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Business And Technology

Subject : business-skills
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1. What does CIO stands for






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






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






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






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






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






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






8. What does CEO stands for






9. 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.






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






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






12. 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.






13. Website success solely is measure by






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






15. What does COO stands for






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






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






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






19. 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






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






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






22. The 4 strategic initiatives






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






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






25. 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.






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






27. 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






28. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






38. Means Garbage In Garbage OUt






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






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






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

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






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






44. What does CFO stands for






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






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






47. 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






48. What is on the mind of the CEO






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






50. Baseline values the system seesks to attain