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Information Systems
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Organizations restructure common business processes to consolidate services like IT - human resources - finance
Information Systems (IS)
All departments throughout a company
why enterprise systems tie a company to a vendor
shared services
2. Includes organization's design and the choices it makes to define - set up - coordinate - and control its work processes
organizational strategy
more specific sub- steps in process from strategy to architecture to infrastructure
architecture
when information strategy changes
3. Assets or capabilities
Endpoint
information resources can either be..
why enterprise systems tie a company to a vendor
complementor
4. Everything that supports the flow and processing of information in an organization - including hardware - software - data and network components
infrastructure
why enterprise systems tie a company to a vendor
ES
major benefit of an enterprise system
5. Translates strategy into infrastructure - creating plans for the implementation
Endpoint
architecture
resource- based view
process
6. 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
competitive advantage
Long- term relationships with software vendors
TOGAF
why enterprise systems tie a company to a vendor
7. Tries to minimize risks and maximize benefits of change in an organization
TQM
business strategy
organizational change management
resource- based view
8. Comprehensive software packages that incorporate all modules needed to run the operations of a business
shared services
architecture
enterprise resource planning
IT asset vs. capability
9. 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.)
customer relationship management (CRM)
business diamond
six sigma
cost leadership
10. Business process re- engineering
enterprise systems are useful for this sort of organizational structure
BPR
information
process
11. Self- contained functional units
silos
total quality management (TQM)
value chain framework
unlimited resources model
12. Negotiation - commitment - execution - assessment
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13. Clear and compelling statement of organization's purpose and what makes it unique
F.O.A.M.A.
three major categories of IT capabilities
mission
alignment
14. Peer- to- peer
service- oriented architecture
BPR
P2P
mission
15. An IT capability makes it possible for the firm to use its IT assets effectively
processes vs. functions
more efficient processes have
customer relationship management (CRM)
IT asset vs. capability
16. The value of a network node to a person or organization in a network increases when others join the network
risks associated with using information systems to gain strategic advantage
strategic alliance
more efficient processes have
network effects
17. Mainframe - client/server - SOA - P2P - WOA
strategy
customer relationship management (CRM)
configurations for IT architecture
TQM
18. Speed and aggressive moves and coutermoves by a firm create competitive advantages
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19. Because they are complex and usually need continual modification to meet the organizations needs
processes vs. functions
shared services
why enterprise systems tie a company to a vendor
Porter's 5 Forces
20. Total quality management
IT capability
value net
TQM
information resources
21. Software systems developed in the mid-90s which were not integrated across organizations and could not interface well with each other
characteristics of enterprise systems
BPM
what enterprise systems replaced
customer relationship management (CRM)
22. Enterprise systems usually require...
more specific sub- steps in process from strategy to architecture to infrastructure
Long- term relationships with software vendors
business process reengineering (BPR)
disadvantages of enterprise system
23. Enterprise systems reflect industry best practices for generic business processes
unlimited resources model
best practices (characteristic of ES)
complementor
difference between a process and a service
24. Software program that requests and receives data and instructions from another
information resources
client
differentiation
managerial levers
25. Information and organizational strategy must also change
information resources can either be..
shared services
characteristics of enterprise systems
when business strategy changes
26. An end user will usually notice a reduction in the performance of a ______ before a _______
strategy
Service - process
characteristics of a business process
disadvantages of enterprise system
27. Supply chain management
D'aveni's model
SCM
configurations for IT architecture
total quality management (TQM)
28. Centralization (because they focus on integration)
Porter's 5 Forces
What enterprise systems need to be integrated with
enterprise systems are useful for this sort of organizational structure
IS strategy triangle
29. 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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30. Software used to connect processes in one or more computers across a network
architecture
middleware...
Ring and Van de Ven's stages of a strategic alliance
when business strategy changes
31. Suggests that speed and aggressiveness of the moves and countermoves create an environment in which advantages are rapidly created and eroded
IT asset
the business triangle
What enterprise systems need to be integrated with
hypercompetition
32. Hardware - software - professional services - internal staff costs
network effects
enterprise resource planning
components of the high cost of enterprise systems
six sigma
33. Integration - packages - best practices - some assembly required - evolving
configurations for IT architecture
halo effect
characteristics of enterprise systems
major benefit of an enterprise system
34. Business process management
WOA
more efficient processes have
ES
BPM
35. 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
client/server
All departments throughout a company
hypercompetition
Task
36. Says competition stems from lowering the cost to perform activities and adding value so buyers will pay more
IS strategy triangle
architecture
value chain framework
processes vs. functions
37. Strategy --> architecture --> infrastructure
P2P
general process for developing is...
configurations for IT architecture
client
38. Firms achieve competitive advantage through cost leadership - differentiation - or focus
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39. Maintains that competitive advantage comes from the information resources of the firm; resources enable a firm to attain and sustain competitive advantage
business process management (BPM) systems
competitive advantage
two essential characteristics of a business process
resource- based view
40. Enterprise systems
value net
organizational change management
ES
Decision
41. Data in context (i.e. with relevance and purpose)
characteristics of enterprise systems
major benefit of an enterprise system
components of the high cost of enterprise systems
information
42. Utilizes a large base of resources that allows organization to outlast competitors by practicing a differentiation strategy
most widely used enterprise system
strategy
unlimited resources model
the business triangle
43. Includes data - technology - people - and processes
resource- based view vs. Porter's 5 Forces
information resources
SCM
alignment
44. Service- oriented architecture
BPR
SOA
mainframe architecture
enterprise architecture
45. Uses a large central computer that handles all the functionality of the system; common in legacy systems
cost leadership
TOGAF
mainframe architecture
business diamond
46. Plan of where a business seeks to go and how it plans to get there
Decision
information resources can either be..
business strategy
D'aveni's model
47. R/3 (made by SAP)
client/server
information
unlimited resources model
most widely used enterprise system
48. Inputs/outputs and tasks
differentiation
what enterprise systems replaced
two essential characteristics of a business process
shared services
49. Enterprise resource planning
what enterprise systems replaced
IS strategy triangle
ERP
most widely used enterprise system
50. Businesses have to conform to the system - sometimes have to redesign processes to fit system
difference between a process and a service
components of the high cost of enterprise systems
major disadvantage of an enterprise system
silos
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