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Information Systems

Subjects : engineering, it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Inputs/outputs - tasks - decisions - metrics - 'swim lanes'






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






3. Enterprise systems






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






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






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






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






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






9. Infrastructure - information - applications - processes - strategy






10. 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






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






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






13. Assets or capabilities






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






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






16. Inputs/outputs and tasks






17. Manage fragmentation of information across an organization






18. Company who offers a complementary product (e.g. milk complements cereal)






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






20. Information and organizational strategy must also change






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






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






23. Enterprise resource planning






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

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25. Incremental way of transforming business processes






26. Supply chain management






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






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






29. Centralization (because they focus on integration)






30. Negotiation - commitment - execution - assessment

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31. Service- oriented architecture






32. 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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33. Software program that requests and receives data and instructions from another






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






35. 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






36. 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)






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






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






39. Business strategy should not be affected because it is at a more abstract level






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






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






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






43. Enterprise systems usually require...






44. Systems that handle automated processes within and across organizations






45. 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






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






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






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






49. The plan an organization uses in providing information services






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