E-business functionality is useful to me where I work because it allows the parents of the students the ability to check grades online, keeping a serious eye on the deeds (or misdeeds) of their children. The school system (district) where I work is selling a product to the parents, and in regards to that my school has footed the bill to have software developed that allows parents, students, administrators and teachers to all interact online. This type of software allows for a Customer Relationship Management in regards to what is being attempted (the education of young students in a most proficient method).
             By developing this type of software, the school system, as the vendor was attempting to initiate a niche type of philosophy. The specific function developed for the school system in regards to its use of e-business was the ability for all to interact in a timely manner in order to facilitate a structure that would provide an educational environment that is considered one of the best in the state. This afforded the school system its own little niche that appealed to some of the wealthiest citizens in the area, drawing their students to the school. Maintaining that advantage is important to the school system, not only because it is judged on how well it provides an education for its students, but also because the additional students attending the school(s) generates more dollars from the state, since each student represents a set number of dollars per school.
             That the school system gains from this e-business initiative is evident by the fact that other school systems have now begun to copy the use of this software and its applications in regards to their own educational systems. This e-business initiative also is constructive in its use for the students who wish to use it on a regular basis to learn more about the particular subject (s) which they are studying. The students can go online, pull up the day's (or week's)...