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Information Systems

Subjects : engineering, it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Awaking a sleeping giant - bad timing - poor implementation - failing to deliver what customers want - breaking the law






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






3. Business process management






4. Supply chain management






5. Radical way of transforming business processes






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






7. ERPs make information available to...






8. Strategy --> architecture --> infrastructure






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






10. Enterprise resource planning






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






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






13. Infrastructure - information - applications - processes - strategy






14. Includes data - technology - people - and processes






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






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






17. Assets or capabilities






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






19. Technical skills - IT management skills - relationship skills






20. 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






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






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






23. 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)






24. Ease of imitation - substitution - transfer






25. Incremental way of transforming business processes






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






27. The plan an organization uses in providing information services






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






29. Web- oriented architecture






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






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






32. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. Inter- organizational relationship that affords one or more companies in the relationship a strategic advantage






43. Enterprise systems






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






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






46. Service- oriented architecture






47. R/3 (made by SAP)






48. Information and organizational strategy must also change






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

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