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Information Systems

Subjects : engineering, it-skills
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1. Hardware - software - professional services - internal staff costs






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






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






6. Enterprise systems usually require...






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






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

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






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






11. 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.)






12. Enterprise resource planning






13. Information and organizational strategy must also change






14. Inputs/outputs and tasks






15. Negotiation - commitment - execution - assessment

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16. 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)






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

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18. ERP II makes information available to...






19. Systems that handle automated processes within and across organizations






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






21. Assets or capabilities






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






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






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






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






26. For changes in organizational structure - expensive - risky






27. Speed and aggressive moves and coutermoves by a firm create competitive advantages

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






29. Incremental way of transforming business processes






30. 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






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






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






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






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






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






36. Framework for understanding the design of an organization; links together business processes - values & beliefs - management control systems - and tasks & structures






37. Includes data - technology - people - and processes






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






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






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






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






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






43. Web- oriented architecture






44. Self- contained functional units






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






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






47. Includes organization's design and the choices it makes to define - set up - coordinate - and control its work processes






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






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






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







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