Analyzing E-Business Fundamentals and Systems in Organizations

This report provides a detailed analysis of e-business fundamentals and systems, focusing on the transformative changes in contemporary hierarchical business activities due to e-technologies. It explores the positive impacts, such as fairness, enhanced customer service, improved marketing, and digitalization of order transactions. The report also addresses the risks and threats associated with e-technologies, offering practical solutions for technology suppliers, including computer system protection, password security, anti-virus software, IT staff training, regular system updates, and data backups. Furthermore, it emphasizes the importance of training programs, insurance, and secure online presence to mitigate potential risks, concluding that managing threats is crucial for stimulating a firm's business environment and ensuring the successful operation of e-business firms.

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Contents
Introduction.................................................................................................................................................3
Changes in present-day hierarchical business activities because of e-advancements...................................3
Overcoming risks and threats related to e-technologies...............................................................................5
Conclusion...................................................................................................................................................7
References...................................................................................................................................................8

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Introduction
Present era has been moving with a boost towards the revolutionary concepts such as
globalization, modernization, and digitalization. These are some of the contemporary terms that
are observed as the greatest contributors in the growth and development of business environment
within an economy (Soto, Pedro, Simona, and Daniel 2016, 885-904). E-business is one of the
inspired forms that is adopted by the business firms for executing business practices by using
mechanisms such as Web, intranet, internet, extranets or some combinations of some other
contemporary mechanisms. This business process as a whole has been considered as the process
of electronic business (E-business). The term e-business has been considered similar to the idea
of web-based business, however, one of the greatest contrast is that e-business is way broader
procedure comprise of purchasing and offering of items and administrations through online
medium. E-business is a much wide idea and incorporates the number of perspectives, ideas and
business procedures, for example, inventory network administration, client relationship
administration and electronic request handling. These are a portion of the business rehearses that
are required to be executed by the business companies with more prominent proficiency and
adequacy. What's more, E-business helps the business organizations in the execution of the
procedures in a more viable way. E-business is a more extensive idea and incorporates shifted
the scope of different terms, for example, re-following and web-based business. As the business
companies are more into digitalization and modernization the ideas, for example, undertaking
asset arranging (ERP), client relationship administration (CRM) have increased the awesome
level of importance (McElheran, Kristina 2015, 1197-1216). The underneath report has been
executed on the idea of e-business advances and effect of the same on the contemporary
authoritative business. Further, the report likewise includes the arrangements accommodated the
providers for the dangers and the dangers related to these advances.
Changes in present-day hierarchical business activities because of e-advancements
The web has been considered as one of the best and huge component and is additionally one of
the greatest advancements of e-innovations (Veit 2014, 45-53). The web has changed the way
does the business and the business enterprises can exploit the innovation for its own advantages.
E-business has been considered as the way toward executing business tasks and practices by

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methods for web and online means and the e-advancements are the instruments e-apparatuses or
the medium used for the working business. The procedure of e-business incorporates different
practices, for example, trading information or data, putting in and taking requests, inside
correspondence (communicating with the staff individuals) and so on. The e-business advances
are held at risk in fortifying the hierarchical activities in positive and negative terms (Chaffey,
Dave 2015). The beneath introduced is a portion of the positive effects that will be seen on the
authoritative activities of a business element:
No discrimination on any grounds should be followed: Working on reasonable and parallel
terms has been considered as one of the greatest elements for progress and development of a
person inside a business firm. Also, in the event of e-business advances, the activities are
executed on the web. This will produce a feeling of fairness as the specialist connecting with the
staff will know the execution level of the concerned individual and the staff will be judged on the
same premise. Consequently, a feeling of fairness will be produced and the representatives will
be spurred and the inspired staff will endeavor to work harder subsequently expanding
productivity and adequacy of the conveyance procedure (Gollenia, Lars Alexande 2016). This
demonstrates the hierarchical activities will be emphatically affected.
Enhanced nature of client administrations: E-advancements give the business elements
number of apparatuses and instruments to bring cost adequacy in the business tasks. For
example, the e-technological devices will help the substance by sparing cash in the tasks related
to client administrations. By making utilization of online applications and frameworks, for
example, cloud computing the business element can straightforwardly store the records and
required points of interest on a computer and other systems and can get access over the same
whenever they need (Turban 2015). There will be no need of venturing out over and over to the
customer. The voyaging costs and endeavors will be limited and furthermore, the putaway
information will be precise and will give better and enhanced results. In this manner, this will
upgrade the nature of the hierarchical tasks.
Marketing: Internet is again one of the best media through which the business organization can
execute exchanges and work business on a more extensive level at once. For example, by making
utilization of web the association is required to create an outline an online entryway and through
which they can make the accessibility of the items to a great extent for the clients. The web has

