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Assignments

This section provides a general overview of assignments and the course project.  Specific assignment information will be found in the Class Schedule and the page for each assignment.

Guest Speakers

Guest speakers will discuss their experience with e-business.  You will learn more if you are prepared to ask relevant questions.  Please review the background information and prepare questions in advance for each guest speaker.

Trend Summary Assignment

One page summary including:

Headline
Description
Potential opportunities or strategies that might result

Also include: 

Name and assignment identification
Source citation

Trend Scan Assignment

One page summary including:

Headline for the scan
Headline and reference for each summary
Description of how the summaries tie together
Ways in which we might capitalize on these opportunities

Also include: 

Name and assignment identification
Source citation

Course Project

The course project will give you an opportunity to integrate what you have learned in this course, apply these concepts in a realistic setting, and increase your knowledge of e-business strategy.  

You will:

Create an e-business strategy for a new or existing organization.
Develop this strategy using the model outlined in the text.
Propose your service for approval and funding.

You will present your project to the class and receive feedback that you may incorporate into your final paper. Pick a real organization for your project where you have access to the management and their cooperation.  

Write the paper from the perspective of a consultant addressing a specific person in the client organization.  Names and company information may be disguised.  Assume that your reader has other pressing concerns and must be convinced to pay attention and take action.

Each report must include an executive summary that delivers key observations, recommendations, and points on a single page (two pages max).  Reports should be no more than 20 pages, plus attachments if required.

Written Assignment Guidelines

Label the first page with the course number, the assignment, the due date, team number (for team assignments) and your name or the names of all team members (in alphabetical order by last name).  
Subsequent pages must include the assignment, your name(s), and page numbers.
Organize your ideas into a structure that suits the assignment and emphasizes the points you want to make.
Use American business English with proper grammar, spelling, and punctuation as if you were writing for a consulting client. 
Neatness counts.  All assignments are expected to be legible with 12-point type. 
Papers should be stapled or fastened with metal binder clips.  Please, no paperclips, notebooks, bindings, report covers, etc.

Class Web

All written assignments and presentation materials will be posted to the class Web site for the benefit of other students.  Please e-mail assignments before class and follow the file naming convention described below.

File Names

Please use this standard file naming convention for assignments that you submit:

letter e as in e-Business
due date as MMDD
hyphen
team number for team assignments or last name-first name for individual assignments
standard Microsoft Office extension: doc, htm, ppt, xls, etc.

A Word document from team 2 due on September 1 would be e0901-02.doc

It is also helpful if you update the Title and Subject properties for Microsoft Office documents.  You can access these fields by going to the File menu and selecting Properties and the Summary tab.

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