Students should refer to the course objectives, outline, notes, and readings as a guideline for review. Students will have some choice of questions. Course Outline Readings for each class period are below. The relationship between technology and networking The goal of the first session is to provide an overview and a perspective for studying telecommunications and networking. Working definitions for telecommunications and networking will be established for the course, and students will be introduced to some of the theoretical issues concerning the nature of communication.
Information needs and uses.
Human networks in organizational information processing. Chapter 1, pp. Learning the internet and the structure of information behavior. Barriers and gateways to communication. Harvard Business Review , November-December, pp.