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Business And Technology

Subject : business-skills
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1. Is responsible for ensuing the ethical and legal use of informatio within an organization. these are lawyers






2. Buyer power - supplier power - threat of substitute product or services - threat of new entrants - rivalry among existing competiors






3. A process of continuously measuring system results - comparing those results to optimal system performance (benchmark values) - and identifiying steps and procedures to improve syste performance.






4. Is responsible for ensuring the security of IT system and developing strategies and IT safeguards against attacks fom hacker and viruses. He is call the Network Administrator






5. What does CEO stands for






6. Is the analysis and redesign of workflow wthin and between enteprises. ex. NetFlix - Redbox






7. What does COO stands for






8. Is a standardized set of activities that accoplish a specific task - such as processing a customer order.






9. A university professor at Harvard Business School - identified four competitive forces that can hurt potential sales.






10. Is a product or service that an organization's customer place a greater value on than similar offerings from a competitor.






11. Integrates all departments and functins thoughout an organization into asingle IT system (or integrated set of IT systems) so that employees can ake decisions by viewing enterprisewide information on all businss operations.:is a software island of in






12. Supply chain strategy - suply chain partners - supply chain operation - supply chain logistics






13. The most important type of Efficiency IT Metics; the extent to which a system generates the correct results when executing the same transaction numerous times.






14. Occurs when an organization can significantl impact its marketshare by being first to market with a competitive advantage.






15. Website success solely is measure by






16. Information-Functional - Information-sharing - Information-inquiring - and Information-discovery






17. Is assessed by th supplier's ability to directly impact the price they are charging for supplies(including materials - labor - and services)






18. Is responsible for collecting - maintaining - and distributing the organization's knowledge. data has base adminstrator






19. Mostly misuse by persons inside or outside an organization.






20. Is data converted into a meaninfgul and useful context.






21. What would be the Greatest Benefits for Information Technology?






22. What Concerns CIOs the most?






23. Baseline values the system seesks to attain






24. Raw facts that describe the characteristics of an event/information knowledge/business intelligent and competative advantage






25. A general name for the business function and academic discipline covering the application of people - technologies - and procedures.






26. The plans and goals of the IT department must align with the plans and goals of the organization.






27. Is high when competition is fierce in a market and low when competition is more complacent






28. What information technology projects goals has the most value?






29. Is high when there are many alternatives to a product or service and low when there are few alternative from which to choose.






30. What is on the mind of the CEO






31. Is responsible for (1) overseeing all uses of informatin technology (2) ensuring the strategic alignment of IT with business goals and objectives. CIO often reports directly to the CEO






32. Is a field concrned with te use of technology in managing and processing information.It consist of hardware - software and telecommunication






33. Secure Sockets Layers: donted by th lock symbol in the lower right corner of a browser window and or he "s" in https; SSL is 128 bits. 128bit=2^128






34. Is a standardized seet of activities that accomplish a specific task - such as processing a customer's order.






35. Effective communication between business personnel and IT personnel






36. Out of the Relationship among People - Information - and Information Technology which one is the most important?






37. Is the acauisition and analysis of evenst and trends in the environment external to an organization.






38. What does CIO stands for






39. Is high when it is easy for new cdompetitors to enter a market and low when there are significant entry barriers to entering market.






40. Measures that are tied to busines drivers Metrics such as GPA(grade point average)






41. Occurs whn a company develops unique differences in its products with th intenet t influence demand






42. Consists of all parties involved - directly or indirectly - in the procurement of a poduct or raw materials






43. Means Garbage In Garbage OUt






44. Costs that can make customers relcutant to switch to another product or service






45. The Benefits and and Magnitude of Change the Process Change Spectrum what would be th small change






46. What does CFO stands for






47. Issuses Affected by Technology Advance: intellectual property - Copyright - fair use doctrine - pirated software and counterfeit software of these which is the worst?






48. Is responsible for ensuring the throughput - speed - accuracy - availability - and reliability of an organization information.






49. A famous management guru - once stated that if you cannot measure it - you cannot manage it






50. Involves he management of information flows between and among stages in a a supply chain to maximize total supply chain effectiveness an profitability.