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Information Systems
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1. Anything that can be used by a firm in its processes for creating - producing - and/or offering its products
mission
IT asset
value chain framework
client
2. Mainframe - client/server - SOA - P2P - WOA
TQM
strategic alliance
three major categories of IT capabilities
configurations for IT architecture
3. 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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4. Speed and aggressive moves and coutermoves by a firm create competitive advantages
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5. Strategy where organization aims to be the lowest- cost producer in the marketplace
shared services
Porter's 5 Forces
business process reengineering (BPR)
cost leadership
6. On a process flow diagram - a circle represents a...
why enterprise systems tie a company to a vendor
relationship between coopetition and strategic alliance
Endpoint
unlimited resources model
7. Service- oriented architecture
three major categories of IT capabilities
ERP
business process reengineering (BPR)
SOA
8. An organization's hardware - operating systems - databases - telecommunications - legacy systems
characteristics of enterprise systems
middleware...
What enterprise systems need to be integrated with
enterprise resource planning
9. Coordinated set of actions to fulfill objectives - purposes - and goals
strategic alliance
P2P
strategy
External stakeholders
10. Software systems developed in the mid-90s which were not integrated across organizations and could not interface well with each other
what ERPs help companies do
ES
most widely used enterprise system
what enterprise systems replaced
11. Supply chain management
SCM
value chain
enterprise systems are useful for this sort of organizational structure
most widely used enterprise system
12. Data in context (i.e. with relevance and purpose)
strategy
client/server
business strategy
information
13. Strategy where companies cooperate and compete at the same time with companies in its value net
co-oopetition
silos
Long- term relationships with software vendors
D'aveni's model
14. Includes a company - its competitors - complementors - customers - suppliers
mainframe architecture
BPR
value net
All departments throughout a company
15. Clear and compelling statement of organization's purpose and what makes it unique
mission
BPR
differentiation
External stakeholders
16. Enterprise resource planning
ERP
major benefit of an enterprise system
complementor
enterprise systems
17. Finance - operations - accounting - marketing - administration (functions or silos in a business)
business strategy
organizational change management
alignment
F.O.A.M.A.
18. Assets or capabilities
relationship between coopetition and strategic alliance
enterprise systems are useful for this sort of organizational structure
information resources can either be..
complementor
19. Everything that supports the flow and processing of information in an organization - including hardware - software - data and network components
infrastructure
BPM
IT capability
major benefit of an enterprise system
20. Integration - packages - best practices - some assembly required - evolving
ERP
characteristics of enterprise systems
competitive advantage
SOA
21. Strategy --> architecture --> infrastructure
Decision
general process for developing is...
more specific sub- steps in process from strategy to architecture to infrastructure
strategy
22. 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)
information
components of the high cost of enterprise systems
processes vs. functions
best practices (characteristic of ES)
23. Technical skills - IT management skills - relationship skills
differentiation
business diamond
risks associated with using information systems to gain strategic advantage
three major categories of IT capabilities
24. 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
major benefit of an enterprise system
architecture
business process management (BPM) systems
enterprise architecture
25. Peer- to- peer
Service - process
middleware...
relationship between coopetition and strategic alliance
P2P
26. Company who offers a complementary product (e.g. milk complements cereal)
value net
Porter's Generic Strategies Framework
the business triangle
complementor
27. Business process management
enterprise architecture
BPM
ES
the business triangle
28. Enterprise systems reflect industry best practices for generic business processes
best practices (characteristic of ES)
resource- based view vs. Porter's 5 Forces
IS strategy
why enterprise systems tie a company to a vendor
29. Includes organization's design and the choices it makes to define - set up - coordinate - and control its work processes
ERP
hypercompetition
Service - process
organizational strategy
30. Software used to connect processes in one or more computers across a network
mainframe architecture
service- oriented architecture
middleware...
resource- based view
31. An end user will usually notice a reduction in the performance of a ______ before a _______
information
characteristics of enterprise systems
IT capability
Service - process
32. The situation in which a company's current and emerging business strategy is enabled - supported - and unconstrained by technology
six sigma
alignment
business process management (BPM) systems
Long- term relationships with software vendors
33. Processes make services possible; processes have inputs and outputs - while service is a cycle (ongoing)
when business strategy changes
difference between a process and a service
Decision
IS strategy triangle
34. Information and organizational strategy must also change
Service - process
shared services
middleware...
when business strategy changes
35. Software program that requests and receives data and instructions from another
risks associated with using information systems to gain strategic advantage
differentiation
client
six sigma
36. Strategy where organization limits its scope to a market segment and tailors its offerings to that group of customers using either cost or differentiation
enterprise architecture
when information strategy changes
focus
differentiation
37. ERP II makes information available to...
value chain framework
business process management (BPM) systems
External stakeholders
All departments throughout a company
38. Holds that the timing of the use of specialized knowledge can create a differentiation advantage as long as the knowledge remains unique
shareholder value model
more specific sub- steps in process from strategy to architecture to infrastructure
mainframe architecture
ERP
39. Fewer steps - fewer branches - fewer loops - and fewer decisions
WOA
more efficient processes have
competitive advantage
what ERPs help companies do
40. Maintains that competitive advantage comes from the information resources of the firm; resources enable a firm to attain and sustain competitive advantage
value net
Task
TQM
resource- based view
41. The value of a network node to a person or organization in a network increases when others join the network
general process for developing is...
difference between a process and a service
network effects
enterprise resource planning
42. 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
value net
factors influencing value sustainability
why enterprise systems tie a company to a vendor
client/server
43. Highlights how IS add value to the primary and support activities of a firm's internal operations - customers - and supply chain
value chain
supply chain management (SCM)
why enterprise systems tie a company to a vendor
components of the high cost of enterprise systems
44. 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)
general process for developing is...
enterprise systems
middleware...
halo effect
45. Ease of imitation - substitution - transfer
process
two essential characteristics of a business process
factors influencing value sustainability
P2P
46. On a process flow diagram - a diamond represents a...
difference between a process and a service
disadvantages of enterprise system
Decision
middleware...
47. On a process flow diagram - a square represents a...
Task
more specific sub- steps in process from strategy to architecture to infrastructure
enterprise architecture
business diamond
48. Firms achieve competitive advantage through cost leadership - differentiation - or focus
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49. Business strategy should not be affected because it is at a more abstract level
when information strategy changes
IT capability
mainframe architecture
IS strategy
50. Organizational - control - and cultural variables used by decision makers to effect changes in their organization
organizational strategy
business process reengineering (BPR)
managerial levers
WOA
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