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Business And Technology

Subject : business-skills
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1. The plans and goals of the IT department must align with the plans and goals of the organization.






2. 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






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






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






6. Baseline values the system seesks to attain






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






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






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






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






11. Means Garbage In Garbage OUt






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






13. What does CIO stands for






14. Effective communication between business personnel and IT personnel






15. 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






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






17. What does COO stands for






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






19. 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






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






21. The leading cause of downtime






22. What Concerns CIOs the most?






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






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






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






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






27. What does CEO stands for






28. What is the function of CIO?






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






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






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






32. 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.






33. The 4 strategic initiatives






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






35. 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






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






37. 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






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






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






40. What is on the mind of the CEO






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






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






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






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


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






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






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






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






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






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