Organisational e-Transformation

Course aim

To provide students with an understanding of the dynamic tension between the evolving forces within and outside an organisation; and to show that managing organisational e-transformation effectively is dependent upon a balance between the organisation’s desire for stability in its business processes and the destabilising forces of the global marketplace.

Course content

Business Strategy and Valuation: structure vs. strategy, information strategy and organisational strategy, change and transformation in business, factors transforming strategy, valuing e-business investments and managing performance, constructing business models.
Business Infrastructure Development: management involvement in designing enterprise infrastructure, e-business infrastructure building blocks – integration, standards and security.
Business Process Management: interdependence of internal and external business processes, challenges related to integration within and across the enterprise, business reengineering vs. business maintenance and improvement, ERP – the implications of enterprise-wide applications, e-CRM and the evolution of traditional relationships, SCM and the challenge of inter-enterprise process management.
Implementation and the e-Transformation of the Global Marketplace: change management and the acceptance of a global environment, legal issues for an e-transformed enterprise: jurisdiction and intellectual property, competing in a global environment – strategic alliances and the rise of competition.
Case Studies: Selected examples of organisational e-transformation.

Textbook(s)

Nil

Prerequisite(s)

Nil

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, CITY WEST
Lecture	2 hours x 13 weeks
Tutorial	1 hour x 12 weeks
EXTERNAL, CITY WEST, DISTANCE EDUCATION
External (Online materials, moderated discussion groups and other on-line interactions)	N/A x N/A

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Assignment 1 (Case study), Assignment 2 - e-Transformation Plan, Assignment 3 - Presentation, Examination

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.