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Information Systems

Subjects : engineering, it-skills
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1. Interrelated set of activities and tasks that turns inputs into outputs






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






3. Self- contained functional units






4. Systems that handle automated processes within and across organizations






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






6. Inputs/outputs - tasks - decisions - metrics - 'swim lanes'






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






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






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






10. On a process flow diagram - a circle represents a...






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

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12. Information and organizational strategy must also change






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






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






15. Strategy where companies cooperate and compete at the same time with companies in its value net






16. Technical skills - IT management skills - relationship skills






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






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






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






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






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






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






23. 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)






24. Strategy --> architecture --> infrastructure






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






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






27. Customer relationship management






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






29. 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






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






31. Enterprise systems usually require...






32. Enterprise resource planning






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






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






35. Includes organization's design and the choices it makes to define - set up - coordinate - and control its work processes






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






37. Peer- to- peer






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






39. ERP II makes information available to...






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






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






42. Ease of imitation - substitution - transfer






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






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






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






47. Enterprise systems






48. Framework for understanding the design of an organization; links together business processes - values & beliefs - management control systems - and tasks & structures






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






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







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