Telecommunications Management for the Data Processing Executive: A Decision-Maker's Guide to Systems Planning and Implementation

by Bloomsbury Academic

Overview

This book is designed to help telecommunications managers prepare themselves and their companies for the 1990s by providing a practical guide to researching, buying, and consulting on office telecommunications systems. The author covers voice communications technologies and products, local, metropolitan, and wide area networks for data transmission, and the various bypass technologies available today, including satellite, microwave, and fiber optic based systems. A detailed section on management aspects of telecommunications discusses the process of defining company telecommunications requirements, strategic telecommunications planning, and future trends in telecommunications. Must reading for every telecommunications manager this book provides a solid basis for successful systems planning and trouble-free implementation.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780899301105
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	11/25/1987
Pages:	204
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

MILBURN D. SMITH, III is an office systems consultant in New York City.

Table of Contents

Exhibits
Introduction
Part 1. The Telecommunications Environment The Changing Role of the Communications Manager
Telecommunications After Divestiture and Deregulation
Telecommunications Services
Part 2. Telecommunications Technologies
Data Networks
Bypass Technologies
Part 3. Telecommunications Management
Defining Your Company's Telecommunications Requirements
Strategic Telecommunications Planning
Future Trends in Telecommunications
Appendices
Glossary of Terms
Index