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Information Systems

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1. Service- oriented architecture






2. Manage fragmentation of information across an organization






3. Ease of imitation - substitution - transfer






4. The plan an organization uses in providing information services






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






6. Customer relationship management






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






8. 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






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






10. Business process management






11. 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






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






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






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






15. Centralization (because they focus on integration)






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






17. 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






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






19. Enterprise systems usually require...






20. Self- contained functional units






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






22. ERP II makes information available to...






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






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






25. Architecture where one software program (the client) requests and receives data and instructions from another software program (the server); computers running client programs usually require less computing resources






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. Total quality management






37. Assets or capabilities






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






39. Supply chain management






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






41. Incremental way of transforming business processes






42. Systems that handle automated processes within and across organizations






43. Peer- to- peer






44. ERPs make information available to...






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






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






47. Enterprise systems






48. Information and organizational strategy must also change






49. 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)






50. Radical way of transforming business processes







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