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Business And Technology

Subject : business-skills
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1. 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.






2. Baseline values the system seesks to attain






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






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






5. What is the function of CIO?






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. 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






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






14. What does CIO stands for






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






16. Website success solely is measure by






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


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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. Effective communication between business personnel and IT personnel






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. 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






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






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






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






37. 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.






38. What does CFO stands for






39. What Concerns CIOs the most?






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






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






42. What does CEO stands for






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






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






45. What is on the mind of the CEO






46. 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






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






48. 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






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






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