Business Studies
part 1
5.3 – Discussion: E-Business and Entrepreneurial Functions
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Discussion: Be thorough when discussing the following questions about e-business and entrepreneurial functions.
Why is there a trend toward cross-functional integrated enterprise systems in business?
Why would systems that enhance a company’s relationships with customers have such a high rate of failure?
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part 2
5.5 – Assignment: Module Review
1-How can Internet technologies be involved in improving a process in one of the functions of business? Choose one example and evaluate its business value.
2-What are several e-business applications that you might recommend to a small company to help it survive and succeed in challenging economic times? Why?
3-How could sales force automation affect salesperson productivity, marketing management, and competitive advantage?
4-Should every company become a customer-focused business? Why or why not?
5-How can the problem of overenthusiastic demand forecasts in supply chain planning be avoided?
5-Should companies install e-business software suites or “best of breed” e-business software components? Why?
Part 3
: Read the Analysis Exercise at the end of the chapter and complete the questions after the summary.
#1 Netsuite’s Netsuite: Enterprise Systems to Go (p. 360)
PART 4
6.3 – Discussion: Security of Online Classifieds Web Pages
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Discussion: Online classified web pages that are accessible to others online have a great potential for security, privacy, and fraud assault.
How are the companies in this business protecting their users from such assaults, and how can these companies improve the security of online classifieds?
What are some of the limitations or dangers you see in the use of AI technologies such as expert systems, virtual reality, and intelligent agents? What could be done to minimize such effects?
PART 5
1-Most businesses should engage in e-commerce on the Internet. Do you agree or disagree with this statement? Explain your position.
2-What are the critical success factors for retail e-Business startups?
3-If you were starting an e-commerce Web store, which of the business requirements summarized in Figure 9.13 would you primarily do yourself, and which would you outsource to a Web development or hosting company? Why?
4-Are the form and use of information and decision support systems for managers and has the growth of self-directed teams to manage work in organizations changed the need for strategic, tactical, and operational decision making in business?
5-In what ways does using an electronic spreadsheet package provide you with the capabilities of a decision support system?
Part 2: Read the Analysis Exercise and complete the questions after the summary.
PART 6
#3 Case-Based Marketing: Selling on Amazon.com (p. 467)