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Information Systems

Subjects : engineering, it-skills
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1. Organizations restructure common business processes to consolidate services like IT - human resources - finance






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






3. Assets or capabilities






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






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






6. 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






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






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






9. 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.)






10. Business process re- engineering






11. Self- contained functional units






12. Negotiation - commitment - execution - assessment

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13. Clear and compelling statement of organization's purpose and what makes it unique






14. Peer- to- peer






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






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






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






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

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






20. Total quality management






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






22. Enterprise systems usually require...






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






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






25. Information and organizational strategy must also change






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






27. Supply chain management






28. Centralization (because they focus on integration)






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






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






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






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






34. Business process management






35. 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






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






37. Strategy --> architecture --> infrastructure






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

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






40. Enterprise systems






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






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






43. Includes data - technology - people - and processes






44. Service- oriented architecture






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






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






47. R/3 (made by SAP)






48. Inputs/outputs and tasks






49. Enterprise resource planning






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







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