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Information Systems

Subjects : engineering, it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Firms achieve competitive advantage through cost leadership - differentiation - or focus


2. Enterprise systems






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






4. Includes data - technology - people - and processes






5. Web- oriented architecture






6. Customer relationship management






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. Assets or capabilities






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






17. Manage fragmentation of information across an organization






18. Negotiation - commitment - execution - assessment


19. ERPs make information available to...






20. Inputs/outputs and tasks






21. 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.)






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






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






24. The plan an organization uses in providing information services






25. Business process re- engineering






26. On a process flow diagram - a diamond represents a...






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






28. Incremental way of transforming business processes






29. Radical way of transforming business processes






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


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






32. R/3 (made by SAP)






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






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






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






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






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






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






39. Systems that handle automated processes within and across organizations






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






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






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






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






44. For changes in organizational structure - expensive - risky






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






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






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






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






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






50. 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)