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






3. Business process management






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. Technical skills - IT management skills - relationship skills






14. Peer- to- peer






15. Enterprise resource planning






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






17. Business process re- engineering






18. Enterprise systems






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






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






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






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






23. Supply chain management






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






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






26. 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






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






28. Inputs/outputs and tasks






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






38. Software program that requests and receives data and instructions from another






39. ERP II makes information available to...






40. Includes data - technology - people - and processes






41. Information and organizational strategy must also change






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






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

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44. 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






45. Infrastructure - information - applications - processes - strategy






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






47. Web- oriented architecture






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






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






50. Because they are complex and usually need continual modification to meet the organizations needs