This unit introduces the fundamental Internet commerce concepts for business including Internet commerce infrastructures, tools and technologies that are used to implement business activities, examination of business strategies, security requirements, legal and management issues for effective use of Internet commerce. It provides necessary information and knowledge about the purpose, structure, components and use of Internet-based business systems in the modern information age.

This unit has been updated as part of a 2009 review and comparison of data with current Handbook, Syllabus + and Callista data.

30/11/2017 - Unit disestablished at FEC 5/17 Item 7.3.

The unit is core for the Business Systems major in the Bachelor of Information Technology and Systems. It creates a pathway for students to study FIT3021 Infrastructure for Electronic Commerce in their final year.

This unit aims to provide students with necessary information and knowledge of how the Internet can be used for solving business problems.

At the completion of this unit students will be able to:

• understand Internet mechanisms and infrastructures and their application;
• describe different business to consumer and business to business revenue models;
• describe the role of online payment systems and how they are implemented;
• explain why standards and security are required for Internet commerce;
• develop an extensive understanding of how Internet commerce concepts, strategies, mechanisms, and infrastructures are brought together to produce Internet-based commerce systems;
• discuss issues and trends in Internet commerce.

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This unit introduces fundamental electronic commerce systems and technologies including internet commerce infrastructures, relationships to business strategies, client-side and server-side security, legal and management issues for effective use of internet commerce. It provides students with necessary information and knowledge about the purpose, structure, and use of the internet-based business systems. Specific topics in this unit include:

the internet and business use of the Internet. Internet commerce and Internet mechanisms and infrastructures. Business to consumer and business to business revenue models. Internet commerce standards and security. Electronic payment systems. Internet commerce strategies, intranets and extranets, managing and maintaining an internet commerce presence. Global opportunities and issues and trends in internet commerce. Internet commerce software and multimedia. internet and mobile communication gateways. Internet commerce standards and security. Internet transaction processing and business models for the Internet. Managing and on-line internet case development.

On-campus and Off-Campus Learning(OCL)

Examination (3 hours): 60%; In-semester assessment: 40%

2 hrs lectures/wk, 2 hrs laboratories/wk

On-campus classes will need access to a lecture theatre with data projection facilities, and preferably with network and Internet access for 2 hours per week. Each group of 18 on-campus students at each location will require access to a PC lab for tutorial/workshop sessions for 2 hours each week.

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