CEF Courses 

Some of our modules:
- ECOM6008 Supply chain and e-logistics management,
- ECOM6014 E-marketing,
- ECOM6016 Electronic payment systems,
- ECOM6023 E-financial services, and
- ICOM6034 Website engineering
have been approved by the HKSAR Government as reimbursable courses under the Continuing Education Fund (CEF).


Each eligible* applicant will be reimbursed up to 80% of the module fee or $10,000, whichever sum is the less, upon successful completion of a module. These applicants may claim reimbursement of more than one reimbursable module, subject to a ceiling of HK$ 10,000.

Students who are eligible to apply for the CEF should submit the application before the module commencement date.

For more information on CEF, please refer to the web site at:
http://www.sfaa.gov.hk/cef/index.htm

* Eligibility: Persons who
- are Hong Kong residents who have the right of abode or the right to land or to remain in Hong Kong without restriction. Holders of one-way permits from Mainland China may also apply. ( A copy of the one-way permit and the HKID card should be attached to the application form );
- have enrolled in and paid the tuition fee for a reimbursable course before the course commences; and 
- are aged from 18 to 60 at the time of application and on seeking reimbursement of their fees.

ECOM6008 Supply chain and e-logistics management
(CEF course code: 25Z02015-4)

The module is designed to prepare you to apply analytical methodologies and information technology in supply chain management. Traditionally industries have focussed on operation evaluation and performance improvement of mainly the manufacturing process; however, the deficiency of supply chain coordination results in severe downgrade of business competitiveness. With advent of information technology, computers not only improve manufacturing operation and management and also strategic decision-making as well. This module focuses on the systems approach to the planning, analysis, design, development, and evaluation of supply chain and e-logistics management.

ECOM6014 E-marketing
(CEF course code: 21Z03666-1)

This module considers how to create customer centric strategies for e-businesses. Marketing focuses on the interaction between the producer and the consumer. Although this focus remains unchanged in e-marketing, our ability to foster this interaction with technology has been dramatically increased. The Internet provides new forms of communications like web sites, e-mail, and mobile communications. However, these technologies do not necessarily replace traditional marketing vehicles like mass media, direct mail, and telephone marketing, but instead augment them to improve the customer experience.

The primary focus of this module is how to more effectively implement marketing strategies using electronic technology. During this module we develop the notion of an interactive marketing strategy. This allows companies to interact with consumers on an individual basis and create customized products and services using personalized knowledge about a consumer. As part of this module we develop a compatible set of quantitative techniques to implement interactive marketing strategies. Throughout the module we explore examples and cases to understand how e-marketing is evolving in practice. 

ECOM6016 Electronic payment systems
(CEF course code: 23Z01925-8)

This module deals with technology and computer systems for managing and handling payments across electronic networks. It covers topics on payment gateways, clearance, credit card transactions, digital cash, micro-payments, authenticity, integrity, intermediaries and risk management.

ECOM6023 E-financial services
(CEF course code: 23Z04768-5)

This module provides students with the fundamentals in the operations as well as the management of electronic commerce in the financial service industry. It presents an overall picture of e-commerce applications in the financial sector and also the future development trends in e-finance. Specific topics include managerial financial knowledge before e-finance, creative destruction & framework of e-finance; the recent development of e-banking, e-brokerage, e-warrant, e-insurance, e-wealth management, valuation of technology, Value based management as well as current issues in e-finance. Various cases will be studied.

ICOM6034 Website engineering
(CEF course code: 22Z01896-8)

This module will introduce the standards, the software technologies, and some good practices for implementing websites and web applications.

The topics covered will be organized into four parts: (1) Website development basics (system architecture, server- and client-side technologies); (2) Design and implementation of web applications (rich Internet applications, client-side frameworks, MVC design patterns and libraries, content management systems); (3) Interoperability of web applications and services (data formats, web APIs, mashups, cloud services); and (4) Optimizations (data replication and caching, server clustering, traffic analysis, search engine optimizations).