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What is e-commerce?
What is e-commerce?
- The activity of electronically buying or selling products on online services or over the Internet (correct)
- The activity of physically buying or selling products in stores
- The activity of telepathically buying or selling products
- The activity of buying or selling products through mail order catalogs
Who coined the term 'e-commerce'?
Who coined the term 'e-commerce'?
- Principal Consultant to the California State Assembly's Utilities & Commerce Committee
- Gwen Moore
- Chairwoman of the California State Assembly's Utilities & Commerce Committee
- Robert Jacobson (correct)
What technologies does e-commerce draw on?
What technologies does e-commerce draw on?
- Teleportation, telekinesis, telecommunication
- Fax machines, postal services, carrier pigeons
- Smoke signals, Morse code, semaphore
- Mobile commerce, electronic funds transfer, supply chain management, Internet marketing (correct)
How was e-commerce defined in the California Electronic Commerce Act?
How was e-commerce defined in the California Electronic Commerce Act?
Which industry drives e-commerce through technological advances?
Which industry drives e-commerce through technological advances?
Who authored the monograph 'The Principles of Scientific Management'?
Who authored the monograph 'The Principles of Scientific Management'?
What does the term 'scientific management' refer to?
What does the term 'scientific management' refer to?
What did Taylor's approach to scientific management emphasize?
What did Taylor's approach to scientific management emphasize?
Which U.S. President was quoted by Taylor at the beginning of the monograph?
Which U.S. President was quoted by Taylor at the beginning of the monograph?
What are the three sections of the monograph 'The Principles of Scientific Management'?
What are the three sections of the monograph 'The Principles of Scientific Management'?
Study Notes
E-commerce
- E-commerce refers to the buying and selling of goods and services over electronic systems such as the internet.
- The term 'e-commerce' was coined by Daniel Schwabe in 1994.
- E-commerce draws on technologies such as mobile commerce, electronic funds transfer, supply chain management, internet marketing, and online transaction processing.
- According to the California Electronic Commerce Act, e-commerce is defined as "the sale and purchase of goods and services by electronic means".
Scientific Management
- Scientific management refers to the use of scientific methods to analyze and improve industrial labor processes.
- Frederick Winslow Taylor authored the monograph 'The Principles of Scientific Management' in 1911.
- Taylor's approach to scientific management emphasized the use of empirical methods to analyze and optimize worker efficiency, and the importance of hierarchical management structures.
- The monograph quotes U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt at the beginning.
- The monograph is divided into three sections: Fundamental Principles, The Principles Developed, and FunctionalElementsofAllManagement.
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Test your knowledge of e-commerce with this quiz! Explore topics such as online transaction processing, supply chain management, electronic funds transfer, and more. Challenge yourself with questions related to mobile commerce, Internet marketing, and inventory management systems.
