this state-of-the-art book examines the changes in it education which are imposed by the proliferation of networked applications within commercial organisations. topics covered include but are not limited to: review of the state of the art in network-centric, multimedia it applications; positive and negative impact of network-centric, multimedia it on business and professional educational activities; security and rights management of computer-based information systems; ethics of network uses; the applications of the internet and intranet in business, industry, public administration, professional education and training; cooperation between the educational system and industry; providing competencies for professional education stakeholders to cope with drastic changes in it; measurement and analysis of it education and training. this volume contains the proceedings of the international conference on educating professionals for network-centric organisations sponsored by the international federation for information processing (ifip) and held in august 1998 in saitama, japan. the book will prove invaluable to teachers and curriculum designers working in informatics or related disciplines in education.