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






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






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






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






5. Peer- to- peer






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






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






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

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






10. Supply chain management






11. Software systems developed in the mid-90s which were not integrated across organizations and could not interface well with each other






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






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

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14. 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






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






16. The unique set of features of a company and its products that are perceived by the target market as significant and superior to the competition






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






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






19. Includes data - technology - people - and processes






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






21. Technical skills - IT management skills - relationship skills






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






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






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






25. Enterprise systems usually require...






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. 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.)






33. Framework for understanding the design of an organization; links together business processes - values & beliefs - management control systems - and tasks & structures






34. The plan an organization uses in providing information services






35. Ease of imitation - substitution - transfer






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






37. Strategy --> architecture --> infrastructure






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






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






40. Radical way of transforming business processes






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

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






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






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






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






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






47. Enterprise systems reflect industry best practices for generic business processes






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






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






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