See Description

Information Technology: Adoption of Online Shopping

Christopher Groomes

ITMG500

Professor Bowen

August 24, 2014

Abstract

Online shopping can be very successful for a business especially in the clothing and apparel industry. Through e- commerce a business is able conduct its business in numerous ways and also communicates to their customers effectively. E-commerce hs been in existence for over 30 years and it has grown drastically in many aspects of the business processes that include transaction processing, inventory management and supply chain management. To have an online presence in a digital environment the business needs a website. A good design of the website will require desirability, usefulness and usability. A clothing company will be able to sell and offer after sale services through the Internet. Different customers will also be able to search for their desired products and purchase them online. The main business activities that can be conducted online include Internet marketing, display of products, monitoring of the website, obtaining customer information, and recording orders and sales. According to various studies, 60% of the clothing industry orders is done online. Therefore, integrating online shopping in this industry is very important to the business. Through e-commerce, the business will be able to integrate its various processes effectively leading to customer satisfaction and the success of the business .

Key words: Online shopping, e-commerce, digital environment, website

Table of Contents

ABSTRACT 2

TABLE OF CONTENTS 3

CHAPTER

I.

INTRODUCTION 4

PROBLEM STATEMENT 5

VARIABLES 5

HYPOTHESIS STATEMENT 5

PURPOSE 6

CHALLENGES 6

II.

LITERATURE REVIEW 7

OVERVIEW AND STRUCTURE OF BUSINESS 7

III.

INFRASTRUCTURE AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS NEEDS 9

IT infrastructure plan 9

Telecommunication Technologies 10

Functional Information systems 10

IV.

MANAGEMENT OF DATA AND KNOWLEDGE 11

Data Management systems 11

Problems in Data Management 12

Knowledge Management systems 13

V.

USE OF THE INTERNET 14

Digital Economy 14

Web 2.0 technologies 14

E-commerce technologies 15

VI.

IT PLANNING AND ANALYSIS PROCESSES 16

IT strategy and planning process 16

Management decision support and intelligent systems 16

IT security policy 17

VII.

CONCLUSION 18

LIST OF REFERENCES 19

Where is the body of your Proposal?

References

Andam, Z. R. (2014). e-Commerce and e-Business.

Brynjolfsson, E. (2011). Wired for innovation: how information technology is reshaping the economy. MIT Press Books, 1.

Erickson, T. J., Magee, J. F., Roussel, P. A., & Saad, K. N. (2012). Managing technology as a business strategy. Image.

Häubl, G., & Trifts, V. (2000). Consumer decision making in online shopping environments: The effects of interactive decision aids. Marketing science, 19(1), 4-21.

Laudon, K. C., & Laudon, J. P. (2011). Essentials of management information systems. Upper Saddle River: Pearson.

Laudon, K. C., & Laudon, J. P. (2007). Management information systems: managing the digital firm (10th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education.

Luftman, J. N., Bullen, C. V., Liao, D., Nash, E., & Neumann, C. (2004). Managing the Information Technology Resource: Leadership in the. Prentice Hall.

Pearlson, K., & Saunders, C. S. (2004). Managing and using information systems: A strategic approach. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.

Turban, E., Lee, J. K., King, D., Liang, T. P., & Turban, D. (2009). Electronic commerce 2010. Prentice Hall Press.

Wolfinbarger, M., & Gilly, M. C. (2001). Shopping online for freedom, control, and fun. California Management Review, 43(2), 34-55.

Kumar (2011) states that a research proposal should contain:

· an introduction, including a brief Literature Review which requires References;

· the theoretical framework that underpins your study;

· the objectives or research questions of your study;

· the hypotheses to be tested, if applicable;

· the study design that you are proposing to adopt;

· the setting for your study;

· the research instrument(s) you are planning to use;

· the sampling design and sample size;

· the ethical issues involved and how you propose to deal with them;

· the data processing procedures;

· the proposed chapters for the Research Report;

· the problems and limitations of the study;

· the proposed time-frame for the Research Study (p. 257).

The Proposal should communicate this content in a clearly written manner that is free of errors in grammar, spelling, sentence structure, etc. as well as being fully compliant with APA Style, 6th edition. The approver needs to know that you have thought everything through and developed a plan to complete the study. That does not mean to say that the plan might not need to be modified, but you need to show the approver that you have put considerable thought into the proposed study. You are missing several of these parts. There is not enough information in this proposal for me to make a decision as to whether or not this research study should be approved. I have no idea as to how you plan to conduct the study.

�Note the correction to the headers.

�Members of the title group (title, Abstract, Table of Contents, References, Appendix, End Notes, Author Notes, Footnotes) are always on the first line of the new page, U/L case, regular font face.

�Consistently put 2 spaces between sentences. Section 4.01 in APA Manual

�Be consistent with the 2 spaces between sentences.

�This is your Abstract but not the Proposal. The Abstract is not part of the Proposal but it is part of the Research Report.

�Do not use all CAPS

�This is to be on the first line of the page