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Information Systems

Subjects : engineering, it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Includes a company - its competitors - complementors - customers - suppliers






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






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






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






5. Assets or capabilities






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






7. ERPs make information available to...






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. Supply chain management






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






16. Strategy --> architecture --> infrastructure






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






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






19. Improves the way a company finds raw components it needs to make a product or service - manufactures that product or service - and delivers it to customers






20. Enterprise resource planning






21. Self- contained functional units






22. Infrastructure - information - applications - processes - strategy






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






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






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






26. For changes in organizational structure - expensive - risky






27. Centralization (because they focus on integration)






28. Incremental way of transforming business processes






29. Peer- to- peer






30. 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






31. Information and organizational strategy must also change






32. Ease of imitation - substitution - transfer






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






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






35. Inputs/outputs and tasks






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






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






38. Systems that handle automated processes within and across organizations






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






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






41. Strategy where companies cooperate and compete at the same time with companies in its value net






42. On a process flow diagram - a circle represents a...






43. Total quality management






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






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






46. Web- oriented architecture






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






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


49. Business process re- engineering






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