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Information Systems

Subjects : engineering, it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Inputs/outputs and tasks






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






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






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






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






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






7. Assets or capabilities






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






9. 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






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






11. Business process re- engineering






12. ERP II makes information available to...






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






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






15. 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)






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






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






18. Service- oriented architecture






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






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






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






22. Negotiation - commitment - execution - assessment


23. Business process management






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






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






26. 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)






27. Systems that handle automated processes within and across organizations






28. Centralization (because they focus on integration)






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






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






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






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






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






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






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


36. Peer- to- peer






37. Manage fragmentation of information across an organization






38. Enterprise resource planning






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






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






41. Technical skills - IT management skills - relationship skills






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






43. Ease of imitation - substitution - transfer






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






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






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


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






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






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






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