In the past few weeks, you’ve been “consulting” on the various  networking technologies. As a manager, you will need to know how to  evaluate the recommendations of the people on your team, many of whom  may be more qualified than you to decide the best course of action. You  must have a working knowledge of how the various technologies work.  Reliability may be your most important concern. Another is cost. As a  leader, you’ll have to find a balance between quality issues and  expense.

• Discuss how you are going to evaluate the recommendations rather  than just saying you will evaluate them. What will you take into  consideration? Will 802.11 be sufficient for your small business? What  about a larger one? Do you need ATM? Why or why not? What about gigabit  Ethernet?
• Fully develop your ideas so your instructor will know that you have understood the learning objectives for this week.