Managing E-Commerce in Organizations
BMGT-304 (3)
University College
Electronic Distance Education
Heidelberg, Germany
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Managing E-Commerce in OrganizationsBMGT-304 (3) |
University
of Maryland University College Electronic Distance Education Heidelberg, Germany |
| DE Term 4, 2002-2003; Dates: 7 Apr. - 25 Jul. 2003 | ||
Course Syllabus |
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Course Goal:
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Week 1 Work First Contact Week 1 Individual Work Week 1 Group Work Continual Individual Work WebTycho Using WebTycho Reading Off-line Course Exams Assignments Attendance Grades Email Hints More Email Hints Email Attachments Case Analysis Documentation Library Support Team Processes Group Dynamics Team Rules WT Groups Recorder Duties |
An introduction to the ways in which organizations create, identify, and distribute information; market products; and manage organizational units on the Internet using online commerce techniques, i.e., E-commerce management. Topics include e-commerce management principles, management of different types of organizations, integration of human and information technology resources, training and development, and information systems. The management of business units to implement technological marketing and knowledge-management strategies and the creation of new roles and responsibilities for managers in the e-commerce environment of organizations are also covered.
Students may receive credit for only one of the following courses: BMGT 304 or BMGT 388M.
This a required course for the E-Commerce and Technology Management minor and the certificate in E-Commerce Management.
This part of the marketplace is moving very fast. We need to run to keep up. More importantly, we need to start now. I hope you will join me for this exciting on-line course.
Our text surveys the variety of business and technology models and skills involved in e-commerce. It is comprehensive and will provide you with an excellent foundation for exploring the subject. We will also use the UMUC on-line database and other Internet-based sources extensively to amplify the text information.
We will look at how to build an e-commerce company for long-term success. Your text has a variety of exercises that enable you to explore the breadth and depth of this subject using the Internet. Each week we will reach into different sectors of the E-commerce world and explore specific examples as we build a mosaic of this complex, fluid world. By the end of the course you will have a solid foundation for making intelligent judgments about and participating in E-Commerce activities.
Some reports say this is the only book you will ever need to understand E-Commerce. While that comment is surely not correct for the serious student, I definitely agree that the authors have put together an enjoyable and reasonably comprehensive review and analysis of this rapidly changing business sector.
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This practical, discovery class depends upon active, consistent student involvement. Check our WebTycho classroom and your email at least once every two days and respond to queries within one day if possible, two at the maximum (even if just to say when you will be able to give a more complete answer to the request). I will try to allow you time to explore the subject both individually and in small groups while giving you feedback on completed assignments. There will be both individual and small group work. In addition to studying the assigned text, you must satisfactorily complete the following: |
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| We use WebTycho as our virtual classroom. Discussions take place there and documents are posted for exchange there as well. We will use email as our back-up mode of contact. | |
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Weekly Class Participation:
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Nearly every week you will be assigned individual topics to explore and
report on to the class. |
| Midterm: open-book, take-home (30%). | You will have 48 hours for each of these tests. |
| Final exam: open-book, take-home (35%) . | |
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This is not a correspondence course. Your presence in our virtual classroom is a vital part of the learning experience for everyone in this course. Consequently lack of consistent participation 2-3 times weekly in spite of long hours at work, computer problems, deployments, vacations, business trips, other courses, etc. may earn you a grade of F(n) as such action overrides the grading percentages shown above. |
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| Weekly Assignments, Class Discussion & Journal: | 35% |
| Mid-term Exam: | 30% |
| Comprehensive Final Exam: | 35% |
| Total: | 100% |
| Lack of regular participation is sufficient cause for the award of the grade of F(n) in spite of any other performance you may have in this DE course. | |
I will
try to help every student earn an "A" by demonstrating a mastery of
course concepts. I do understand that students have many other responsibilities,
but it is your responsibility to your own learning and to assisting the learning
of others in this class that I will be most concerned with. I will work with
every student within reason to help her or him complete this course successfully.
I grade each exam and assignment on a relative scale (A-F; 70-0 points typically).
Your final grade is a weighted average of your separate grades in this course
with some allowance made for technical problems imposed by the delivery method
(WebTycho with email backup). It will come as no surprise that for a variety
of reasons a number of students each term choose not to earn an "A".
See also my grading standards published
on my web site.
Consistent, quality participation and effort are essential if both you and the class as a whole are the reach our goals. You must check your WebTycho and your email at least once every 48 hours and respond to queries within one day (even if just to say when you will be able to give a more complete answer to the request). I will try to allow you time to explore the subject both individually and in small groups while giving you feedback on completed assignments.
See the policy and procedure links at the top of this page.
For supplemental material, see the UMUC on-line database and library (linked from our WT classroom) and the resource lists on my web site.
Finally, do not fall behind. Work ahead if possible. Do some work on this course every day or two. Set aside time to do this. If confused, in doubt, or in need of a clarification on any aspect of the course, contact me first.
| Phil Richardson; prichard@faculty.ed.umuc.edu | Revised 15 Apr. 2003 |