusion of the ECT program.
Texts
TEXT & 24x7 BOOK CHAPTERS
- Digital copies of six Harvard Business Cases
(required) available through DePaul Bookstore or directly from the
publisher--hbr.org.? Use product numbers to search for the exact
cases or use Case Pack: http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/access/68673818.
- E-Commerce at Williams-Sonoma. ?2000. Product # 9-300-086
- Enterprise IT at Cisco. 2004.? Product # 9-605-015
- Hilton Hotels: Brand Differentiation through Customer Relationship
Management.?
2008. Product # 809029-PDF-ENG
- Zappos.com: Developing a Supply Chain to Deliver WOW! 2011. Product
#GS65-PDF-ENG
- Supply Chain Management at Wal-Mart
2006 (revised 2008) Product # 907D01-PDF-ENG
- CA Technologies: Bringing the Cloud to
Earth. 2011. Product #611047-PDF-ENG?
- All other readings are available on
COL website.?
Grading
REQUIREMENTS
- 10% Participation--? Productive contribution to in-class and
online
discussion, and class attendance?
- 20% Case Report
Analysis-- Short Report 1 (Individual)?
- 20% Case Report
Analysis-- Short Report 2 (Individual)
- 20% Case Analysis
-- Short Report 3 (Individual)?
- 30% e-Business
Case Study? (1-2 members) or
Technology Diffusion Case Study (1-2 members) ?
Prerequisites
Completion of all other required courses.
With permission, students who are close to graduation may take this course concurrently with the above-mentioned courses
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