EuroMPM-BIO-DTM

Concept for the Specialization in E-Commerce in the 3rd Semester of the EuroMPM Study Programme in Dortmund
The 3rd semester of the EuroMPM is focused on a specialization. The full module for the specialization on e-commerce at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts in Dortmund includes:

MP30 Special Methods and Tools for Projects in E-Commerce, E-Business, E-Government - 4 ECTS MP31 Information Supply Chain - 4 ECTS MP32 Selected project in E-Commerce - 12 ECTS

Course concept
After the courses of the first 2 semesters of the EuroMPM the 3rd semester goes deaper into core issues of projects in selected areas - selected according to core competencies of the universities.

At the University of Applied Sciences and Art in Dortmund a specialization on project management in e-commerce is available.

This field is characterized by special technologies, business concepts, and standards.

For projects in e-commerce a deaper understanding of these special technologies, business concepts, and standards is important. E-catalogs, e-transactions, and the classifcation of commodities are in the focus of studies and research.

Course structure

 * 1) Introduction to e-commerce: Concepts, business models and business cases
 * 2) E-catalogs: Concepts, standards [|(BMEcat)], applications
 * 3) E-transactions: Concepts, standards [|(openTrans)]
 * 4) Classification of commodities: [|eClass], [|UNSPSC]
 * 5) Further research

Course parameters

 * ECTS credit points || 6 ||
 * Hours of study in total || 180 ||
 * Weekly hours per semester || 4 ||
 * Contact hours per semester || 60 ||
 * Self study hours per semester || 120 ||

Core materials
[|Rebstock, Michael; Fengel, Janina; Paulheim, Heiko: Ontologies-based Business Integration, Springer Berlin 2008.] [|Turban, Efraim: Electronic Commerce, A Managerial Perspective, Pearson Prentice-Hall 2008.]

Most other materials will be delivered on e-learning platforms.

Scalable learning outcomes

 * **Learning outcomes** || **Lower level** || **Higher level** ||
 * 1. Understand and explain core concepts of e-commerce (business concepts and cases) || Basic concepts || Advanced concepts ||
 * 2. Understand and explain important catalog standards - BMEcat || Core catalog structures || Details on selected elements ||
 * 3. Understand and explain important transaction concepts - openTRANS || Core transactions || Integration of transactions ||
 * 4. Understand and explain the concepts of business integration in e-commerce || Basic concepts || Advanced concepts ||
 * 5. Understand and explain important classification standards - eclass, UNSPSC, .. || Core concepts of classification || Complex concepts and limits of classification ||
 * 6. Detect and explain the role of standards in practical applications - classification systems used in catalogs, ... || Elementary cases || Complex cases ||
 * 7. Apply core standards - classify commodities according to various classification systems || Elementary commodities || Complex commodities ||
 * 8. Develop single property lists of commodities || Basic properties || Complex properties ||
 * 9. Compare product descriptions in e-catalogs and various industrial standards || Basic comparison || Detailed comparison down to core structures and complex issues ||
 * 10. Develop concepts and standards - make contributions to harmonization of product descriptions according to e-commerce standards || Basic contributions || Advanced contributions - significant for the scientific community ||

The course meets level 7 of the [|The European Qualifications Framework (EQF)] - compare

This course is embedded into the research fields at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts in Dortmund.

Students of this course are encouraged and coached to contribute to research activities. In 2009 there is a focus on the description of selected commodity classes in catalogs, classification systems and in classical industrial standards. The descriptions are compared - with respect to the properties applied and with respect to graphical elements (technical drawing, pictures, ... ) supporting the description of commodities.

The introduction of graphical elements is a recent research initiative in eClass supported especially by Claude Pichot (board member of eClass) and Peter Reusch (member of the scientific advisory board of eClass). Graphical elements are important for the harmonization of properties in classification systems and to improve multilingual version of classification systems.

Case studies - Schedule 2009 - Students2009