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






2. Enterprise resource planning






3. Technical skills - IT management skills - relationship skills






4. Infrastructure - information - applications - processes - strategy






5. Manage fragmentation of information across an organization






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






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






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






9. Finance - operations - accounting - marketing - administration (functions or silos in a business)






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






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

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






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






14. Interrelated set of activities and tasks that turns inputs into outputs






15. 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






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






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






18. Strategy where organization qualifies its product or service in a way that allows it to appear unique in the marketplace






19. 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.)






20. R/3 (made by SAP)






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






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






23. Includes a company - its competitors - complementors - customers - suppliers






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






25. Enterprise systems






26. The open group architectural framework; designed to translate strategy into architecture and then into a detailed infrastructure using standardized Architecture Development Methodology






27. Enterprise systems usually require...






28. Holds that the timing of the use of specialized knowledge can create a differentiation advantage as long as the knowledge remains unique






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






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






31. Self- contained functional units






32. Web- oriented architecture






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






34. Building components of software in a modular way; an architecture where business processes are built on a network - different parts of business functionality reside on different parts of the network - the parts can be combined and reused to create ap






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






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






38. The plan an organization uses in providing information services






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






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






41. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. For changes in organizational structure - expensive - risky






49. Total quality management






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







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