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Business And Technology

Subject : business-skills
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1. This approach views an organization as a series of processes - each of which adds value to the product or service for each customer.






2. Means Garbage In Garbage OUt






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. 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






14. Effective communication between business personnel and IT personnel






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






16. What does CIO stands for






17. What is the function of CIO?






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






19. What is on the mind of the CEO






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






30. What Concerns CIOs the most?






31. Website success solely is measure by






32. The leading cause of downtime






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






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






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






36. What does CEO stands for






37. What does COO stands for






38. 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.






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






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






41. The 4 strategic initiatives






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






43. 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






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






45. Baseline values the system seesks to attain






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






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






48. 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.






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






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