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Business And Technology

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






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






3. 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






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






5. Measure the impact IT has on business processes and activities includin customer satisfaction - conversion rates - and sell through increases.






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






7. This approach views an organization as a series of processes - each of which adds value to the product or service for each customer.






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






9. What does CEO stands for






10. 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






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






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






13. 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






14. 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






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






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






17. Means Garbage In Garbage OUt






18. 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






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






20. The 4 strategic initiatives






21. 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






22. Website success solely is measure by






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






24. 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.






25. What does COO stands for






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






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






28. Effective communication between business personnel and IT personnel






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






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






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






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






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






34. What is on the mind of the CEO






35. The leading cause of downtime






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






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






38. What does CFO stands for






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






40. Employees across departments are open to new insights about crises and radical changes and seek ways to create competitive advantages.






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






42. Is responsible for ensuing the ethical and legal use of informatio within an organization. these are lawyers






43. 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.






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






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






46. 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.






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






48. What is the function of CIO?






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






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