Assignment title: Information
Assessment 1: Individual Report
Assessment task: Individual Report
You are required to write a report that covers the following:
1. Discuss the concept of social media and social commerce
2. Assess how they can be applied on all of the following perspectives (i.e. marketplace
analysis, digital business strategy, supply chain management and digital marketing) to
assist in meeting the strategic objectives of a company in one of the following sectors
(i.e. education, travel, banking, food retail, publishing, hotel, insurance, music,
recruitment)
You may make any reasonable assumptions about the organisation to support your proposals.
Please ensure you state clearly any assumptions that you make.
Your report should be professionally written with Harvard referencing system.
Additional Information
1. Introduction to the case study
Nature and size of the organisation
Nature of the industry
Explain why this organisation is selected for e-business
2. Literature review on social media and social commerce
What is social media and social commerce?
How they are used in the industry?
Why they are important to your case study company?
2. Marketplace analysis
Conduct an online marketplace analysis
Derive a business model
Outline the potential online revenue
3. Digital infrastructure
Apply the five layer model of digital business infrastructure in your case study company
4. Digital business strategy
Conduct Strategy analysis by SWOT
Establishing strategy objectives by adopting SMART principles
Define the possible strategy based on the eight key e-business strategic decisions
Discuss how you plan to implement the selected strategy
CP*****E e-Business Assessment 1: Individual Report
5. Supply chain management
Identify the key partners and suppliers in your supply chain
Discuss the supply chain approach you would apply (push or pull)
Discuss the key components in your SCM infrastructure