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Information Systems

Subjects : engineering, it-skills
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1. An end user will usually notice a reduction in the performance of a ______ before a _______






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






3. 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)






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






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






6. Supply chain management






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






8. For changes in organizational structure - expensive - risky






9. 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






10. Infrastructure - information - applications - processes - strategy






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






12. Suggests that speed and aggressiveness of the moves and countermoves create an environment in which advantages are rapidly created and eroded






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






14. Processes make services possible; processes have inputs and outputs - while service is a cycle (ongoing)






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






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






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






18. Web- oriented architecture






19. 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






20. 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.)






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






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






23. 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)






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






25. Manage fragmentation of information across an organization






26. Mainframe - client/server - SOA - P2P - WOA






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






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






29. Technical skills - IT management skills - relationship skills






30. Incremental way of transforming business processes






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






32. Service- oriented architecture






33. Peer- to- peer






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






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






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






37. Enterprise systems usually require...






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






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






40. 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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41. Systems that handle automated processes within and across organizations






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. Enterprise systems






49. Strategy where organization aims to be the lowest- cost producer in the marketplace






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