COMP 5131 - Introduction to E-Business
Fall 2010
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong

 

Instructor and Office Hours:

Ajay Kumar (csajaykr at comp.polyu.edu.hk)
Office: PQ 835 
Office hours: Tue 2:00pm - 4:00pm or by appointment.

Lecture schedule:

First Class for Fall 2010 starts on September 1 in PQ-306 
Wed	14:30 - 17:30	PQ-306
Lab/Tutorials: Mon 12:30-14:30, Thus 12:30-13:30;  PQ 604A/B

Reference Books:

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nD. Chaffey, E-Business and E-Commerce Management, Prentice Hall, Fourth Edition, 2009.

K. C. Laudon and C. G. Traver, E-Commerce Business, Commerce, and Society, Prantice Hall, Fourth Edition, 2010.

J. A. O’Brien and G. M. Marakas, Introduction to Information Systems, 14th Edition, McGraw-Hill Irwin, 2008.

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Suggested Prerequisites:
COMP 201

Course Objectives:

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The course will be directed to provide a broad understanding of information systems so as to streamline intra-organizational and inter-organizational e-business process. This course also provides hands on training on developing the e-business applications and web sites using currently popular software packages, web authoring and development tools. The business processes enabled by integrating information systems, telecommunications and internet-based technologies formed in various industry, e-security challenges, along with their ethical and social impact will also be covered

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Course Topics:

Overview of E-Business, Software Solutions for E-Business, The Social Infrastructure for E-Business, The Technical Infrastructure for E-Business, E-Business System Design and Development, E-Business Environment

Teaching Materials:

                                         Open source web content management system - Joomla, Drupal

                                         Open source shopping cart software - zen-cart, agoracart, OScommerce

                                         Open source e-tailer website (free trial period) - webs, NetworkSolutions

         Did You Read? Open The Internet Start-UP Boom: Get Rich Slow

                                         Registering Your Own Business in Hong Kong,

                                         Seeking Some Financial Assistance/Advice to Start Your Business?

                                        Change IP Address and Hide IP Address, X-Ray Mail Assistant

                                        How Facebook is Redefining Privacy?

Grading:

The tentative marks associated with each grading component is as follows:

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Assignments:

Samples from COMP 321 Group Projects: Group 16  Group5

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PHP

 

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Last updated: Tuesday, 28 December 2010 10:18:58 TST (Ajay Kumar)