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Information Systems

Subjects : engineering, it-skills
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1. 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






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






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






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






5. 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)






6. Enterprise systems






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






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






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






10. Technical skills - IT management skills - relationship skills






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






12. Enterprise resource planning






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






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






15. R/3 (made by SAP)






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






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






18. Radical way of transforming business processes






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






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






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






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






23. Comprehensive software packages that incorporate all modules needed to run the operations of 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. 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






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






27. Self- contained functional units






28. Business process re- engineering






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

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






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






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






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






35. Systems that handle automated processes within and across organizations






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






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






38. Strategy --> architecture --> infrastructure






39. 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)






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






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






42. 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






43. Incremental way of transforming business processes






44. Includes data - technology - people - and processes






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






46. Total quality management






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






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






49. ERPs make information available to...






50. Negotiation - commitment - execution - assessment

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