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Business And Technology

Subject : business-skills
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1. Is responsible for collecting - maintaining - and distributing the organization's knowledge. data has base adminstrator






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






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






4. 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






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






6. What does CEO stands for






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






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






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






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






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






12. Baseline values the system seesks to attain






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






14. Means Garbage In Garbage OUt






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






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






17. What is on the mind of the CEO






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


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






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






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






22. 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






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






24. 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.






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






26. 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.






27. Website success solely is measure by






28. What does COO stands for






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






30. 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






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






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






33. 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






34. What does CIO stands for






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






36. Effective communication between business personnel and IT personnel






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






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






39. What does CFO stands for






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






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






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






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






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






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






46. What is the function of CIO?






47. The leading cause of downtime






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






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






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