A Non-linear Delivery of Instruction as Applied to the Evolution of Learning in a MBA Information Technology Course A Case Study Nicholas Harkiolakis, PhD

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The Case Study MBA: e-Business Technologies Duration: 12 sessions (weeks) Student’s Background: –Information Technology –Health Care Management –Public Relations –Finance –Accounting Syllabus –Organizational needs for integration and flexibility –Present status of Information Technology in business –The integration of business, ERP functions/applications –ERP trends and major vendors of software and services –Inter-organizational systems (supply chain and EDI) –Collaborative systems and knowledge management –Key design and implementation tradeoffs in large-scale distributed development –Improving reliability –Effective data sharing within and between computers –Web based application frameworks –Essential infrastructure for distributed Web applications in UNIX and Windows environments –Clients and Services –Networked streams –Command and event processors – RPC, CORBA, J2EE and.NET –Proprietary and open source solutions –Web Services –Grid computing –Future trends Project

e-Business Fundamentals I –e-Business Overview –e-Business Trends –e-Business Strategy –e-Business Design –e-Business Cycle Phases Transform Business Processes Build Applications Enabling Infrastructure Leverage –Web-Based Application Architecture Architecture Fundamentals Client/Server Computing Client-Side Technologies Server-Side Technologies Web Services e-Business Fundamentals II –e-Business Building Block Client Building Block Network Building Block Application Server Building Block Connector Building Block Security Building Block Performance Building Block Management Building Block –Business Patterns Overview User-to-Business Application Topologies Reusable Assets Business Pattern Usage User-to-Business Pattern –Business Models Emerging Business Models e-Marketplaces Building an e-Business –Delivering a Solution EJBs and Distributed Architectures e-Business Requests Responding to Increasing Demand Enterprise Transaction Server Components Transaction Monitors

The Remaining Syllabus E-Commerce Fundamentals Process mapping and UML XML and Web Services J2EE.NET Framework M-Commerce and Wireless Technologies Special Topics –ERP –Corporate Portals –Agent Technology –e-Business Security

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