Impact of E-Business on Organization

The organization is looking forward to expand it working through the inclusion of E-commerce website and trading through the internet marketing to supply products to the global customers which is turn helps in increasing the return on investment of the project (DHL Master class, 2015). Research Aim The aim of the research is to develop a migration plan for transforming the business environment to the e-commerce global digitization platform. Research Objective The objectives of the research are: Development of the migration plan for the transformation of traditional business practices

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Contents
1. Introduction...................................................................................................................................2
2. Problem Domain............................................................................................................................2
3. Research Aim................................................................................................................................2
4. Research Objective........................................................................................................................3
5. Research questions........................................................................................................................3
6. Research Methodology..................................................................................................................4
Impact of E-business on Organization...............................................................................................5
Impact of E-business on Organization infrastructural changes..........................................................6
7. Major Risks associated with the proposed project.........................................................................7
8. Risk Mitigation plan and strategic approach..................................................................................9
9. Recommendation.........................................................................................................................12
10. Conclusion...............................................................................................................................12
11. References:..............................................................................................................................12

Title: Migration plan of the traditional working of the environment
to the e-business environment
1. Introduction
The organizations are moving towards deployment of digitization in their working curriculum
to enhance their business operations and expand it at the global glance. The earnings and the
profits can be increased of the organization by developing policies and strategic marketing
plans to attract customers from the global market of e-business. The e-business and e-
commerce are the terms used for performing trading of the company through the digital
platform. The quality of service provided to the customers can be enhanced by dealing
business through the internet working platform by making use of ICT technologies (OECD,
2015). The potential impact on the business process and the communication with the
customers can be effectively drawn with the use of e-commerce trading concept in the
business tactics. The traditional organization infrastructure should be changed according to
the modern ICT environment for initializing the trading through the internet and global
platform. In this paper, we are focusing on the migration plan of the traditional working of
the environment to the e-business environment. We will look on the impact of e-business on
the organization and its infrastructure for the continuation of trading through the internet. The
transformation of the working tactics to the global market is coping up with various risks
which should be taken under consideration for developing risks mitigation plan.
2. Problem Domain
The traditional working of the business deals with the supply of the product to the local
customers. The enterprise has a limited earning and profits due to the availability of the
limited customers in the local market. The organization is looking forward to expand it
working through the inclusion of E-commerce website and trading through the internet
marketing to supply products to the global customers which is turn helps in increasing the
return on investment of the project (DHL Master class, 2015).
3. Research Aim
The aim of the research is to develop a migration plan for transforming the business
environment to the e-commerce global digitization platform. The focus should be given on

the risks associated with the transformation of business tactics with the new environment of
e-business.
4. Research Objective
The objectives of the research are:
 Development of the migration plan for the transformation of traditional business
practices with the e-commerce website
 Analysis of the problem domain associated with the traditional working environment
of the organization
 Impact of E-business migration plan on the organization
 Changes required in the infrastructure of the organization
 Analysis and identification of the risks associated with the transformation of the
business to the new environment
 Development of the mitigation plan associated with the identified risks
 Advantages to the organization for migrating to the new environment of e-business
5. Research questions
The research questions which are undertaken for the analysis of effectiveness with the
migration plan of the traditional working of the environment to the e-business environment
are as follows
 What is the need of transforming the organization working architecture to the
digitization for trading?
 What is the migration plan required for developing a new environment of e-business
platform?
 What are the impacts of e-business on the business operation of the enterprise?
 What are the advantages of e-commerce on the organization profitability?
 What are the risks associated with the migration of current working structure to the e-
business online platform for trading?
 How the risks associated with the migration can be minimised?
 What are the risks mitigation plans for improving the end expected outcome of the
project?

