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Information Systems

Subjects : engineering, it-skills
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1. Organizational - control - and cultural variables used by decision makers to effect changes in their organization






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






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






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






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






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






7. Self- contained functional units






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






9. 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






10. Ease of imitation - substitution - transfer






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






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






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






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






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






16. Includes data - technology - people - and processes






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






18. ERPs make information available to...






19. Systems that handle automated processes within and across organizations






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






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






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






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






24. 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






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






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






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






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

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29. Business process management






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






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






32. 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)






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






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






35. Peer- to- peer






36. 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






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






38. R/3 (made by SAP)






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






40. Enterprise resource planning






41. 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.)






42. Supply chain management






43. Centralization (because they focus on integration)






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






45. 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






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






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






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






49. Manage fragmentation of information across an organization






50. Negotiation - commitment - execution - assessment

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