Oman College of Management & Technology
Department of Computer Science
Baraka, Oman
Tel. (968) 26893366
Fax (968) 26893068
403308 – E-Commerce
Course Code:
403308
Course Name:
E-Commerce
Semester / Session: First – 2015 - 2016
Credit Hours:
3 Hrs
Course Prerequisites: None
Instructor: Muhammad Anwar Shahid
Email: anwar.shahid@omancollege.edu.om
URL: http://www.omancollege.edu.om/mohammed
Class sections and Lecturers:
Su and Tue: 15:00 to 16:30, Room No.: 111
Instructor Office Hours:
Sat., Mon., and Wed.: 09:30 to 10:30
Course Description
EC definitions and concepts, EC business plans, cases and models, benefits and limitations
of EC, the contribution of EC to organizations, electronic marketplaces, supply chains and
value chains, intermediation and syndication, competition, liquidity and success factors,
auctions, bartering and negotiating online, E-tailing business models and classification, on
demand delivery services, successful Click-and-Mortar strategies, consumer decision
making process, market research, web advertising, software agents, Intra-business, Egovernment, C2C, E-learning and knowledge management.
Course Objectives
After completing this course students must be able to:
1. To develop the student understands of the potential and practice of IT.
2. To enable commerce to be conducted electronically.
3. To explore the use of such information technologies and concepts, key features of
E-commerce and methodologies, electronic fund transfer, the Internet and the
World Wide Web.
4. To identify extensive examples from large corporations, small businesses, and
government help concepts come alive by showing the capabilities of EC, its cost
and justification, and the innovative ways real corporations are using EC in their
operations.
Topics such as E-learning, E-government, Web-based supply chain systems, Collaborative
commerce, and EC economics are presented both from the theoretical point of view and
from the application side.
Learning Outcomes
After completing this course students must be able to demonstrate the knowledge and
ability to:
1. Understand the essentials of EC (how it is being conducted and managed).
2. Explore major opportunities, limitations, and risks of EC.
3. Understand that e-business has two parts; technology and business
4. Explore the Real-world examples in-depth to fully understand concepts
presented.
5. Recognize EC success stories, failures and analyze the causes of those failures.
Teaching Methods
The course will be based on the following teaching and learning activities:
1. Lectures
2. Assignment
3. Quizzes
4. Case Report
5. Class Presentation
Course Plan
Evaluation Plan
Modes Of Assessment
First Exam (Theoretical)
Second Exam (Theoretical)
Participation
Final Exam (Theoretical)
Score
20%
20%
10%
50%
* Makeup exams will be offered for valid reasons only. Makeup exams may be different from regular exams in
content and format.
Notes:
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Attendance Lecture attendance is mandatory. Students are allowed
maximally of 15% absentia of the total module hours.
Assignments are required to be solved independently to assist students in
gaining programming skills and helping them to prepare to the practical
exam.
Any given assignment must be worked out by the student himself.
Cheating is a religious and ethical crime and any case of cheating will be
treated according to the university rules
Teaching Resources
Main Textbook: E-Commerce 2014 Business, Technology and Society, by Kenneth C. Laudon
and Carol Guercio Traver, 10th Edition (2014).