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Business And Technology

Subject : business-skills
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1. A general name for the business function and academic discipline covering the application of people - technologies - and procedures.






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






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






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






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


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






7. Means Garbage In Garbage OUt






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






9. The 4 strategic initiatives






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






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






12. 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






13. What does CIO stands for






14. What is on the mind of the CEO






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. What is the function of CIO?






17. Effective communication between business personnel and IT personnel






18. 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






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






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






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






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






23. What does COO stands for






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






25. 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






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






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






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






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






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






31. 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.






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






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






34. What does CFO stands for






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






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






37. 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.






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






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






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






42. What does CEO stands for






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






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






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






46. What Concerns CIOs the most?






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






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






49. 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






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