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Business And Technology

Subject : business-skills
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1. Enables an organizatin to generate efficiencies within steps by automating and improving the information flows Wal-art and Procter&Gamble(P&G) implemented a tremedously successful SCM system. the system linked Wal-Mar's distribution centers directly






2. 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






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






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






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






6. What does CIO stands for






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






8. The 4 strategic initiatives






9. 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






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






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






12. Reward customers based on th amount of business they do with a particuar organization.






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






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






15. 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






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






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






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






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






20. Baseline values the system seesks to attain






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






22. To remain sucessful - and organizatios should use what?

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






24. Website success solely is measure by






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






26. What does CFO stands for






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






28. Is assessed analyzing the ability of buyers to directly impact the price they are willing to pay for an item.






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






30. Measure the performance of the IT system itself includngthroughput - speed - and availability.






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






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






33. Involves maaging all aspect of a customer's relationship with an organization to increase customer loalty and retention and organization's profitabilty. CRM allow an organization to gain insights into customers' shopping and buying beaviors ir order






34. The most Effectiveness IT Metrics. the ease with which people perform transactions and/or find informatin. A popular usability metric on the internet is degrees of feedom - which measures the number of clicks required to find desired infomation.






35. 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.






36. What is the function of CIO?






37. The leading cause of downtime






38. What Concerns CIOs the most?






39. Effective communication between business personnel and IT personnel






40. Is a managemen system - in addition to a measurement system - that enable organization to clarify their vision and strateby and translate them into action.






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






42. Most information security breaches result from people misusing an organizaton's information either Intentionally or Inadvertently. misuse of passwords






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






44. What is on the mind of the CEO






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






46. Means Garbage In Garbage OUt






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






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






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






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