6. Research Methodology
The qualitative research methodology is applied for analysing the need and requirement of
migrating traditional business practices to the e-business working environment. The
interviews, surveys, and questionnaire should be performed for communicating with the top
executives for knowing their need and requirement to bring changes in the current working
structure of the enterprise.
Interview:
The interview is arranged with the top executive manager of the organization for knowing
their requirement for bringing changes in the organization infrastructure. The technological
advancement and digitization are the two major factors for converting the traditional work
environment to the digital work environment. The top executives focused that the inclusion of
internet in the business premises helps in connecting to the global world. The global
digitization of the business premises helps in developing centralised connectivity to the
global customers. The top executives help in developing the requirement specification plan
for the business functions which are to be changed to the digital platform of e-business
connectivity. The research questions prepared for research study are used for managing
communication with the top executive to analyse and develop requirement specification plan
which helps in developing an e-commerce conceptual model for bringing organization
infrastructural changes.
Questionnaire:
The questionnaire is designed for taking cumulative analysis of the top executives, business
partners, and other expert on the research questions designed for the research study. The
opinions and views of the experts and professional are collected in the synchronised format
for analysing their expectation from the e-commerce working program for improving the
current working infrastructure. The questionnaire was arranged with the utilization of
research questions. The data gathered from the questionnaire program helps in analysing the
facts from the digital environment of enterprise, advantages of the e-business migration plan,
how the economic and financial condition of the enterprise can be improved, what are the
risks associated with the e-commerce trading, what are the possible solution and alternatives
to minimize the risks and challenges associated with the expansion of business to the global
environment, and many others.

Survey:
The survey was organized on the enterprise to analyse and collects facts and figures from the
current working environment of the businesses. It helps in founding the gaps which exist in
the traditional working of the firm which results into the acceptance of trading through e-
commerce. The finding of gaps and market analysis helps in aiding new features to the
ecommerce website which results into the inclusion of new customers and managing strong
bonding with the existing customers for increasing the sale of the business premises and
productivity.
The qualitative methodology performed on the business premises helps in exploring the
impact of e-business on organization business operations and the changes required in the
infrastructure of the firm.
Impact of E-business on Organization
The performance of the enterprise can be effectively improved with the inclusion of e-
business working environment and trading program because it helps in increasing the
reachability of the organization products and services to the global customers. The
knowledge domain and familiarity of the customers can be improved by increasing the
reachability of the organization products and services (Kauffman, Lee, Lee, and Yoo, 2015).
The automation in the business operation and functional program of the enterprise can be
obtained by making use of ICT technology for the conversion of business to e-business
environment. The selection of the E-commerce platform helps in managing good
communication between business to business, business to customers, customers to customers,
and customers to business according to the requirement of the business. The most preferred e-
commerce model for the organization is business to customers because it helps in developing
strong relationship with the customers and helps in attracting customers from the global
market. The e-business management program helps in bringing efficiency in the following
areas such as:
Strategic plan:
The business operations of the organization can be effectively improved by indulging the
strategic plan in the areas of quality management program, cost management plan, resource
management plan, financial management plan, human resource management plan, inventory
management plan, purchase management plan, risks management plan, and others. It helps in

taking strategic decision for increasing the productivity and profitability of the enterprise
(Owenje, 2013).
Increasing production:
The productivity of the organization can be improved by increasing the sale of the enterprise
in the global market. The development of the effective communication between various units
of the business helps in increasing the flow of information and aligning business objective
with the working process which in turn increases the productivity of the enterprise.
Effective Supply chain management system:
The analysis of the demand raised by the customers helps in managing the supply of the
product in the global market. The effective management of the supply chain of the product
helps in increasing the satisfaction level of the customers by getting product on time with
good quality of service. The productivity of the organization can be improved by increasing
the sale of the enterprise in the global market through the digital platform of e-business
(Santos and Tribolet, 2015).
Quality of Service:
The development of the e-business migration plan helps in managing effective
communication with the customers. The requests raised by the customers are instantly solved
by the customers service support which helps in developing effective and healthy relationship
with them. The 24 hours customer service facility is provided to the consumers.
Impact of E-business on Organization infrastructural changes
The transformation of the traditional working practices to the e-business environment
requires some infrastructural changes in the organization for the effective management of
hardware, software and network platform. The effective communication can be managed by
placing network connectivity between the business units (Shahjee, 2015). The inclusion of
B2B and B2C are the preferred e-commerce platform for doing trading with the businesses
and customers for increasing the profitability of the enterprise. The new hardware and
software are implemented with the network connectivity program for developing relationship
with the businesses and customers. The internet connectivity of the enterprises helps in
increasing the reachability of the organization and its product to the customers. The training

