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Information Systems

Subjects : engineering, it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Ease of imitation - substitution - transfer






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


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






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






5. Self- contained functional units






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






7. Fewer steps - fewer branches - fewer loops - and fewer decisions






8. 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






9. Plan of where a business seeks to go and how it plans to get there






10. Web- oriented architecture






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






12. Utilizes a large base of resources that allows organization to outlast competitors by practicing a differentiation strategy






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






14. Enterprise resource planning






15. Software used to connect processes in one or more computers across a network






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






17. 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






18. Business process re- engineering






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






20. The unique set of features of a company and its products that are perceived by the target market as significant and superior to the competition






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






22. Class of IT applications used to enable information flow within and between business processes






23. Total quality management






24. Information and organizational strategy must also change






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






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






27. The situation in which a company's current and emerging business strategy is enabled - supported - and unconstrained by technology






28. Business process management






29. Organizational - control - and cultural variables used by decision makers to effect changes in their organization






30. R/3 (made by SAP)






31. Software systems developed in the mid-90s which were not integrated across organizations and could not interface well with each other






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


33. Firms achieve competitive advantage through cost leadership - differentiation - or focus


34. Peer- to- peer






35. Supply chain management






36. Radical way of transforming business processes






37. Incremental way of transforming business processes






38. Centralization (because they focus on integration)






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






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






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






42. Technical skills - IT management skills - relationship skills






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






44. An IT capability makes it possible for the firm to use its IT assets effectively






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






46. Infrastructure - information - applications - processes - strategy






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






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






49. Customer relationship management






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