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Business And Technology

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






2. Baseline values the system seesks to attain






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. 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






11. 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






12. Means Garbage In Garbage OUt






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






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






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






16. What does COO stands for






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






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






19. 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.






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






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






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






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






24. 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






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






26. 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






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






28. The leading cause of downtime






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






30. Effective communication between business personnel and IT personnel






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






32. What does CIO stands for






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






34. What is on the mind of the CEO






35. Website success solely is measure by






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






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






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






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


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






41. What does CEO stands for






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






49. The 4 strategic initiatives






50. 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.