Abstract
In Taiwan, the small and medium enterprises account for over 97% of total enterprises, small and medium enterprises are the important force to support economic development of Taiwan. This study discusses the e-commerce workforce demand of small and medium enterprises in Taiwan and the e-commerce technology or ability that these enterprises need. This study regards the 71 relevant e-commerce workforces, and about 1,000 small and medium enterprises in Taiwan are our study objects. Importance analysis regarding courses and workforce would be carried out, Borich needs assessment model (BNAM) and modified BDN would be used to carry out workforce demand analysis. Key words: E-commerce, course, workforce demand analysis, Borich needs assessment model (BNAM).
Highlights
According to the statistics from “white paper on small and medium enterprises In Taiwan”, 2009, there are more than 1.234 million of small and medium enterprises in Taiwan in 2008, which accounts for 97.7% of total enterprises; the employment number is 7.966 million that accounts for 76.58% of total employment rate; employed staff number is 5.469 million that accounts for 69.21% of total employed staff rate
The theme of this study is to focus on thousands of small and medium enterprises in Taiwan to carry out questionnaire investigation, importance analysis, Borich needs assessment model (BNAM) analysis, and modified BNAM analysis, hopefully the demands from small and medium enterprises in Taiwan towards e-commerce courses could be found
Small and medium enterprises are very important management systems in the economy of Taiwan, which account for over 97% of total enterprises; the application and implementation of e-commerce are the goal that both government and small and medium enterprises want to achieve
Summary
According to the statistics from “white paper on small and medium enterprises In Taiwan”, 2009, there are more than 1.234 million of small and medium enterprises in Taiwan in 2008, which accounts for 97.7% of total enterprises; the employment number is 7.966 million that accounts for 76.58% of total employment rate; employed staff number is 5.469 million that accounts for 69.21% of total employed staff rate. Small and medium enterprises occupy sizable proportion in the economic activities of Taiwan, they are the important force to support the economic development of Taiwan. Since small and medium enterprises are so important to the industries Taiwan, this study discusses the ecommerce workforce demand of small and medium enterprises in Taiwan and the e-commerce technology or ability that these enterprises need. BDN workforce demand averages for small and medium enterprises. Course Advanced information security E-commerce and law Mobile commerce application and design Seminar on information security technology Advanced data mining application E-commerce regulating Model Advanced network programming Advanced decision support systems Business process reengineering Advanced data base design. Advanced Information Safety still ranks the first, Multimedia Database System ranks the second, Advanced Network Programming ranks the third, Advanced Database Design ranks the fourth, MCommerce Application ranks the fifth, and E-Commerce Law ranks the tenth. 1) From the perspective of importance, small and medium enterprises focus on the information safety problems; from the perspective of workforce demand, small and medium enterprises emphasize higher level of information safety, since small and medium enterprises can solve general information safety problems, so they need more advanced technical workforce to solve higherlevel of information safety problems. 2)
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