Al-Majma'ah University
College of Science in AL-Zulfi
‫جـامعة المجمعة‬
‫كـلية العلوم بالزلفي‬
Dept. Name : Computer Science& Information
Course title: Electronic Commerce
Course code: CIS 480
Semester: second (1431/1432 )
Credit Hours : ( 3 Cr.Hrs: 3 Th, 0 Pr )
Course prerequisite:
Prerequisite Course code: :
Office Hours:
Sun 12-1, Mon 2 - 3, Tue 12-1, Thu 12-1
Instructor: Loai Bani-Melhim. ( loaibm@yahoo.com )
Text Book: Electronic Commerce: A Managerial Perspective, E. Turban, D. King, J. Lee,
and D. Viehland, Prentice Hall, 2006.
Objectives:
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This course is designed to explore both the technical and business-related implications of
electronically mediated commerce.
This course enables the student to trace the development of electronic commerce from its
origins in electronic data interchange to its current growing importance.
This course explores the potential of electronic commerce for future development and the
development of the ‘Information Society'
This course explores the impact of the Information Superhighway on economic and social
regeneration through the creation of new forms of organizational structure and working
practices.
This course introduces the student to the strategic, cultural, legal and ethical issues facing
business organizations in their daily use of the Internet.
Course Contents & timetable:
Week Date Subject
1
Overview of E-Business (Overview of Electronic Commerce Part 1)
2
Overview of E-Business (Overview of Electronic Commerce Part 2)
3
Building EC Applications and Infrastructure (On-line Application
Development Part 1)
6
Building EC Applications and Infrastructure (On-line Application
Development Part 2)
7
First Exam
8
E-tailing (Retailing in Electronic Commerce: Products and Services.)
9
E-Business Support services (Electronic Payment Systems)
11
E- Marketing Strategies (Consumer Behaviour, Online Market
Research, and Customer Relationship Management)
12
Second Exam
13
E- Marketing Strategies (Online Advertising)
14
E-Business Legal Issues (Legal, Ethical, and Social Impacts of EC)
14
E-Supply Chains (E-Supply Chains, Collaborative Commerce, and
Intrabusiness EC)
15
E-Business Security (E-Commerce Security)
1
Chapter No
CH1
CH2
CH18
CH18
CH3
CH13
CH4
CH5
CH17
CH8
CH12
16
Final exam
Teaching Metods:
Exams & Evaluation :
1- Lectures
2- Case Study
First Exam
Second Exam
Quizzes and home works
Final
20%
20%
10%
50%
Refrences:1. The e-business (r)evolution living and working in an interconnected world, Second
Edition, Daniel Amor, Prentice Hall PTR, 2002
2. The Digital Economy, D. Tapscott, McGraw-Hill, 1996.
3. Being Digital, N. Negroponte, Hodder & Stoughton, 1995.
4. Digital Business, R. Hammond, Hodder & Stoughton, 1996.
5. Business @ The Speed of Thought, B. Gates, Penguin, 2000.
After completing this course the student should be able to:
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Understand the concepts of e-commerce and e-business
Appreciate business models for Business to Business (B2B) and Business to Consumer (B2C)
e-commerce
See how the use of broadband telecommunications can bring about economic and social
regeneration.
Evaluate e-commerce scenarios and propose appropriate e-commerce investment strategies
Understand sectoral and regional differences in e-commerce applications
Determine how best an organization can make strategic use of the facilities provided by the
Information Superhighway in order to achieve its goals.
Understand some of the new forms of organizational structure and work that can be brought
about through advanced telecommunications and GroupWare.