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Information Systems

Subjects : engineering, it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Finance - operations - accounting - marketing - administration (functions or silos in a business)






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






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






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






5. Firms achieve competitive advantage through cost leadership - differentiation - or focus

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6. Customer relationship management






7. Uses a large central computer that handles all the functionality of the system; common in legacy systems






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






9. Strategy --> architecture --> infrastructure






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






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






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






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

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14. 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






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






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






17. Web- oriented architecture






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






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






20. Enterprise resource planning






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






22. Infrastructure - information - applications - processes - strategy






23. Organizations restructure common business processes to consolidate services like IT - human resources - finance






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






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






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






27. Enterprise systems usually require...






28. Information and organizational strategy must also change






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






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






31. For changes in organizational structure - expensive - risky






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






33. Enterprise systems






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






35. 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






36. Service- oriented architecture






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






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






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






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






41. Incremental way of transforming business processes






42. Inputs/outputs and tasks






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






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






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






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






47. Supply chain management






48. ERPs make information available to...






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






50. Manage fragmentation of information across an organization