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Information Systems

Subjects : engineering, it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. ERP II makes information available to...






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






3. 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)






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






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






6. Systems that handle automated processes within and across organizations






7. Service- oriented architecture






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






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






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






11. Strategy --> architecture --> infrastructure






12. Manage fragmentation of information across an organization






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






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






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






16. The plan an organization uses in providing information services






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






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. Technical skills - IT management skills - relationship skills






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






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






22. Information and organizational strategy must also change






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






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






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






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






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






28. Business process management






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






30. Infrastructure - information - applications - processes - strategy






31. Self- contained functional units






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






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






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






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

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






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






38. ERPs make information available to...






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






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






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






42. Ease of imitation - substitution - transfer






43. For changes in organizational structure - expensive - risky






44. Customer relationship management






45. Peer- to- peer






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






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






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






49. Fewer steps - fewer branches - fewer loops - and fewer decisions






50. 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