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What is e-business? |
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What is the difference between e-commerce
and e-business? |
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What kind of jobs can I get? |
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What can employers expect from our graduates? |
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I am trying to get into CIS until I
heard of EBZ. Are they kind of similar
to each other? |
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How long does it take to complete the
program? |
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7. EBZ covers such a wide
area. Can I direct my studies on a specific
career track? |
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Which career track should I select? |
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How do I declare for EBZ? |
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Do you accept international students?
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Where can I go for more information?
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| 1.
What is e-business? |
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"e" in e-business stands for electronic
network - the application of electronic
network technology to relevant business
processes to improve or change those
processes. The
"e" in e-business means the replacement
of paper-based, human-agent based
or telephone-based personal transaction
with transactions over electronic
networks. The networks could be proprietary
networks, like EDI, or electronic
fund transfer networks between companies,
or Lotus Notes, or the internal networks
embedded in ERP, or they could be
the Internet or its cousins like extranets
or intranets. |
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What is the difference between e-commerce
and e-business? |
| E-commerce
covers outer-facing processes that touch
customers, suppliers and external partners,
including sales, marketing, order-taking,
delivery, customer service, customer
loyalty management, and purchasing of
both production inputs and indirect
operating expenses. E-business, on the
other hand, includes all business processes,
both those external-oriented processes
included in e-commerce and the more
internal processes like production,
product development, finance, human
resources, information and knowledge
management, risk management, workforce
management, facilities management, etc.
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What kind of jobs can I get? |
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The following job
titles were selected from the web
pages of on-line recruitment agencies,
and are intended to represent the
kinds of jobs that were available
at the time that this information
was collected. Some of these jobs
demand experience or particular skills
that are unlikely to be held by a
recent graduate, but do indicate the
possible career paths possible.
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| EBZ Business Manager |
EBZ Project Manager |
| EBZ Development Manager |
EBZ Sales, Operations, or Marketing |
| EBZ Architect/Developer |
Solutions Design Manager |
| EBZ Consultant |
System Administrator |
| Internet EBZ Technical Leader |
Technical Architect |
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astounding growth in e-business worldwide
is creating many opportunities for qualified
and skilled people. In many countries
the need for EBZ skills is often greater
than the number of qualified individuals
available to fill these positions. It
may be expected that EBZ positions are
likely to be among the best-paid occupations
available to people who have appropriate
qualifications or experience. |
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What can employers expect from our graduates? |
| The
EBZ concentration will produce graduates
with a thorough understanding of e-business
theory and practice, and who possess
well-developed technical, written, oral
and interpersonal communication skills.
Students completing
the EBZ concentration are expected
to have developed the following specific
and personal attributes:
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- A
basic level of skill and hands-on
experience in technology tools and
processes which will serve as a
foundation on which to build specific
expertise which may be required
in a career environment
- The ability to incorporate
factors from both management and
technology perspectives into analysis
of requirements for e-business solutions
- The ability to design
e-business solutions for problems
in a variety of professional contexts.
- A specialized and
in-depth understanding of at least
one sub-area of e-business through
completion of 20 credits or more
of coursework in a sub-area, and
a practicum.
- The ability to think
critically and creatively.
- The ability to develop
and use technical skills through
practice and refinement
- The ability to apply
management theory to practice in
a variety of contexts.
- The ability to critique
and compare the perspectives of
the contributing disciplines.
- The ability to study
independently
- The ability to seek
and acquire insight and ideas from
a variety of traditional and electronic
resources.
- The ability to manage
and complete assigned tasks on time
and according to instructions.
- The ability to work
with development processes and technologies
used by e-business professionals.
- The ability to work
constructively in groups.
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| 5.
I am trying to get into CIS until I
heard of EBZ. Are they kind of similar
to each other? |
| As
EBZ is such a wide area there are many
kinds of jobs available. These jobs
most logically fall into two categories:
development/technical and management/enterprise.
Although some top candidates will have
capability in both areas, many employers
wish to hire people that have a strength
in the main area desired, supported
by a reasonable awareness of the issues
in the other.
The CIS concentration
at Cal Poly, Pomona brings together
management and computer-information
theories and practices to create a
professional degree relevant to students
seeking a career on the development/technical
aspect of e-business.
Students in the e-business
program will learn some technical
skills, but the overall emphasis is
different from the CIS concentration.
The e-business program looks at the
firm from the perspectives of its
main stakeholders: customers, suppliers,
and managers. You¡¯ll understand trends
in the New Economy and learn what
it takes for a business to succeed
in it.
The EBZ concentration
is distinctive in its cross-disciplinary
mix of courses. Cutting-edge management
education combined with state-of-the-art
development/technical education will
produce students who have a broad
understanding of the theory and practice
of e-business from a wide variety
of perspectives. It is believed that
this blend of management and development/technical
education will produce graduates who
will be well received and in demand
by employers. Focus group research
has indicated that there is awareness
in prospective students of the future
job potential in this area.
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