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been considered as one of the biggest stages through which the business firm can make
accessibility of the items and administrations in an orderly way and that too without any
difficulty (Bradley 2016). Operational proficiency and viability in a conveyance of items and
administrations will be watched and a more prominent level of fulfillment to a client will be
conveyed.
Digitalization of request section transactions: Placing and taking orders and keeping up
records and required fundamental information has been considered as one of the critical errand or
business task for any of the business association. By making utilization of any of the
contemporary component or web-based frameworks the business substance can acquire a climb
the viability and ampleness of the business activities (De, Hans, and Ernst 2018). Also, in this
manner, this mechanical up-degree has been considered as one of the best positive change that
will be knowledgeable about the hierarchical activities by the business association.
Overcoming risks and threats related to e-technologies
Most of the business organizations face risks and threats on daily basis and it is considered as a
reality and that is required to be faced by the business organizations (Benyoucef, Morad, Michael
Weiss, and Hafedh 2015). The same case is with e-business, there is the varied range of issues
and risks associated with the routine operations and business practices. The technology suppliers
of the e-business organizations are required to make efficient and effective precautions and
measures for dealing and tackling the issues and threats. There are some approaches and
mechanisms that are required to be adopted by the technology suppliers for developing solutions
against the risks within the business enterprises. The below mentioned are some of the practical
steps and compliance of which will be proven advantageous for the firm:
 Preventing computer and other networking systems
 Developing and securing the passwords for systems and programs (Kadry, Seifedine, and
Abdelkhalak 2017)
 Making installations of anti-virus, anti-spyware and firewalls for preventing computer
systems
 Provision of training sessions for IT staff
 The systems and programs are required to be updated on the regular basis

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 Data back-ups are one of the essential requirement
 Regular updating in terms of norms and regulations in concern to the process and use of
e-technologies
Moreover, a detailed description has been presented for measures and precautions that are
required to be implemented by the e-technology dealers in a business organization (Aboelmaged,
Mohamed 2016, 606-631). These precautions are also referred as the solutions that will be
proven beneficial for overcoming the threats and risks associated with the organizational
operations of the business corporation:
Training and induction programs for the staff and management
Under this section the suppliers of technology and the management staff of the business entity
are required to make provision of training and induction sessions in relation to generate
awareness about the processes and procedures adopted for preventing e-technology and these
steps and processes also for the IT policies are norms and regulations that are pursued within the
business organization. And these operations and processes are considered as the very much
significant step for the risk management strategies (Monfort, Valérie, and Karl 2015). Various
business operations and practices will be considered while conducting these training sessions:
 Prioritizing the activities and actions in case of any of the occurrence of the online
security breach (Bak, Ozlem 2018)
 Handling and managing the attacked mails and systems
 Developing a strict sense of security over the confidential details of customers (Chang,
and Barun 2015, 26-36)
The technology dealers and the management heads are the authorities held responsible for the
execution of all the operations and functionalities and also have some obligations to be followed
ethically.
Insurance: Ensuring the property that can be assumed to be under threat or risk has been
considered as one of the crucial tasks for the business organizations (Campos et al. 2015).
Business insurance can be considered as a solution to the risks and threats that may arise in
future, as it provides ensuring against the miss-happenings that may occur in future. And hence

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due to all this the process of ensuring the business entity has been considered as one of an
empirical task that is required to be executed essentially and effectively. There are numerous
associated and co-related operations that should be conducted for ensuring the business such as
updating the insurance on the timely basis, especially in case of new risks and threats to the
business.
Online presence should be developed securely: Online platforms are the contemporary means
of the marketing and promotion through which the business entity can make their reach to the
customers with an ease and that to ion a large scale at a time. And hence the online presence of
the has been considered as one of the supporting hand in the success and growth of any of the
business entity. In a digital world, the online presence of a firm is its brand equity and hence it
has a high level of significance and this is the main reason for which the online presence should
be developed several (Macarthur, Hamish, and Merlin 2016). This process of preventing the
online web-based presence comprise of securing the online portals, official websites email
accounts, data stored in various systems and other confidential details. A wide range of online
applications and systems are available and the same can be adopted by the e-technology
suppliers for preventing the online presence of the business entity. One of the most suitable
examples that can be implemented within a business firm is secure socket layer (SSL).
Conclusion
After summing up the above-executed analysis it has been evaluated that threats and risks are
considered as a major issue that is responsible for stimulating the business environment for a
firm. And as per the given scenario, it has been presented that the organizational operations of e-
business firms are also affected by threats and risks. The report comprises of the major risks that
may stimulate the operations and further solutions for the same has been provided.

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