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






2. Enterprise systems






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






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






5. Business process management






6. Assets or capabilities






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






8. Enterprise resource planning






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






10. Total quality management






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

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






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






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






15. Information and organizational strategy must also change






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






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

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






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






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






21. Peer- to- peer






22. The plan an organization uses in providing information services






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






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






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






26. Manage fragmentation of information across an organization






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






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






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






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






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






32. Service- oriented architecture






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






34. R/3 (made by SAP)






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






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






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






38. Radical way of transforming business processes






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






40. Includes data - technology - people - and processes






41. For changes in organizational structure - expensive - risky






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






43. Centralization (because they focus on integration)






44. Plan of where a business seeks to go and how it plans to get there






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






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






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






48. Web- oriented architecture






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






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