1. E – business department
Faculty of Economics Skopje
Prof. Kalina Trenevska Blagoeva

2. Mission of the Faculty of Economics
Permanent education of highly professional staff able to solve the issues competitively, and to meet the challenges of the new millenium and to strenghten the enterprise competitiveness to a European level using highly qualitative curricula in business and economics. The Faculty, also, provides professional services and research in enterprises and public sector. So, the Faculty is the leader on national level and permanently strenghtening its reputation on international level.
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3. MISSION OF THE e-business department
I(C)T
Marketing
Management
MISSION OF THE e-business department
- to provide the international business world with highly skilled e-business professionals who, acting on the cutting edge of business and ICT, improve the effectiveness of organizations by high quality programs in Marketing, Management and ICT.

4. E-business department-short intro
Established 2002 with mutual cooperation between Fontys University – Eindhoven, The Netherlands and Faculty of Economics - Skopje
Supported by TEMPUS project
International character
15 new developed e-business courses
Over 600 students enrolled
New teaching methods – project oriented learning

5. International cooperation
TEMPUS project E-business Management for the Faculty of Economics Skopje - EBUSMAN
Consortium:
- Fontys University of Applied Sciences – Marketing Management Institute Eindhoven, The Netherlands – Contractor and coordinator
- University of professional education/Hogeschool West Vlaanderen Kortrijk, Belgium
- Faculty of Economics University Ss. Cyril and Methodius
- Faculty of Economics Prilep University St. Kliment Ohridski
- Faculty of Electrical Engineering University Ss. Cyril and Methodius

6. International character
English is official language – all e-business courses are taught in English
International & domestic professors – for curriculum development and lecturing
International & domestic students – exchange student program

7. Learn differently, be competitive
New student oriented educational and teaching methods
Business placement in domestic and international companies
Students solve real practical e-business problems by implementing their theoretical knowledge about e-business gained on the lectures and exercises
Create productively ready students for the companies
Establish and enhance the cooperation between the Faculty and the companies, organizations and institutions
Establish the contacts between the students and the companies

8. Benefits for stakeholders
Students: implement the theoretical knowledge in real life situations; acquiring practical knowledge about the developments in e-business area in the country, in the region and in the World; establishing contacts with companies, future employers.
Companies: getting solutions for their problems for free; identification of possible future employees; overview of the current academic curricula and influencing on it.
The Faculty: implementing the project-oriented studying; identification of the needs of the companies and adjusting the curricula; developing “ready to do business” students

9. Curriculum for e-business department
4 years / 8 semesters study
15 new e-business courses
16 standard economics and business courses

10. Curriculum for e-business department structure of the courses
Intro
Introduction E-business Course
Foundations of Digital Economy;
Business Communications; Internet Marketing;
Management of E-business 1;
Business processes
Logistics; Management of E-business 2;
Accessing Applications over Internet
Supply chain
Business intelligence
Operational Excellence in the Internet Environment; State of the Art
Optimizing
Project management; Capstone experience;
Technical issues
Internet Architecture;
Establishing Web Presence;
Legal and Ethical
Legal and Ethical Internet Issues

11. State-of-the-art equipment
Modern computer lab, latest tech
- Client –server LAN, based on powerful server and 51 PC’s Pentium 4
- Fast Internet Access
- Flat panels; LCD projector; printers, scanners and back up unit
- ERP and BI software
- Web design and development tools
Tools for development e-business application
New lab – established in 2007, 30 PCs

12. “Master of E-business Management by distance learning at the Faculty of Economics in Skopje (MEMFES)“Темпус програма
Партнери на проектот се:
Koordinator i partner:
Ekonomski fakultet, Univerzitet “Sveti Kiril i Metodij”, Skopje, Makedonija
Partneri:
Fakultet za elekrotehnika i informaciski tehnologii, Univerzitet “Sveti Kiril i Metodij”, Skopje, Makedonija
Fontys University of Applied Sciences, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Hogeschool West Vlaanderen, Department Simon Stevin, Bruges, and Department PiH, Kortrijk, Belgium
University Pantheon, Sorbonne, Paris I, Paris, France

13. The Design of the Master’s 9 modules 60 ECTS

15. Students that learn Information technologies
E-business students
Students that learn Information technologies
Students that don't have Information technologies
Satisfied with Zephyr platform
87%
Use of the Internet and software in other subjects
53%
58%
72%
Interest to continue education on Master of e-business
50%
Need extra knowledge in in IT
86%
IT are not enough applied in other subjects
92%
Attended specialized courses
22%
15%

16. Additional evidence on the positive role of eBusiness in driving up the efficiency of business processes is provided by the 2006 edition of the e-Business
According to the survey, 44% of enterprises, representing 57% of the overall employment, said that they had experienced a positive effect of ICT on the efficiency of their business processes.
The perceived positive impact of ICT is correlated with the enterprise size: 76% of large (250+employees) gave a positive feedback compared to 38% of micro enterprises (less than 10 employees).
ICT does not only translate into leaner processes but it is also felt as an important factor for improving relations with client: 44% of businesses, comprising 52% of total employment reported an ICT led improvement in the quality of the customer service.

18. Another important educational impact of ICT is on perception:
• ‘e-learning Nordic 2006’ shows that pupils, teachers
and parents consider that ICT has a positive impact
on learning, and allows for programmes tailored to
individual pupils’ needs.
• The Dutch Government noted teachers becoming
more and more convinced of improved educational
achievements through the use of ICT.
• In a Commission study of teachers in spring 2006,
teachers using ICT had positive attitudes to their
impacts on students, particularly for collaborative
work and for being more attentive while in class.

19. Global trends Existence of digital gaps and divides between countries
The ICT sector is the most globalised part of the world economy. ICT products represent more than one quarter of the world imports and one fifth of world exports.
E-business is developing extremely rapidly in both developed and developing countries, as a instrument to overcome economic barriers.
International market for ICTs is already enormous and now is growing at a rate of 8% per year.

20. ICT trends for our country
Lack of statistical data
ICT and related segments of the economy are growing faster than others.
Development of ICTs is shifting from production to services
Software production is a leading segment of ICT related production
The share of locally produced software is no more than 5 to 10 % of the total software used
The level of development of the ICT sector is closely connected with the liberalization level of the ICT economy
High demand for ICT specialist

21. E-business trends
Information is one of the key factors that motivates people to use the Internet
The task of providing demand-driven information to all users is one of the main driving forces for Internet penetration
Necessary infrastructure for e-business applications is only now being put into place

22. E-business readiness According McConnell International:
Connectivity (are networks easy and affordable to access and to use)
E-leadership (is e-readiness a national priority)
Information security (can the processing and the storage of networked information be trusted)
Human capital (are the right people available to support e-business and to built knowledge based society)
E-business climate (how easy is it to do e-business today)

23. Conclusions
The knowledge transfer between research centres (universities) and enterprises should be promoted.
To counteract the e-business skill-shortages in the country, opportunities for vocational training and for ICT product demonstrations to companies should be offered.
Information should be provided to businesses on how to assess cost-benefits of e-business. Especially SMEs should be helped to better understand organisational aspects of e-business, not just focused on technology.
Good practices should be identified and their benefits communicated to businesses
The use of e-learning should be stimulated.

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