Elective Modules

Course Modules | Core Modules

Note that not all the elective modules will be available each year.

E-Commerce and its Impact highlights the challenges and the opportunities presented by e-commerce to both individuals and organisations. E-commerce business models, as well as the relevant technical and policy issues that emerge will be discussed.

Customer-focused Management in Communications provides a clear appreciation of the vital role that customer management plays globally and the challenges faced by international service marketers.

International joint ventures and strategic alliances offers a theoretical and case study based critique of one of the main ways through which telecommunication companies expand into new markets and offer services.

Risk and project management of projects in communications aims to shed light on the complexities involved in the management of large scale projects and introduce tools and techniques that can be deployed to minimise the risk of project failure.

ICT and development provides a detailed understanding of the relationship between ICT services and technologies and socio-economic development. This relationship provides a vehicle to explore how ICT contributes to the wider socio-economic development goals of individuals, governments and organisations in developing countries.

Exploring the Internet: organisational and policy issues concentrates on understanding the revolutionary impact of the Internet. How organisations have reacted to the emergence of this technology and the policy issues that it raises are both addressed.