Handling and managing an IT project, whether a traditional one or atechnologically "in-fashion" project, should not have much difference. Forinstance, a traditional LAN-based flight booking system and an e-commercetype online flight booking system must receive the same focus and attentionfrom a pro...

The Survival of the E-BusinessStarting out as a government and research network, the Internet became available to the public in the early 1990's attracting millions of users. Since then, the Internet has become the largest and most important network. In 1998, the Internet had 100 million users; tha...

What is the most important issue and why? Amazon.com has a leading edge in the e-commerce world. It has a strong customer base, name recognition, quality assurance, and immense inventory. However, as with many online retailers, there are certain aspects of conducting business over the web tha...

1. Of the tools described, I feel that the Executive Support System (ESS) is the best tool for managers today. Not only does it have speech recognition which simplifies typing commands, but it also has expert systems which are self-learning and help aid in decision making. Also packaged in ESS is ...

Globalisation, what is it? It is the effect of hi-tech communications, lower transport costs and unrestricted trade and financial flows turning the whole world into a single market, producing a more integrated global economic system. Organisations are experiencing globalisation because other large s...

IntroductionThere is no single, well-established, and widely accepted definition ofeCommerce.However, this is not a serious impediment. For present purposes it issufficient to follow the OECD view of eCommerce as: "Business occurring over networks which use non-proprietary protocols that ...

The business world of today is changing at the speed of light. This far-fetched statement is one that is actually true as information travels around the world in minutes. Today's modern manager must have the skills to keep up with the information, people, and equipment of today.The modern manager ...