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Information Systems
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1. On a process flow diagram - a diamond represents a...
Decision
value chain
enterprise architecture
service- oriented architecture
2. Says competition stems from lowering the cost to perform activities and adding value so buyers will pay more
shared services
value chain framework
best practices (characteristic of ES)
enterprise systems are useful for this sort of organizational structure
3. Organizations restructure common business processes to consolidate services like IT - human resources - finance
six sigma
shared services
the business triangle
ERP
4. On a process flow diagram - a circle represents a...
mainframe architecture
supply chain management (SCM)
Endpoint
All departments throughout a company
5. Translates strategy into infrastructure - creating plans for the implementation
architecture
unlimited resources model
All departments throughout a company
complementor
6. Systems that handle automated processes within and across organizations
Service - process
business process management (BPM) systems
process
client/server
7. An IT capability makes it possible for the firm to use its IT assets effectively
IT asset vs. capability
IS strategy
External stakeholders
service- oriented architecture
8. Framework for understanding the design of an organization; links together business processes - values & beliefs - management control systems - and tasks & structures
process
organizational change management
business diamond
enterprise systems
9. Software systems developed in the mid-90s which were not integrated across organizations and could not interface well with each other
Porter's Generic Strategies Framework
what enterprise systems replaced
BPM
more specific sub- steps in process from strategy to architecture to infrastructure
10. Customer relationship management
information
CRM
more efficient processes have
six sigma
11. Peer- to- peer
P2P
Porter's Generic Strategies Framework
WOA
what enterprise systems replaced
12. Organizational - control - and cultural variables used by decision makers to effect changes in their organization
information
managerial levers
supply chain management (SCM)
halo effect
13. Centralization (because they focus on integration)
mission
enterprise systems are useful for this sort of organizational structure
service- oriented architecture
supply chain management (SCM)
14. 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)
three major categories of IT capabilities
configurations for IT architecture
components of the high cost of enterprise systems
halo effect
15. The open group architectural framework; designed to translate strategy into architecture and then into a detailed infrastructure using standardized Architecture Development Methodology
resource- based view
TOGAF
enterprise resource planning
cost leadership
16. Relates business strategy with IS and organizational strategy; business strategy at the top - organizational and information strategy at the base
ES
enterprise resource planning
shared services
IS strategy triangle
17. Speed and aggressive moves and coutermoves by a firm create competitive advantages
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18. For changes in organizational structure - expensive - risky
hypercompetition
disadvantages of enterprise system
processes vs. functions
TOGAF
19. Something learned over time for the firm to create - produce - or offer its products
Endpoint
IT capability
unlimited resources model
organizational change management
20. 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
resource- based view vs. Porter's 5 Forces
client/server
IT asset
IS strategy
21. 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)
processes vs. functions
business diamond
customer relationship management (CRM)
risks associated with using information systems to gain strategic advantage
22. Infrastructure - information - applications - processes - strategy
unlimited resources model
layers of enterprise architecture
BPR
value chain framework
23. ERPs make information available to...
six sigma
WOA
focus
All departments throughout a company
24. Clear and compelling statement of organization's purpose and what makes it unique
when information strategy changes
hypercompetition
mission
complementor
25. 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
IT asset vs. capability
competitive advantage
IS strategy
CRM
26. Resource- based focuses on internal factors in an organization - focused on external factors in the industry
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27. Company who offers a complementary product (e.g. milk complements cereal)
value chain
complementor
External stakeholders
characteristics of a business process
28. Web- oriented architecture
Porter's 5 Forces
cost leadership
WOA
mainframe architecture
29. Self- contained functional units
TQM
silos
shared services
BPM
30. ERP II makes information available to...
External stakeholders
SCM
resource- based view
F.O.A.M.A.
31. Tries to minimize risks and maximize benefits of change in an organization
more specific sub- steps in process from strategy to architecture to infrastructure
shareholder value model
co-oopetition
organizational change management
32. Total quality management
complementor
co-oopetition
value net
TQM
33. R/3 (made by SAP)
differentiation
service- oriented architecture
SOA
most widely used enterprise system
34. Includes business - organizational - and information strategy; business strategy is at the top of the triangle because it guides the others
client
the business triangle
What enterprise systems need to be integrated with
characteristics of enterprise systems
35. Software used to connect processes in one or more computers across a network
three major categories of IT capabilities
middleware...
six sigma
value net
36. On a process flow diagram - a square represents a...
alignment
SOA
Decision
Task
37. Radical way of transforming business processes
business process reengineering (BPR)
best practices (characteristic of ES)
IS strategy
business strategy
38. Includes organization's design and the choices it makes to define - set up - coordinate - and control its work processes
architecture
general process for developing is...
cost leadership
organizational strategy
39. 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
enterprise architecture
total quality management (TQM)
processes vs. functions
enterprise systems are useful for this sort of organizational structure
40. Mainframe - client/server - SOA - P2P - WOA
configurations for IT architecture
value net
silos
business process management (BPM) systems
41. Includes a company - its competitors - complementors - customers - suppliers
network effects
major disadvantage of an enterprise system
value net
value chain
42. Assets or capabilities
information resources can either be..
CRM
F.O.A.M.A.
shareholder value model
43. Hardware - software - professional services - internal staff costs
shareholder value model
three major categories of IT capabilities
Service - process
components of the high cost of enterprise systems
44. Enterprise systems usually require...
differentiation
halo effect
Long- term relationships with software vendors
architecture
45. Inputs/outputs and tasks
What enterprise systems need to be integrated with
Task
two essential characteristics of a business process
Porter's 5 Forces
46. Utilizes a large base of resources that allows organization to outlast competitors by practicing a differentiation strategy
unlimited resources model
what ERPs help companies do
business process reengineering (BPR)
enterprise systems are useful for this sort of organizational structure
47. Service- oriented architecture
SOA
External stakeholders
customer relationship management (CRM)
silos
48. Allows functional areas of an organization to share information easily
six sigma
business process reengineering (BPR)
major benefit of an enterprise system
components of the high cost of enterprise systems
49. Can have coopetition w/o strategic alliance - can have strategic alliance w/o coopetition
cost leadership
relationship between coopetition and strategic alliance
characteristics of enterprise systems
IT asset vs. capability
50. Strategy where organization aims to be the lowest- cost producer in the marketplace
cost leadership
competitive advantage
Endpoint
Decision
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