ITECH3212/ITECH7212 E-Commerce 2 XXXXXXXXXXAssignment 1 – E-Commerce Issues Paper Marks - 10 Released – Week 1 Due - Week 4 Description of the Task You are required to prepare an issues paper...

ITECH3212/ITECH7212 E-Commerce 2 Assignment 1 – E-Commerce Issues Paper Marks - 10 Released – Week 1 Due - Week 4 Description of the Task You are required to prepare an issues paper (2000-2500 words) relating to some current aspect of e-Commerce. You may research any area of e-Commerce that you wish, as long as it is of current concern. Areas that may be appropriate can fall into the following categories. One area should be negotiated with your lecturer and get approval from your lecturer based on principle of “first select, first approve” • Case study on Electronic commerce • Case study on social commerce • Case study on cloud commerce • Case study on mobile commerce • Digital rights management and electronic commerce • Electronic commerce security • Wireless technologies in electronic commerce, Mobile business • Business process integration • Customization and personalization, User behavior modeling • Privacy issues in electronic commerce • Negotiation, trust, deception, auctioning in e-commerce • e-Commerce content management • Supply chains, demand chains, and value chains • Intelligent techniques in social commerce • Social networks in e-Business • Cloud commerce and cloud services • Innovative e-Business models The discussion should take the form of a well-researched academic paper, and at no time should degenerate into the author’s unsupported opinion. The point of the exercise is to highlight an issue that is currently being considered in the area of e-Commerce. Your research should be well supported with references from respected sources. You should include academic journals, books, theses, trade magazines and well-respected sources of related Internet material as you find is relevant. There should be a minimum number of 10 relevant references in your paper, and not all of these sources from Internet web sites. Those students who are unsure about the style of referencing or writing should read an academic journal paper and use it as a guide. University Referencing/Citation Style Guide The University has published a style guide to help students correctly reference and cite information they use in assignments. A copy of the University’s citation guides can be found on the university’s web site. http://www.ballarat.edu.au/aasp/student/learning_support/generalguide/ It is imperative that students correctly cite sources of information; failure to do so will result in an automatic fail grade being awarded to the student. Plagiarism is a serious offense and will not be tolerated under any circumstances. Marking Responses will be marked as follows. 10 marks Excellent analysis. Evidence of a large amount of effort. Well thought out, justifiable conclusions. Excellent use of language and references. 8 marks Good response. Evidence of a good degree of effort. Well thought out, justifiable conclusions. Good use of language and references. 6 marks Average response. Evidence of a moderate degree of effort. Justifiable conclusions. Acceptable use of language and references. 4 marks Below average response. Evidence of little or no effort. Poor use of language, little justification of conclusions. Poor referencing. 0 marks Not submitted REF: CFP I3E2010, CFP2013, reviewed on 31 Jan 2013