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Information Systems

Subjects : engineering, it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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






2. Enterprise systems usually require...






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

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. ERPs make information available to...






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






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






15. Includes data - technology - people - and processes






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






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






18. Customer relationship management






19. Negotiation - commitment - execution - assessment

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20. 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.)






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






22. Inputs/outputs - tasks - decisions - metrics - 'swim lanes'






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






24. Finance - operations - accounting - marketing - administration (functions or silos in a business)






25. Centralization (because they focus on integration)






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






27. Web- oriented architecture






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

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






30. 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)






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

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






33. Everything that supports the flow and processing of information in an organization - including hardware - software - data and network components






34. Technical skills - IT management skills - relationship skills






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






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






37. Highlights how IS add value to the primary and support activities of a firm's internal operations - customers - and supply chain






38. Service- oriented architecture






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






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






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






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






43. Business process management






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






45. Supply chain management






46. 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






47. For changes in organizational structure - expensive - risky






48. Inputs/outputs and tasks






49. R/3 (made by SAP)






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