You have just been hired as a human resources manager for a large manufacturing company. Your supervisor shows you to your desk, which contains a workstation. She explains that the workstation is part of a network connecting all of the company's manufacturing operations through a client-server system. All of the company's data are maintained in databases on servers and are accessed through a database management system. To obtain employee information, you must log on to the network and use the company's human resources program on your workstation to retrieve data from the database.

Required What is the supervisor talking about? Explain the function of each part of the company's computer network. Why do most companies use computer networks for their accounting systems?