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Information Systems

Subjects : engineering, it-skills
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1. Anything that can be used by a firm in its processes for creating - producing - and/or offering its products






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






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

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






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






7. Service- oriented architecture






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






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






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






11. Supply chain management






12. Data in context (i.e. with relevance and purpose)






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






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






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






16. Enterprise resource planning






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






18. Assets or capabilities






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






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






21. Strategy --> architecture --> infrastructure






22. 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)






23. Technical skills - IT management skills - relationship skills






24. 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






25. Peer- to- peer






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






27. Business process management






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






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






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






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






32. The situation in which a company's current and emerging business strategy is enabled - supported - and unconstrained by technology






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






34. Information and organizational strategy must also change






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






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






37. ERP II makes information available to...






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






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






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






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






42. 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






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






44. 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)






45. Ease of imitation - substitution - transfer






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






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






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

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






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







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