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Information Systems

Subjects : engineering, it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. An end user will usually notice a reduction in the performance of a ______ before a _______






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






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






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






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






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






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


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






9. Incremental way of transforming business processes






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






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






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






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






14. Supply chain management






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






16. 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






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






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






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






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






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






22. 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






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






24. Enterprise systems






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






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


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






28. Customer relationship management






29. ERP II makes information available to...






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






31. The plan an organization uses in providing information services






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






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






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






35. 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






36. Self- contained functional units






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






38. An organization's hardware - operating systems - databases - telecommunications - legacy systems






39. Centralization (because they focus on integration)






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






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






42. Negotiation - commitment - execution - assessment


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






44. 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.)






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






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






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






48. Systems that handle automated processes within and across organizations






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






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