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Information Systems
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engineering
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it-skills
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Fewer steps - fewer branches - fewer loops - and fewer decisions
more efficient processes have
customer relationship management (CRM)
Information Systems (IS)
silos
2. Self- contained functional units
Ring and Van de Ven's stages of a strategic alliance
major disadvantage of an enterprise system
silos
IT capability
3. Mainframe - client/server - SOA - P2P - WOA
business strategy
total quality management (TQM)
general process for developing is...
configurations for IT architecture
4. Awaking a sleeping giant - bad timing - poor implementation - failing to deliver what customers want - breaking the law
halo effect
information
risks associated with using information systems to gain strategic advantage
process
5. 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
Task
configurations for IT architecture
risks associated with using information systems to gain strategic advantage
enterprise architecture
6. Manage fragmentation of information across an organization
information
general process for developing is...
IS strategy
what ERPs help companies do
7. An IT capability makes it possible for the firm to use its IT assets effectively
general process for developing is...
IT asset vs. capability
alignment
business diamond
8. 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.)
process
layers of enterprise architecture
six sigma
when business strategy changes
9. Web- oriented architecture
WOA
managerial levers
unlimited resources model
two essential characteristics of a business process
10. Includes business - organizational - and information strategy; business strategy is at the top of the triangle because it guides the others
resource- based view
two essential characteristics of a business process
All departments throughout a company
the business triangle
11. Activities designed to learn more about customers' needs and behaviors to develop stronger relationships with them and enhance their value chains
why enterprise systems tie a company to a vendor
customer relationship management (CRM)
resource- based view vs. Porter's 5 Forces
strategy
12. Integration - packages - best practices - some assembly required - evolving
layers of enterprise architecture
unlimited resources model
characteristics of enterprise systems
hypercompetition
13. Class of IT applications used to enable information flow within and between business processes
client/server
layers of enterprise architecture
enterprise systems
business process management (BPM) systems
14. Strategy to goals to business requirements to architecture requirements to architecture to functional specifications to infrastructure specifications (hardware - software - data...)
more specific sub- steps in process from strategy to architecture to infrastructure
supply chain management (SCM)
IT asset
Long- term relationships with software vendors
15. Holds that the timing of the use of specialized knowledge can create a differentiation advantage as long as the knowledge remains unique
enterprise resource planning
shareholder value model
two essential characteristics of a business process
more specific sub- steps in process from strategy to architecture to infrastructure
16. 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
information resources
Ring and Van de Ven's stages of a strategic alliance
service- oriented architecture
All departments throughout a company
17. Translates strategy into infrastructure - creating plans for the implementation
middleware...
enterprise systems are useful for this sort of organizational structure
difference between a process and a service
architecture
18. Resource- based focuses on internal factors in an organization - focused on external factors in the industry
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19. 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)
six sigma
customer relationship management (CRM)
What enterprise systems need to be integrated with
halo effect
20. Negotiation - commitment - execution - assessment
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21. Coordinated set of actions to fulfill objectives - purposes - and goals
TOGAF
risks associated with using information systems to gain strategic advantage
strategy
CRM
22. Infrastructure - information - applications - processes - strategy
Porter's Generic Strategies Framework
competitive advantage
TOGAF
layers of enterprise architecture
23. Organizational - control - and cultural variables used by decision makers to effect changes in their organization
managerial levers
more specific sub- steps in process from strategy to architecture to infrastructure
ES
ERP
24. Business process management
general process for developing is...
shared services
BPM
hypercompetition
25. Software program that requests and receives data and instructions from another
when business strategy changes
TQM
client
silos
26. Technology - people - and processes that an organization uses to manage information
Porter's 5 Forces
business strategy
enterprise systems
Information Systems (IS)
27. Businesses have to conform to the system - sometimes have to redesign processes to fit system
competitive advantage
major disadvantage of an enterprise system
relationship between coopetition and strategic alliance
organizational strategy
28. Includes data - technology - people - and processes
information resources
business strategy
supply chain management (SCM)
difference between a process and a service
29. Relates business strategy with IS and organizational strategy; business strategy at the top - organizational and information strategy at the base
organizational strategy
IS strategy triangle
D'aveni's model
Information Systems (IS)
30. Comprehensive software packages that incorporate all modules needed to run the operations of a business
information resources can either be..
business process reengineering (BPR)
enterprise resource planning
what enterprise systems replaced
31. Utilizes a large base of resources that allows organization to outlast competitors by practicing a differentiation strategy
major benefit of an enterprise system
major disadvantage of an enterprise system
unlimited resources model
client/server
32. ERPs make information available to...
All departments throughout a company
service- oriented architecture
enterprise architecture
the business triangle
33. Customer relationship management
CRM
process
focus
silos
34. Strategy where companies cooperate and compete at the same time with companies in its value net
when information strategy changes
value chain
SCM
co-oopetition
35. Interrelated set of activities and tasks that turns inputs into outputs
process
client
resource- based view
silos
36. Because they are complex and usually need continual modification to meet the organizations needs
when information strategy changes
why enterprise systems tie a company to a vendor
Task
managerial levers
37. Inputs/outputs and tasks
supply chain management (SCM)
process
two essential characteristics of a business process
organizational strategy
38. Strategy --> architecture --> infrastructure
general process for developing is...
infrastructure
architecture
organizational change management
39. Enterprise systems usually require...
Long- term relationships with software vendors
cost leadership
value net
halo effect
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. Includes a company - its competitors - complementors - customers - suppliers
value net
BPM
shared services
focus
42. 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)
IT asset vs. capability
Ring and Van de Ven's stages of a strategic alliance
processes vs. functions
information
43. Peer- to- peer
P2P
what ERPs help companies do
co-oopetition
major disadvantage of an enterprise system
44. Ease of imitation - substitution - transfer
complementor
factors influencing value sustainability
organizational change management
business diamond
45. Tries to minimize risks and maximize benefits of change in an organization
infrastructure
unlimited resources model
organizational change management
F.O.A.M.A.
46. Business process re- engineering
when business strategy changes
Task
BPR
infrastructure
47. Enterprise resource planning
organizational change management
two essential characteristics of a business process
enterprise systems
ERP
48. For changes in organizational structure - expensive - risky
disadvantages of enterprise system
process
business diamond
shared services
49. On a process flow diagram - a diamond represents a...
enterprise systems are useful for this sort of organizational structure
Decision
characteristics of enterprise systems
organizational change management
50. Radical way of transforming business processes
more specific sub- steps in process from strategy to architecture to infrastructure
Task
cost leadership
business process reengineering (BPR)