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Unit Summary

Unit type

PG Coursework Unit

Credit points

12

AQF level

9

Level of learning

Advanced

Pre-requisites

N/A

Co-requisites

N/A

Unit aim

Focuses on managerial issues related to digital enterprises: benefits and opportunities as supported and enabled by internet technologies and modern information technology applications; security, legal and ethical issues; and the role of government. The unit uses a text but also relies heavily on web-based materials.

Unit content

  • Digital enterprise basics and technology foundations for digital enterprise
  • Business to consumer (B2C) (E-tailing and Internet marketing) and business to business (B2B) digital business
  • Mobile enterprise, Social networks and Other types of digital enterprise
  • Electronic payment systems
  • Planning and launching e-initiatives
  • Success factors, challenges/critical issues, and future directions.

Learning outcomes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

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On completion of this unit, students should be able to: GA1 GA2 GA3 GA4 GA5 GA6 GA7
1 examine the technologies and technology applications which enable digital enterprises for business
2 develop and apply expertise in recognising and analysing digital enterprise opportunities
3 examine security, ethical, societal, political, legal and global issues relating to digital enterprises
4 evaluate digital enterprise websites and systems.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

  1. examine the technologies and technology applications which enable digital enterprises for business
    • GA1:
    • GA2:
    • GA4:
  2. develop and apply expertise in recognising and analysing digital enterprise opportunities
    • GA1:
    • GA2:
    • GA4:
  3. examine security, ethical, societal, political, legal and global issues relating to digital enterprises
    • GA3:
    • GA4:
    • GA7:
  4. evaluate digital enterprise websites and systems.
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    • GA2:
    • GA4:

Prescribed texts

  • No prescribed texts.

  • No prescribed texts.
Prescribed texts may change in future teaching periods.