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Information Systems

Subjects : engineering, it-skills
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1. Maintains that competitive advantage comes from the information resources of the firm; resources enable a firm to attain and sustain competitive advantage






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






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






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






5. 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






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






7. ERP II makes information available to...






8. Business process management






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






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






11. Something learned over time for the firm to create - produce - or offer its products






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






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






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






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






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






17. Supply chain management






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






19. The value of a network node to a person or organization in a network increases when others join the network






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






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






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






23. Web- oriented architecture






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






25. 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






26. Peer- to- peer






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






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


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






30. R/3 (made by SAP)






31. Incremental way of transforming business processes






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






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






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






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






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






38. Technical skills - IT management skills - relationship skills






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






40. Assets or capabilities






41. ERPs make information available to...






42. Enterprise systems reflect industry best practices for generic business processes






43. 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






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






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






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






47. Threat of new entrants - bargaining power of buyers - threat of substitute products or services - bargaining power of suppliers - rivalry among existing competitors


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






49. Customer relationship management






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