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Business And Technology

Subject : business-skills
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The plans and goals of the IT department must align with the plans and goals of the organization.






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






3. What is on the mind of the CEO






4. Means Garbage In Garbage OUt






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






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






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






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

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






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






11. 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






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






13. 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






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






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






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






17. What does CEO stands for






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






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






20. Baseline values the system seesks to attain






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






22. 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






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






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






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






26. What Concerns CIOs the most?






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. The 4 strategic initiatives






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






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






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






37. 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






38. Effective communication between business personnel and IT personnel






39. 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






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






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






42. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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