and development program should be arranged for the working employees to make them
expertise in dealing the e-business application of the enterprise to satisfy the requirement of
the customers from the global market. The automation in the areas of quality management
program, cost management plan, resource management plan, financial management plan,
human resource management plan, inventory management plan, purchase management plan,
risks management plan, and others helps in aligning the functionality of the e-business for
achieving the goals and objectives of the enterprise (Gunasekaran, Marri, McGaughey,
Nebhwani, 2012).
7. Major Risks associated with the proposed project
The risks should be identified which are associated with the migration plan of the traditional
environment to the new e-business application for achieving global growth of the enterprise.
The final outcome of the project can be improved by minimizing the impact of risks on the
organization premises and e-business system by measuring the risks severity and likelihood
for calculating the rank of the risks. The risks severity and likelihood are categorised as very
high, high, medium, and low with the associated number of 4, 3, 2, and 1. The addition of the
risks severity and risks likelihood is equal to the risks rank which helps in setting priority to
the associated risks for developing the effective mitigation plan.
Risks
Identification
Probability of
occurrence
Risks
Severity
Risks
Likelihood
Risks
Rank
Impact
Technical risks High 4 3 7 The inclusion of
the new
technology
should meets
the business
objectives and
goal
Operational
Risks
High 3 3 6 Incapability of
the employees
in handling E-
business can
affect the
productivity of

the organization
Employees
Risks
Medium 2 2 4 Employees are
not willing to
change their
traditional
working
practices in
which they are
having expertise
Inefficiency in
handling tasks
of online
business trading
Financial Risks High 2 4 6 The change in
the organization
with the new
environment of
e-business
requires large
amount of
investment
which can be
difficult for the
owner to
manage
Legal risks Low 1 2 3 Inefficiency of
the IT company
to develop
effective e-
commerce
solution of the
enterprise
(Seethamraju,

2006)
Infrastructural
risks
Low 2 1 3 The
organization
infrastructure
have to be
changed for the
placement of
new hardware,
software, and
network
connectivity
Security risks High 4 4 8 The
confidentiality,
accuracy,
reliability, and
integrity of the
information can
lost
8. Risk Mitigation plan and strategic approach
Risks Identification Risks Description Risks Rank Risks Mitigation plan
Technical risks The inclusion of the
new technology
should meets the
business objectives
and goal
High The test plan should
be developed for
analysing the
effectiveness of the
technology used for
developing the e-
commerce website of
the enterprise. The
functionality of the e-
commerce website
should align with the

organization goal and
objectives
Operational Risks Incapability of the
employees in
handling E-business
can affect the
productivity of the
organization
High Training and
development
program should be
arranged for the staff
members to handle
the business
operation through
online business to
provide quality of
service to the
customers (Tao,
2012)
Employees Risks Employees are not
willing to change
their traditional
working practices in
which they are
having expertise
Inefficiency in
handling tasks of
online business
trading
Medium Training and
development
program should be
arranged for the staff
members to handle
the business
operation through
online business to
provide quality of
service to the
customers
Financial Risks The change in the
organization with the
new environment of
e-business requires
large amount of
investment which can
be difficult for the
owner to manage
High The market analysis
should be done for
developing the
budget of the new
program for
estimating the market
price of the required
hardware, software,
and network

connectivity. It helps
in minimizing the
difference between
the estimated budget
and actual cost of the
project (Krell and
Gale, 2014)
Legal risks Inefficiency of the IT
company to develop
effective e-commerce
solution of the
enterprise
Medium Service level
agreement should be
signed with the IT
solution company for
designing e-business
application according
to the requirement of
the enterprise
Infrastructural risks The organization
infrastructure have to
be changed for the
placement of new
hardware, software,
and network
connectivity
Low The adverse effect of
changes should be
measured by
analysing the
difference in the
business operation
and processes
(Troshani and Rao,
2015)
Security risks The confidentiality,
accuracy, reliability,
and integrity of the
information can lost
High The security risks
associated with the e-
commerce website
can be reduced by
providing unique
login credentials to
the customers and
passwords,
installation of
firewall protection

system, and making
use of cryptographic
procedures for
transforming
confidential
information into
cipher text notation
form
9. Recommendation
It is recommended for the organization to transform their traditional working practices to the
new environment of e-business trading system for increasing the reachability to the global
customers. The security is the major concern with the trading program through e-business.
The security risks associated with the e-commerce website can be reduced by providing
unique login credentials to the customers and passwords, installation of firewall protection
system, and making use of cryptographic procedures for transforming confidential
information into cipher text notation form.
10. Conclusion
It can be concluded that the enterprise can increase their profitability by developing strong
bonding with the global customers through the deployment of e-business application. The
most preferred e-commerce model for transforming the business tactics to the e-business
environment are business to business model and business to customers model.
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