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Information Systems

Subjects : engineering, it-skills
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Says competition stems from lowering the cost to perform activities and adding value so buyers will pay more






2. Radical way of transforming business processes






3. On a process flow diagram - a circle represents a...






4. Threat of new entrants - bargaining power of buyers - threat of substitute products or services - bargaining power of suppliers - rivalry among existing competitors

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5. Framework for understanding the design of an organization; links together business processes - values & beliefs - management control systems - and tasks & structures






6. Integration - packages - best practices - some assembly required - evolving






7. Interrelated set of activities and tasks that turns inputs into outputs






8. Inputs/outputs and tasks






9. Supply chain management






10. Peer- to- peer






11. Enterprise systems






12. Description of goals of an organization - how these goals are realized by business processes - and how these business processes can be better served through technology






13. Manage fragmentation of information across an organization






14. On a process flow diagram - a square represents a...






15. Strategy where companies cooperate and compete at the same time with companies in its value net






16. Clear and compelling statement of organization's purpose and what makes it unique






17. Inputs/outputs - tasks - decisions - metrics - 'swim lanes'






18. Strategy where organization limits its scope to a market segment and tailors its offerings to that group of customers using either cost or differentiation






19. Enterprise systems reflect industry best practices for generic business processes






20. Technology - people - and processes that an organization uses to manage information






21. Systems that handle automated processes within and across organizations






22. Architecture where one software program (the client) requests and receives data and instructions from another software program (the server); computers running client programs usually require less computing resources






23. Incremental approach to changing business processes (a management program that seeks to improve the quality of process outputs by identifying and removing the causes of defects and variation in the various processes.)






24. Processes are horizontal across a corporation - many functional areas of the business will be involved in a process; functions are vertical silos in an organization (e.g. finance - operations - accounting - marketing - administration)






25. An organization's hardware - operating systems - databases - telecommunications - legacy systems






26. Technical skills - IT management skills - relationship skills






27. Comprehensive software packages that incorporate all modules needed to run the operations of a business






28. Business strategy should not be affected because it is at a more abstract level






29. Highlights how IS add value to the primary and support activities of a firm's internal operations - customers - and supply chain






30. When all the activities are in a predetermined order (not when steps vary in a process)






31. Service- oriented architecture






32. Software program that requests and receives data and instructions from another






33. Can have coopetition w/o strategic alliance - can have strategic alliance w/o coopetition






34. Total quality management






35. Activities designed to learn more about customers' needs and behaviors to develop stronger relationships with them and enhance their value chains






36. Anything that can be used by a firm in its processes for creating - producing - and/or offering its products






37. Enterprise resource planning






38. The value of a network node to a person or organization in a network increases when others join the network






39. Ease of imitation - substitution - transfer






40. Coordinated set of actions to fulfill objectives - purposes - and goals






41. Customer relationship management






42. Strategy to goals to business requirements to architecture requirements to architecture to functional specifications to infrastructure specifications (hardware - software - data...)






43. Allows functional areas of an organization to share information easily






44. Inter- organizational relationship that affords one or more companies in the relationship a strategic advantage






45. Hardware - software - professional services - internal staff costs






46. The open group architectural framework; designed to translate strategy into architecture and then into a detailed infrastructure using standardized Architecture Development Methodology






47. Relates business strategy with IS and organizational strategy; business strategy at the top - organizational and information strategy at the base






48. Business process re- engineering






49. Businesses have to conform to the system - sometimes have to redesign processes to fit system






50. Includes business - organizational - and information strategy; business strategy is at the top of the triangle because it guides the others