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Information Systems

Subjects : engineering, it-skills
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1. Strategy where companies cooperate and compete at the same time with companies in its value net






2. Inputs/outputs and tasks






3. For changes in organizational structure - expensive - risky






4. 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.)






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






6. 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






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






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






9. Information and organizational strategy must also change






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






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






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






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






14. R/3 (made by SAP)






15. Threat of new entrants - bargaining power of buyers - threat of substitute products or services - bargaining power of suppliers - rivalry among existing competitors


16. Technical skills - IT management skills - relationship skills






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






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






19. Enterprise resource planning






20. Business process management






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






22. Enterprise systems usually require...






23. Peer- to- peer






24. Supply chain management






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






26. 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






27. Ease of imitation - substitution - transfer






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






35. Systems that handle automated processes within and across organizations






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






37. Self- contained functional units






38. Centralization (because they focus on integration)






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






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






41. 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)






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






43. 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






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






45. Assets or capabilities






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






47. Service- oriented architecture






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






49. ERP II makes information available to...






50. Strategy --> architecture --> infrastructure