COURSE DESCRIPTION AND APPLICATION INFORMATION

Course Name Code Semester T+A+L (hour/week) Type (C / O) Local Credit ECTS
E-Commerce Systems MIS 414 Spring 03+00+00 Elective 3 6
Academic Unit: Management Information Systems
Mode of Delivery: Face to face
Prerequisites: None
Language of Instruction: English
Level of Course Unit: Undergraduate
Course Coordinator: - -
Course Objectives: The main focus of this course is to give an introduction to eCommerce and an overview about eCommerce information systems. The course intends to prepare attending students to meet challenges created by modern organizational structures and innovative business models eCommerce approaches follow. Students will be able to understand fundamental software technologies relevant for eCommerce, to describe, identify and classify eCommerce applications and systems and to identify and evaluate existing and emerging eCommerce business models. Term Project to experience the whole process startıng from the idea into software prototyping.
Course Contents: Introduction to eCommerce (Terminology: eCommerce, eBusiness, eWorld, eCooperation, eGovernment, eProcurement, eMarketplace), mobile business (applications, services, technologies, Turkey related issues) Commercial opportunities on the Internet, Ecommerce Model (reference, transaction), Business structures (B2C, B2B, C2C) eCommerce from a business perspective (eCommerce Business Models, trends and directions), E-Collaboration and software technologies for enabling of eCommerce Concepts and technologies for B2C transactions, Concepts and technologies for B2B transactions, Legal aspects of eCommerce Security issues for eCommerce, Government procurement, E-Commerce Customization Tools E-Sourcing, E-Branding
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit (LO):
  • 1- Ability to understand fundamental concepts, alternative approaches for e-commerce that take into account management, operations, technology aspects in an integrative way
  • 2- Ability to analyse and develop e-commerce ideas and required business plan
  • 3- Ability to choose appropriate e-commerce technologies, underlying architecture, applications for organizations and new business ventures
  • 4- Ability to effectively use techniques and tools to integrate management, operations, and technology aspects of e-commerce development
  • 5- Ability to grasp importance of team work, motivation and mentoring
  • 6- As part of project work, importance of team work and follow-up is embraced
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods: In class lectures, projects, midterm and final exams, in-class activities, cases, article review


WEEKLY SUBJECTS AND RELATED PREPARATIONS

WeekSubjectsRelated Preperation
1 Introduction to E-Commerce
2 E-Commerce Infrastructure: The Internet, Web and Mobile Platform (chapter2) and EC Development Project
3 Business Models for E-Commerce
4 E-Commerce Retailing and Services
5 E-Commerce Retailing and Services (Cont’d)
6 B2B E-Commerce
7 Building an E-Commerce Presence: Web Sites, Mobile Sites, and Apps
8 Building an E-Commerce Presence: Web Sites, Mobile Sites, and Apps
9 E-Commerce Security & Payment Systems
10 E-Commerce Marketing (chapter 6), E-Commerce Advertising
11 E-Commerce Advertising(Cont’d), Ethics, Law and E-Commerce
12 Social Networks and Communities
13 The future of EC
14 Project Presentations


REQUIRED AND RECOMMENDED READING

-Commerce 2013, Global Edition, 9/e
Authors: Kenneth Laudon, Carol Guercio Traver
Prentice Hall, ISBN-10: 0132730359, ISBN-13: 9780132730358


OTHER COURSE RESOURCES

Cases & academic articles


ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA

Semester RequirementsNumberPercentage of Grade (%)
Project 1 30
Midterms / Oral Exams / Quizes 1 30
Final Exam 1 40
Total: 3 100


WORKLOAD

EventsCountDuration (Hours)Total Workload (hour)
Course Hours14342
Project23978
Midterms / Oral Exams / Quizes11010
Final Exam12020
Total Workload (hour):150


THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (LO) AND PROGRAM QUALIFICATIONS (PQ)

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