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Information Systems

Subjects : engineering, 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. Self- contained functional units






2. Manage fragmentation of information across an organization






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






4. The plan an organization uses in providing information services






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






6. Enterprise systems






7. Inputs/outputs and tasks






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






9. Suggests that speed and aggressiveness of the moves and countermoves create an environment in which advantages are rapidly created and eroded






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






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


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






13. 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)






14. Strategy where organization limits its scope to a market segment and tailors its offerings to that group of customers using either cost or differentiation






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






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






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






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






19. R/3 (made by SAP)






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






21. Business process management






22. Systems that handle automated processes within and across organizations






23. 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






24. ERP II makes information available to...






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






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






27. Web- oriented architecture






28. Incremental way of transforming business processes






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






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






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






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






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






34. Tries to minimize risks and maximize benefits of change in an organization






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






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






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






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






39. Assets or capabilities






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






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






42. Infrastructure - information - applications - processes - strategy






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






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






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






46. Resource- based focuses on internal factors in an organization - focused on external factors in the industry


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






48. 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)






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






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