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Information Systems

Subjects : engineering, it-skills
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Speed and aggressive moves and coutermoves by a firm create competitive advantages

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






3. 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)






4. 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






5. Ease of imitation - substitution - transfer






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






7. Infrastructure - information - applications - processes - strategy






8. Information and organizational strategy must also change






9. ERP II makes information available to...






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






11. Business process re- engineering






12. Strategy --> architecture --> infrastructure






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






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






15. Peer- to- peer






16. Self- contained functional units






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






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






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






20. Centralization (because they focus on integration)






21. R/3 (made by SAP)






22. Supply chain management






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






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






25. The plan an organization uses in providing information services






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. Systems that handle automated processes within and across organizations






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






39. Radical way of transforming business processes






40. Enterprise resource planning






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






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






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






44. Negotiation - commitment - execution - assessment

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






46. Assets or capabilities






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






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






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

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50. Business process management






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