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






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






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






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






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

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






7. Assets or capabilities






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. 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)






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






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






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






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






20. Supply chain management






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






22. Total quality management






23. The plan an organization uses in providing information services






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






25. Systems that handle automated processes within and across organizations






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






27. Radical way of transforming business processes






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






29. Centralization (because they focus on integration)






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






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






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






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






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






35. 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






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






37. R/3 (made by SAP)






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






39. Incremental way of transforming business processes






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






41. Software program that requests and receives data and instructions from another






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






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






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

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45. 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






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






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






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






49. For changes in organizational structure - expensive - risky






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






Can you answer 50 questions in 15 minutes?



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