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Information Systems

Subjects : engineering, it-skills
Instructions:
  • 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. For changes in organizational structure - expensive - risky






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






4. R/3 (made by SAP)






5. Centralization (because they focus on integration)






6. Maintains that competitive advantage comes from the information resources of the firm; resources enable a firm to attain and sustain competitive advantage






7. Customer relationship management






8. Web- oriented architecture






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






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






11. On a process flow diagram - a square represents a...






12. Business process management






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






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






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






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






18. Architecture where one software program (the client) requests and receives data and instructions from another software program (the server); computers running client programs usually require less computing resources






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

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






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

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






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






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






25. Strategy --> architecture --> infrastructure






26. 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)






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






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






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






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






31. ERP II makes information available to...






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






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






34. Radical way of transforming business processes






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






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






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






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






39. Infrastructure - information - applications - processes - strategy






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






41. 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






42. Peer- to- peer






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






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






45. Enterprise resource planning






46. Business process re- engineering






47. 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






48. Ease of imitation - substitution - transfer






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






50. Manage fragmentation of information across an organization