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Electronic Commerce Systems (ISY10058) Session 2, 2016

Assignment 1

Title Report on the evaluation of 10 e-commerce Websites

Unit objectives 1, 2 and 3

Weight 20% of overall unit assessment

Due time 5pm, Monday, 15/08/15 (Week 6)

Task description

You are required to write a report on the critical evaluation of 10 Websites in 5 groups (types) for a business manager. It is recommended that the report is not more than 3,000 words, excluding appendix, references, and/or footnotes.

You should determine (approximately 10-15) evaluation criteria based on the principles and guidelines for building effective e-commerce Websites and the business models discussed in the unit materials and gained from your own research. While there are criteria that are common for all e- commerce websites, there may be different criteria relevant to different types (groups) of sites. You should discuss the difference. Your criteria should be objectively applicable.

You should evaluate the Websites according to the above determined criteria by comparing the sites in the same group, and between different groups. It is recommended to use tables where possible for concise presentation.

You should identify major strengths and weaknesses of each site, and provide recommendations for the design and development of the sites to improve their performance.

The 10 Websites are:

Group 1 E-Tailer http://www.coop.com.au/ http://www.spillritevacuums.com.au/index.php

Group 2 Content Provider http://www.hotdigitalbooks.com/ http://www.acm.org/

Group 3 Community Provider http://forums.whirlpool.net.au http://www.meetup.com

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Group 4 Market Creator https://www.auctionworldonline.com.au/ http://www.alibaba.com/

Group 5 Transaction Broker http://www.webjet.com.au http://www.ticketmaster.com.au

Marking criteria

The following marking criteria should assist you in completing your assignment: 5% Report structure, presentation and layout 5% Logical structure, organisation of information within report 10% Spelling and grammar 10% Factual material and accuracy of data 15% Own appraisal and logical reasoning 15% Accurate comparisons using tables or similar 15% Originality, academic rigour, synthesis of ideas, cohesion 15% Thoroughness of research 10% Reference and citation style (Harvard style)

Report style

In business, reports come in a variety of styles but normally contain:

• report cover sheet,

• table of contents,

• abstract (sometimes called an Executive Summary),

• introduction,

• "body" – the main contents (don’t use “Body” for section heading),

• conclusion and recommendations,

• references,

• appendices, if necessary.

Assistance can be obtained from the SCU library or on-line web resources such as "SCU Learning Assistance", to ascertain the best features of a report.

Document Format o The document must be word-processed using MS-Word. o The document must contain an assignment cover sheet, including unit

name and code, study session and year, student name and ID, student email address, campus name or external mode, assignment number and title, assignment due date and submission date, and lecturer and/or tutor name.

o Body font size should be 12 pt. (Arial or Times New Roman). o Filename = YourLastNameFirstInitial_ISY10058_Ass1.docx

e.g. SmithJ_ISY10058_Ass1.docx.

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Assignment submission

You should submit this assignment in the Turnitin assignment box for your location at the Blackboard of this unit.

Original work

This is an individual assignment and your assignment must be your original work. Exchange of ideas is considered educationally valuable, and it is encouraged to refer to existing research work. However, your assignment similarity assessed by Turnitin should be within 25%, and a complete reference list and associated citations should be provided.

The assessment process may require some students to attend an interview in order to explain their assignments.

Early work

You should have sufficient information to start the assignment after Topic 3. A penalty of 10% per calendar day will be applied to late assignments without extension approval.