Learning Outcome 2

Learners will be able to:

appreciate the importance of knowledge and information to the digital venture
explain what it means to be an intelligent organisation
appreciate issues surrounding the management of information
elaborate on the different types of enterprise systems that enable automation of business processes
devise strategies for managing information and knowledge within the digital enterprise

What event will trigger the application of the learning?	What degree of success will learner accomplish?
When the learner needs to devise electronic-business strategies and consider the infra structural issues with regard to enterprise systems.	Learner will be able to put to gather plans for the technological infrastructure of an organisation for the management of information.

Learning Objectives in the 'Mandatory Objectives' column refer to the bare minimum you need to learn to pass. It is essential that this learning is undertaken.

Successful completion of the 'Honours' column, together with the 'Mandatory Objectives' column, will prepare you more thoroughly.

If you complete all of the learning in each column, then you will be in the best position to obtain a high mark during the assessments.

For each category, click on individual Learning Objectives to access the relevant learning material.

Mandatory Objectives:	Honours:	First Class:
What do we mean by "the intelligent enterprise"?	What are the effects of knowledge and benefits of its effective management on organisations?	How can one describe the network of businesses, stakeholders, products and processes within an electronic business?
What is "knowledge management framework" and what does it mean to be a B2B and a B2C?	What opportunities and threats exist within a digital enterprise's business environment? How does an electronic business get a competitive advantage from managing knowledge?	How are digital enterprises structured as organisations? How is company ethos and company culture affected by the virtual status of a digital enterprise?
What is an information management infrastructure, how is it developed, and what are interfaces to it?	What are the technological issues in knowledge capture and management? What are the inherent problems with gathering knowledge about customers?	How are knowledge management databases designed, and how is the data is organised? What information is being gathered by the owners of these systems about the users?
How is the digital enterprise developed, maintained, and run?	What are the electronic transaction processing systems and how do they work? How could UK & EU laws have an impact on creating an e-Business here?	Where are most electronic businesses in terms of Hoque's 4 phases of e-Commerce? What do the supply chains for most e-businesses look like?
How do organisations create and implement electronic-business strategy?	What are the relative strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats to familiar organisations? What are some of the common Eisenhardt & Sull rules for running an electronic business?	What is it that leading brands have, that the copycats and rivals don’t have? What are the commonly occurring words used to represent important aspects or values of famous brands?

Are there any tools that learners can use in pursuit of this outcome?

PC with Internet access, books, periodicals

Are there any special words or terms which can be used in the glossary?

What references (books/articles/URLs) can the learner draw on?

What event will trigger the application of the learning?

What degree of success will learner accomplish?