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Information Systems

Subjects : engineering, it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Fewer steps - fewer branches - fewer loops - and fewer decisions






2. Self- contained functional units






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






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






5. 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






6. Manage fragmentation of information across an organization






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






8. 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.)






9. Web- oriented architecture






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. 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






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






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

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19. 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)






20. Negotiation - commitment - execution - assessment

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






22. Infrastructure - information - applications - processes - strategy






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






24. Business process management






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






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






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






28. Includes data - technology - people - and processes






29. Relates business strategy with IS and organizational strategy; business strategy at the top - organizational and information strategy at the base






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






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






32. ERPs make information available to...






33. Customer relationship management






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






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






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






37. Inputs/outputs and tasks






38. Strategy --> architecture --> infrastructure






39. Enterprise systems usually require...






40. 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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41. Includes a company - its competitors - complementors - customers - suppliers






42. 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)






43. Peer- to- peer






44. Ease of imitation - substitution - transfer






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






46. Business process re- engineering






47. Enterprise resource planning






48. For changes in organizational structure - expensive - risky






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






50. Radical way of transforming business processes