The conduct of commerce in electronic marketplaces has been heralded as the source of fundamental change to business practice with the substitution of existing market arrangements by computer-aided buying and selling. This course has been designed from a managerial perspective to help students develop specific skills relating to the use of electronic commerce models and frameworks as well as an understanding of essential concepts and technologies. Topics include: electronic commerce strategy and business definition; Internet and World Wide Web applications; management of Electronic Commerce in the organization; security and payment systems; intranets and supply chain management; legal issues and constraints to implementation of electronic commerce; essential concepts/technologies supporting electronic commerce; and government policy and electronic commerce.