Research Seminar - July 23, 1999

Abstract

The Internet and advanced computer and communications technology are having a dramatic impact on how business processes are conducted. "Electronic Commerce" is the term that has gained popular currency to describe the conduct of business transactions using computer and communications technologies and there is an increasing demand for graduates who have knowledge and abilities in the development and management of e-commerce applications.

The group of Information Systems units that have been introduced into the IM major in recent years cover the core components of Information Systems curricula and their content has kept pace with the rapid advances in information technology. These units are therefore well placed to form the basis of a new major in Electronic Commerce. The major will be based on a group of Information Systems units within the current Information Management major and will include two new units "Foundations in Electronic Commerce" available in 2000 and a third year unit "Advanced Electronic Commerce" available in 2001. The presentation will discuss the focus of this major, the motivation for its introduction, its scope - where it fits in the teaching offered by IMM - and associated faculties. Various research initiatives will also be discussed.