I T Management
I T Management
Question 1
The establishment of an international travel e-business requires many considerations in setting it up. Among the key considerations is the pricing factor. The owners of the e-business need to apply careful thought to the pricing of the golf vacations that they intend to offer globally. Although typically individuals who are interested in taking golf vacations are usually rich, the pricing factor is still of significance. This is informed by the fact that there area lot of other things competing for their attention in terms of vacations and get-aways. The pricing therefore has to be set in such a way as to both make business -sense for the owners of the business and to satisfy the client in terms of the cost of the trip. Care must also be taken not to under-quote in pricing as this may result in negative association of cheap pricing with poor quality golf vacations.
Another worthy consideration that should be made in the e-business while going global would be legal issues. Owners should ensure that all necessary licenses are sought so as to ensure that the business operates within legal stipulations concerning international e-businesses. Inn the same regard, care must be taken concerning the alignment of the company’s activities with laws in countries in which it aims to operate. Since the e-business would become globally accessible, then it is necessary for its owners to be clear and operate within stipulations for e-business in different countries. It must be established that all underlying transactions are legal within countries in which they may be undertaken. Legalities of contracts made using the e-business’s site should have their terms clearly stipulated on the site. The point at which a binding contract is entered into by the customer and the e-business should be made clear, and so should the terms and conditions of those contracts (DCEB, 2012).
Question 2
Flikr .com as a site does not at first sight of the home page give a very attractive first impression. The use of color in the photos at the very top of the site is somewhat limited. The main picture at the top of the site is of a pair of legs with red shoes. For a site that deals with photographs, it is expected that there would be better and brighter pictures at the top of the website which is the first place that the observer sees upon opening the site. It Is however notable and commendable that the display at the top of the site keeps changing as the pictures glide to reveal more pictures although they too are not very brightly colored. The rest of the site is structures in divided into six boxes, each dealing with a specific aspect of the online photo management. The information is presented in text form, times new roman font. This is a relatively serious font usually used in official documents. It therefore gives the home page of the site a very official and somewhat cold feel. The individual explanation tabs however reveal better picture displays. Information displayed is however easy to read, despite its official feel. The site seems to have failed in the use of animated graphics. It is also not as interactive as it could be. It therefore lacks appeal for young viewers.
The use of cookies may assist owner’s of e-businesses to gather information about the frequency of individual viewers to their e-business site. It also possible to track the most popular parts web sites, where more viewers of the site spend time. Information gained from cookies is able to relay information to the owners of the site, concerning subsequent visits to that site by the same viewers. They are then able to use this information to gauge the interest the site is generating and improve on areas that need improving. “They are also able to let an application work interactively with its user, remembering all data and differentiating between users and their data sets”(Web Developers, 2012) .In this way they encourage subsequent returns by initial viewers of site .This is ultimately good for any e-business as it keeps their products in the minds of the consumers.
References
Dublin City Enterprise Board. (2012).E-Business and Legal Conditions. Retrieved from
Dublin City Enterprise Board Website: http://www.dceb.ie/Knowledge-
Centre/E~Business/eBusiness-&-Legal-Considerations.
Web Developers .com (2012). What are cookies? – Definition and brief on browser
cookies. Retrieved from www.webdevelopersnotes.com/basics/what-are-cookies-
definition.ph.
