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Information Systems

Subjects : engineering, it-skills
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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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. Awaking a sleeping giant - bad timing - poor implementation - failing to deliver what customers want - breaking the law






3. Supply chain management






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






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






6. Manage fragmentation of information across an organization






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






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






9. 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






10. Service- oriented architecture






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


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






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






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


15. 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)






16. Coordinated set of actions to fulfill objectives - purposes - and goals






17. Assets or capabilities






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






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






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






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






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






23. Negotiation - commitment - execution - assessment


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


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






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






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






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






29. 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)






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






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






32. Technical skills - IT management skills - relationship skills






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






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






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






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






37. Enterprise resource planning






38. Software program that requests and receives data and instructions from another






39. Enterprise systems usually require...






40. Includes data - technology - people - and processes






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






42. For changes in organizational structure - expensive - risky






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






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






45. R/3 (made by SAP)






46. Businesses have to conform to the system - sometimes have to redesign processes to fit system






47. Inputs/outputs and tasks






48. Radical way of transforming business processes






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






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