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Information Systems

Subjects : engineering, it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. For changes in organizational structure - expensive - risky






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






3. 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






4. 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)






5. Enterprise resource planning






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






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






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


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






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






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






12. 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






13. R/3 (made by SAP)






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






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






16. 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.)






17. Awaking a sleeping giant - bad timing - poor implementation - failing to deliver what customers want - breaking the law






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






19. Business process management






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






21. Customer relationship management






22. Peer- to- peer






23. Radical way of transforming business processes






24. 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)






25. Supply chain management






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






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






28. When all the activities are in a predetermined order (not when steps vary in a process)






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






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


31. Centralization (because they focus on integration)






32. 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






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






34. Anything that can be used by a firm in its processes for creating - producing - and/or offering its products






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






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






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






38. Infrastructure - information - applications - processes - strategy






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






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






41. Includes data - technology - people - and processes






42. Enterprise systems usually require...






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






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






45. ERP II makes information available to...






46. Total quality management






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






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






49. Allows functional areas of an organization to share information easily






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