Electronic Commerce: Business Uses of the Internet 
MIS 571
 
 

Course Description:

MIS 571 (4 Credit Hrs) Electronic Commerce: Business Uses of the Internet
Tools and technologies needed for Electronic Commerce are reviewed. Business opportunities, challenges, and strategies for use of the information superhighway will be explored. Strategies and vision on how to leverage the emerging national and global information infrastructure will be discussed. Other topics include the impact of the emerging electronic market and commerce reengineering in today's corporations. Prerequisites :
 



Course Objectives:
  1. To assist you to understand how the Internet can be put to work for a particular business, governmental, or a not-for-profit agency.
  2. To enhance your understanding of "Virtual Organization" and advantages of the global customer base.
  3. To introduce risk, security, and privacy concepts and methodologies on the Internet.
  4. To provide you with the technical skills needed to set up a World Wide Web Server and to do business on the Internet.

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Prerequisites:

    Graduate standing and familiarity with the use of a computer and the Internet, or with permission of the nstructor.
     

Audience

    This course is designed for the College of Business and Management graduate students. Other graduate students are welcome to take the course only if they meet the prerequisites.

     


Time Requirements

    This course will require a reasonable amount of time for reading and completion of the assignments. In addition to the required text, on-line articles are assigned for each week. These articles need to be carefully reviewed for in-class and/or on-line discussions.

     


Acknowledgments

    The development and implementation of this courseware was funded by the Advanced Learning Technologies in Higher Education, University of Illinois.

     


Copyright

    This courseware was authored or compiled by Rassule Hadidi. It may be used for non-commercial use as long as this notice is kept with any electronic or print copy of the entire or the part which is used.

    Copyright © 1997-2002 The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois and Rassule Hadidi. All rights reserved.