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This paper presents the development of a study program in “Business Informatics” at the Wroclaw University of Economics, Poland and its educational evolution since the InSITE2011. Gathering experiences and having strong cooperation with software companies, we decided to redesign our program including two aspects of education: practice and compacting courses into more problem oriented topics. Additionally, education effects are discussed in the National Framework of Qualification context. The new structure of subjects taught and the organization of the curriculum for bachelor’s and master’s levels are detailed. The authors discuss also potential direction of professional education based on participation of partners interested in our graduates: IBM Poland, Oracle Poland, SAP Poland, and Volvo. Examples of common initiatives with our partners are presented.

In this paper a study program of “Business Informatics” at the Wroclaw University of Economics, Poland, is presented. The structure of subjects taught and organization of the curriculum for Bachelor and Master levels are detailed. The education model is presented along with descriptions of profession-oriented modules. The authors discussed also a comparison of the new program of Business Informatics and a previous one, called “Informatics and Econometrics” that was common and official program of applied informatics in business schools in Poland. The perspectives and the constraints of program implementation of the new field of study are indicated.

Contemporary computers give huge possibilities for processing different structures of data e.g. multimedia data types and very unconstrained in construction - object types. Moreover these different structures are processed using methods called intelligent. Knowledgebases (a specific sort of intelligent systems), as a consequence of variety of solutions, belong ambiguous terms. Principally, applications with a stored knowledgebase and a reasoning mechanism - to stress its structural components - are termed knowledgebases. Directions of the research concerning knowledgebases and expressing their peculiar characteristics (coming from the main message of scientific formation in the past) are presented in this paper. The starting point of the paper is observed impact of management processes on intelligent systems and vice versa. Managerial context (including classical, behavioural, quantitative, integrating contemporary and future management approaches) of knowledgebases became the ground to draft development of applications of this sort framework. Taking into account research on knowledgebases, a set of knowledgebase development determinants is discussed.

Observing new concepts in information technology, we pay attention to its impact on more effective supporting human and organisational knowledge. Knowledge management (KM) is one of such promising and intriguing concepts. Its goals and infrastructures are defined in different ways, therefore interdisciplinary approach seems to be useful. We have presented a short survey of theoretical concepts in management, marketing and decision theory, which were adapted by the theory of KM. On the other hand, knowledge validation (KV), defined as two procedures: verification and evaluation any form of knowledge, is aimed on assuring its quality. The paper discusses the crucial interrelationships between knowledge validation and management. The main goal of this work is positioning KV activities in the context of knowledge management process, emphasising usability of KV techniques during the whole process.

Distance learning improves access to education and - in most cases - advances the quality of education delivery. Its key attributes are: openness, interactiveness and using multimedia teaching materials allowing: learning by anybody, at any place and anywhere. In order to assure high quality of learning, the offered courses should satisfy audience expectations and should convey knowledge in modern ways. To analysing teaching effectiveness we have evaluated a number of distance education courses. The paper describes evaluation aspects of distance learning environment and proposes the following criteria useful for this task: knowledge completeness, consistency and adequacy. Apart from knowledge passing, we have to deliver courses in an attractive form. We propose guidelines useful for evaluation of courses prepared in the LearningSpace (Lotus Notes application) environment s. The quality of education can be greatly improved by following these guidelines Two of the courses designed for MBA studies: "Business Plan Preparation” and " Management Decision Support Systems" illustrate the usability of the course evaluation method.

Information systems must be protected from unauthorized access. Authorization has been studied extensively as the main form ofpreserving the security of databases. Every database management system provides a sophisticated set of options aimed at protecting the database from unauthorized access. An important practical problem is how to take advantage of the database security options to ensure that a user is permitted to access the database through the application program but may not be allowed to access the database directly via database query tools. A related issue is how to extend the user privileges on the client part of the application so that only authorized GUI controls are available to the user. In this paper we propose a model for the design of necessary authorization settings into both the client and the server parts of a database application. The settings are stored in an Authorization Database (ADB) to which the program connects to customize itself for the current user. The customization is based on an application role granted to the user. An application role is activated for a connection (user session). After the database server authenticates the user, the user login to the application role can be transparently obtained by the application from the ADB.