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Information Systems

Subjects : engineering, it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. For changes in organizational structure - expensive - risky






2. Ease of imitation - substitution - transfer






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






4. Web- oriented architecture






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






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






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






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






9. Radical way of transforming business processes






10. Strategy --> architecture --> infrastructure






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






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






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






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

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






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






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






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






19. Enterprise resource planning






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

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






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






23. Negotiation - commitment - execution - assessment

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






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






26. Service- oriented architecture






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






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






29. 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






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






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






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






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






34. 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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35. Assets or capabilities






36. Supply chain management






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






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






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






40. 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)






41. Anything that can be used by a firm in its processes for creating - producing - and/or offering its products






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






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






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






45. Inputs/outputs and tasks






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






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






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






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






50. Systems that handle automated processes within and across organizations