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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. The situation in which a company's current and emerging business strategy is enabled - supported - and unconstrained by technology






2. Service- oriented architecture






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






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






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






6. For changes in organizational structure - expensive - risky






7. Strategy --> architecture --> infrastructure






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






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






10. Total quality management






11. Enterprise systems usually require...






12. 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.)






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






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






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






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






17. Negotiation - commitment - execution - assessment

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






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






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






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






22. Anything that can be used by a firm in its processes for creating - producing - and/or offering its products






23. Web- oriented architecture






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






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






26. An IT capability makes it possible for the firm to use its IT assets effectively






27. R/3 (made by SAP)






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






29. Firms achieve competitive advantage through cost leadership - differentiation - or focus

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30. Centralization (because they focus on integration)






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






32. Supply chain management






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






34. Speed and aggressive moves and coutermoves by a firm create competitive advantages

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






36. 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






37. Inputs/outputs - tasks - decisions - metrics - 'swim lanes'






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






39. Inter- organizational relationship that affords one or more companies in the relationship a strategic advantage






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






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






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






44. 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






45. The plan an organization uses in providing information services






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






47. Inputs/outputs and tasks






48. 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)






49. Manage fragmentation of information across an organization






50. Business process management






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