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Business And Technology

Subject : business-skills
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1. What is on the mind of the CEO






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






3. Means Garbage In Garbage OUt






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






5. 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






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






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






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






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






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






11. What does CIO stands for






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






13. 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.






14. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






22. 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






23. 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






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






25. Effective communication between business personnel and IT personnel






26. The 4 strategic initiatives






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






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






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






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






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






32. Website success solely is measure by






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

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






35. What does CEO stands for






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






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






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






39. What Concerns CIOs the most?






40. Baseline values the system seesks to attain






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






42. What does COO stands for






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






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






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






46. What does CFO stands for






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






48. 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






49. What is the function of CIO?






50. 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