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Business And Technology

Subject : business-skills
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1. To remain sucessful - and organizatios should use what?


2. The leading cause of downtime






3. Baseline values the system seesks to attain






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






5. 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.






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






7. What is the function of CIO?






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






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






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






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 data converted into a meaninfgul and useful context.






13. What does COO stands for






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






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






16. 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






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






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






19. The 4 strategic initiatives






20. Means Garbage In Garbage OUt






21. 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.






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






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






24. 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






25. What does CFO stands for






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






27. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






35. What Concerns CIOs the most?






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






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






38. What does CEO stands for






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






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






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






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






43. Website success solely is measure by






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






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






46. 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.






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






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






50. What is on the mind of the CEO