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Information Systems

Subjects : engineering, it-skills
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1. Plan of where a business seeks to go and how it plans to get there






2. Holds that the timing of the use of specialized knowledge can create a differentiation advantage as long as the knowledge remains unique






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






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






5. Infrastructure - information - applications - processes - strategy






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






7. Translates strategy into infrastructure - creating plans for the implementation






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






9. Strategy where organization qualifies its product or service in a way that allows it to appear unique in the marketplace






10. For changes in organizational structure - expensive - risky






11. Service- oriented architecture






12. Says competition stems from lowering the cost to perform activities and adding value so buyers will pay more






13. Negotiation - commitment - execution - assessment

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






15. Enterprise systems






16. Improves the way a company finds raw components it needs to make a product or service - manufactures that product or service - and delivers it to customers






17. An end user will usually notice a reduction in the performance of a ______ before a _______






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






19. Organizations restructure common business processes to consolidate services like IT - human resources - finance






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






21. Tries to minimize risks and maximize benefits of change in an organization






22. Enterprise systems usually require...






23. Maintains that competitive advantage comes from the information resources of the firm; resources enable a firm to attain and sustain competitive advantage






24. Centralization (because they focus on integration)






25. Strategy --> architecture --> infrastructure






26. Building components of software in a modular way; an architecture where business processes are built on a network - different parts of business functionality reside on different parts of the network - the parts can be combined and reused to create ap






27. Information and organizational strategy must also change






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






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






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






31. Data in context (i.e. with relevance and purpose)






32. Systems that handle automated processes within and across organizations






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






34. Total quality management






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






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






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






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






39. Uses a large central computer that handles all the functionality of the system; common in legacy systems






40. Supply chain management






41. Finance - operations - accounting - marketing - administration (functions or silos in a business)






42. Speed and aggressive moves and coutermoves by a firm create competitive advantages

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43. Resource- based focuses on internal factors in an organization - focused on external factors in the industry

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44. ERP II makes information available to...






45. Technical skills - IT management skills - relationship skills






46. Radical way of transforming business processes






47. ERPs make information available to...






48. Customer relationship management






49. Something learned over time for the firm to create - produce - or offer its products






50. Company who offers a complementary product (e.g. milk complements cereal)







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