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Information Systems

Subjects : engineering, it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Class of IT applications used to enable information flow within and between business processes






2. Supply chain management






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






4. 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.)






5. 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






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


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






8. Enterprise systems






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






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






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






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






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






14. 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)






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






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






17. Systems that handle automated processes within and across organizations






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






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






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






21. Enterprise resource planning






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






23. Self- contained functional units






24. Web- oriented architecture






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






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






27. Includes organization's design and the choices it makes to define - set up - coordinate - and control its work processes






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






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






30. Total quality management






31. Awaking a sleeping giant - bad timing - poor implementation - failing to deliver what customers want - breaking the law






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






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






34. Everything that supports the flow and processing of information in an organization - including hardware - software - data and network components






35. Centralization (because they focus on integration)






36. Radical way of transforming business processes






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






38. The plan an organization uses in providing information services






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






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






41. Business process re- engineering






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






43. R/3 (made by SAP)






44. 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






45. Service- oriented architecture






46. Business process management






47. Because they are complex and usually need continual modification to meet the organizations needs






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






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






50. The basic human tendency to make specific inferences on the basis of a general impression (EX: assuming that because a business is successful - it has good management-- ignoring other forces at work)