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Management Information Systems: Solving Business Problems with Information Technology, 3/e
Gerald V. Post, University of the Pacific
David L. Anderson, DePaul U/McGowan Center
Networks and Telecommunications

Chapter Outline


  1. Overview
  2. Introduction
  3. Network Functions
    1. Sharing Data
    2. Sharing Hardware
    3. Sharing Software
    4. Voice and Video Communication
  4. Components of a Network
    1. Computers
    2. Transmission Media
    3. Connection Devices
  5. Network Structure
    1. Shared-Media Networks
    2. Switched Networks
    3. Enterprise Networks
  6. Standards
    1. The Need for Standards
    2. A Changing Environment
    3. Internet TCP/IP Reference Model
  7. The Internet
    1. How the Internet Works
    2. Internet Features
    3. Internet Mail
    4. Access to Data on the Internet
    5. Internet 2
    6. Wireless Networks and Mobile Commerce
  8. Global Telecommunications
    1. Technical Problems
    2. Legal and Political Complications
    3. Cultural Issues
    4. Comment
  9. Summary
  10. Key Words
  11. Website References
  12. Additional Reading
  13. Review Questions
  14. Exercises
  15. Cases: Specialty Retail
  16. Appendix: Creating Web Pages
    1. Styles
    2. Creating Pages with HTML
    3. Graphics
    4. Links
    5. Forms and e-Business
    6. Additional File Types
    7. Publishing Documents on the Web
    8. Exercises




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