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Information Systems

Subjects : engineering, it-skills
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1. Manage fragmentation of information across an organization






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






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






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






5. Ease of imitation - substitution - transfer






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






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






8. The plan an organization uses in providing information services






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






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






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






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






13. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






20. Threat of new entrants - bargaining power of buyers - threat of substitute products or services - bargaining power of suppliers - rivalry among existing competitors

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21. 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






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






23. Technical skills - IT management skills - relationship skills






24. 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)






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






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






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

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28. 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)






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






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






31. 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






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

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






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






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






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






37. Inputs/outputs and tasks






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






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






40. 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






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






42. Strategy --> architecture --> infrastructure






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






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






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






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






47. Infrastructure - information - applications - processes - strategy






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

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49. An end user will usually notice a reduction in the performance of a ______ before a _______






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






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