netwcom

Network Communication

Subject for Economist Student on University Level

Language: English

1. The role of the education in the realization of the training¢s aim

The aim of the education is to prepare the students for the 21st century. In this new era they need to have new concepts for the future, and have to be able to take active part in the Information Society. The economists have to know the different kind of methods and techniques to get in contact to each other through the world-network.

2. The professional background

The managers, who are ready to control effectively the activity of the enterprices, to make decisions with compute-based information have to find the possibilities of the information technology. Grounded on the knowledge in computer science and information systems the students learn the use of computer network by the help of different, user-friendly software, which gives simple possibility for access to the network.

4. The personal and technical conditions

Personal conditions: The responsible professor: Mária Raffai dr., economist with a master of science scientific degree (specialty in computer science) Publications: 11 books and many proceedings

The necessary and the available technical conditions / Internet worldnet

5. The contents of the subject in weeks

1. week: The challenge and the realization of the computer society, the globalization of the economics and the society
2. week: The technical revolution at the end of the 20th century
3. week: The attributes of the information society, the virtual realty
4. week: The international and national programs
5. week: The types of world-nets and the Internet
6. week: Mailing on the Internet: Mail, Mailing lists, Newsgroups, Newsreader
7. week: Browser in the net: Archie, Gopher
8. week: Browser on the www
9. week: Searching information in the net with the Netscape program
10. week: Direct communications and searching for users: IRC, Telnet, Ping, Finger, Talk, Whois
11. week: Other possibilities: teleworking, teleteaching, shopping, bank-transactions
12. week: The Internet applications for business activities, Web's ethic and rules, creating Home Pages
13. week: International databases and getting information from the DBASE-s
14. week: Discussion and evaluation of the homework
15. week: Juristical and safety problems of the networks

6. Literature:

Raffai- Szabó: With Netscape Navigator on the Internet
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