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Information Systems

Subjects : engineering, it-skills
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1. 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






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






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






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

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






7. Centralization (because they focus on integration)






8. Manage fragmentation of information across an organization






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






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

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






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






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






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






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






16. 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






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






18. Total quality management






19. Includes data - technology - people - and processes






20. Strategy --> architecture --> infrastructure






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






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






23. The plan an organization uses in providing information services






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






25. For changes in organizational structure - expensive - risky






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






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






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






29. Business process management






30. Systems that handle automated processes within and across organizations






31. Enterprise systems usually require...






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






33. 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)






34. 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






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






36. Radical way of transforming business processes






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






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






39. Assets or capabilities






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






41. Information and organizational strategy must also change






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






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






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






45. ERPs make information available to...






46. Customer relationship management






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






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






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






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







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