Saudi Electronic University College of Administrative and Financial Sciences Introduction to E-Management ECOM 201 Project Assignment January 2019 Consider yourself as Global Manager Marketing for one of the following companies: www.walmart.com, www.target.com, www.macys.com, www.zappos.com, www.etsy.com, www.costco.com, www.6pm.com online merchandiser. At present the company you’ll choose is doing business in the USA and wants to enter in gulf region online market. Develop a detail strategy on the following: ✓ Explain how you will implement the virtual management? ✓ How you will manage the teams in both areas which is culturally, politically, and economically different? ✓ How the virtual teams will work together? ✓ What tools are they using? ✓ What are the advantages of using virtual management? ✓ What are some disadvantages they have and how they can overcome them? ✓ Explain how you will manage meetings between the teams in US and gulf in terms of time, place and language? ✓ As a manager how you will manage the outsourced projects? ✓ How would you solve a problem between two virtual workers? ✓ What is your advice to the team for improvement? Remember gulf countries are well positioned to experience the eCommerce expansion due to their high internet penetration and the fast-growing number of tablets, smartphones, and computers. Moreover, the market potential in the Gulf countries is attracting a growing number of online business players which make it a very competitor market. Project report structure: ➢ Title Page: the name of the institution, the title of the report, the name of the author and then add the date. ➢ Abstract: Brief summary of your work. 1 ➢ Table of contents: 1.Introduction: Background or introduction to state what the report is about. You have to give the reader an overview of the whole report. 2.Main Body of the report: Include your main work. End of Week 12 3.Conclusion. 4.References: Use APA style. 5.Presentation: You have to prepare for the presentation include your project summary and description. Week 13 – 14 (follow your instructor’s instructions) Project Parts Written part presentation Due date End of week 12 Week 13-14 Marks 10 marks 5 marks Useful links: ➢ http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/studentservices/documents/planning-andpreparing-to-write-assignments.pdf ➢ APA reference system https://student.unsw.edu.au/apa ➢ About plagiarism http://wts.indiana.edu/pamphlets/plagiarism.shtml ➢ About plagiarism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plagiarism Guidelines for the project assignment: ✓ This is an individual project, which is part from your course score. It requires effort and critical thinking. ✓ Use font Times New Roman, Calibri or Arial. ✓ Use 1.5 or double line spacing with left Justify all paragraphs. ✓ Use the footer function to insert page number. ✓ Ensure that you follow the APA style in your project. ✓ Your project report length should be between 1200 to 1600 words. ✓ 10 Marks for the written project. ✓ 5 Marks for the presentation. 2 
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