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Information Systems

Subjects : engineering, it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Software program that requests and receives data and instructions from another






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






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






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






5. 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)






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






7. Web- oriented architecture






8. Technical skills - IT management skills - relationship skills






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






10. Self- contained functional units






11. Service- oriented architecture






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






13. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






20. Negotiation - commitment - execution - assessment


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






22. Incremental way of transforming business processes






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






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






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






26. Infrastructure - information - applications - processes - strategy






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






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






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


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






31. Ease of imitation - substitution - transfer






32. 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)






33. ERPs make information available to...






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


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






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






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






38. 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






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






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






41. Centralization (because they focus on integration)






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






49. Radical way of transforming business processes






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