E-commerce 101 Assignment

E-commerce 101 Assignment Assignment Purposes: 1. Evaluate the characteristics of e -commerce. 2. Demonstrate effective use of technology for communication. 3. Evaluate the effectiveness of an e -commerce Web site. 4. Explain the security and threats in the e -commerce environment. 5. Analyze basic concepts of consumer behavior and purchasing decisions. 6. To apply critical thinking by the students. Assignment Workload:  This assignment is an individual assignment.  The word count for this assignment must be between 2500 to 30 00 words. Assignment Objectives & Requirements: 1. To create a new E -commerce business, which is located in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, which include the followings: a. Introduction about your business. b. Product and type of services. c. Business statement. d. Busines s vision. 2. To explain your business E -commerce processes. 3. To apply a SWOT analysis to your business. 4. Determining the E-commerce website design (Picture attachment). a. How it will look likes in terms of design and format (draft). 5. Student is required to explain its E -commerce system functionality, such as: a. The product menu will show all the product we have in stoke. b. The contact button will have all the company contact details, social media links Facebook, Instagram , etc. 6. Determine the suitable software a nd hardware needed with an explanation on why it’s needed. a. What type of functionality needed in your website, such as CRM? b. What type of hardware needed? Do you need a server or it will be in the cloud? 7. Identifying security issues as well as how to avoid i t. a. What type of security? To whom or to what? b. Potential threats to your website? c. Recommendation. 8. Conclude your report. Assignment Submission:  There will be two submissions for this assignment as the following: Submission Week Due Date Point covered Mark s 1st Submission Friday 10 /11 /2017 1-4 5 2nd Submission End of the Semester All 15  The submission method will be through blackboard. Assignment regulation:  All students are encouraged to use their own word.  Student must apply H arvard Referencing Style within their reports.  Student is allowed to Quote 10% from the word limit ( 3000 word limit means 300 words can be cited).  A mark of ZERO will be given for any submission that includes copying from other resource without referencing it. Assignment Criterion sheet : Criterion 7: 85% -100% 6: 75% -84% 5: 65% -74% 4: 50% -64% Refer / Fail: 0% -49% Understanding of the task The ability to: Select an e -commerce business field. Describe information environment Selects an interesting and approachable E-commerce business field. Confidently contextualises the operating environment Authoritatively discusses the e - commerce business field in the context of E -commerce principles. Selects an interesting E-commerce business field but might not have much externally avail able information to analyze Provides sufficient contextualisation of operating environment Discusses the E -commerce business field in the context of E -commerce principles. Selects an e-commerce business Contextualises the operating environment Only brie fly discusses the e - commerce business field in the context of E -commerce principles. Selects an e-commerce business Very descriptive overview of information environment without any insightful commentary Does not select an appropriate e - commerce business. Does not describe the information environment sufficiently Does not provide analysis or commentary of any kind Use of literature / evidence of reading The ability to: research the topic draw on an appropriate range of authoritative sources Analyse / critique information environment through application of literature Evidence of wide reading, drawing on an impressive range of sources. Demonstrates critical appraisal of literature through consistently relevant, current and authoritative materials Info rmation is synthesised and applied in a seamless manner to provide insightful analysis and critical commentary on information environment Evidence of independent research. Appraisal of the literature gained from a variety of authoritative and relevant sour ces. Information synthesised and provides some analysis and critical commentary about information environment Draws primarily on recommended readings, with limited independent research. Limited analysis and critical discussion No independent research, relying on recommended readings. Literature is presented uncritically, in a purely descriptive way. No evidence of literature being consulted, or irrelevant to the topic.