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Chap 2 Flashcards

1
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What is the management of information?

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Communicating and/or storing information for future reference.

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What are the possible formats for reporting information?

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  • Columnar/tabular format
  • Visual formats (charts, diagrams, graphs)
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What are the six classes of Computer Based Information Systems (CBIS)?

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  • Transaction Processing Systems (TPS)
  • Management Information Systems (MIS)
  • Executive Information Systems (EIS)
  • Decision Support Systems (DSS)
  • Knowledge Management Systems (KMS)
  • Office Automation Systems (OAS)
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What is a Transaction Processing System (TPS)?

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Records and processes business transactions.

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5
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Provide an example of a Management Information System (MIS).

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Daily sales analysis reports.

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What is the focus of a Management Support System?

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Providing information and support for effective decision making by managers.

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7
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Define Formal Information System.

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Based on the organizational chart represented by the organization.

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Define Informal Information System.

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Employee-based system designed to meet personal and vocational needs.

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What is the purpose of Enterprise Collaboration Systems?

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Enhance team and workgroup communications and productivity.

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What do Process Control Systems do?

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Monitor and control physical processes.

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What is the primary function of Decision Support Systems (DSS)?

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Provide interactive and ad hoc support for decision making.

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What do Knowledge Management Systems (KMS) support?

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Creation, organization, and dissemination of business knowledge.

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What is the role of Office Automation Systems (OAS)?

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Increase the productivity of data workers in the office.

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What is the Information Systems Investment Challenge?

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Overlooking costs associated with the non-technical side of technology.

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What is the Strategic Business Challenge?

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Technology goes unused despite significant investment.

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What does a good management information system address?

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Both domestic and foreign opportunities and challenges.

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17
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What are the three vital roles that information systems can perform for a business enterprise?

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  • Support business processes and operations
  • Support decision making
  • Support strategies for competitive advantage
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How do information systems help in decision making?

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By providing relevant, accurate, and complete information.

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What is operational information?

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Relates to day-to-day operations, derived from internal sources.

20
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What is tactical information used for?

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Helps middle-level managers allocate resources and establish control.

21
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What is strategic information needed for?

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Making choices among business options and defining goals.

22
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What are the characteristics of strategic planning information systems?

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  • Ad hoc basis
  • Unexpected information
  • Predictive nature
  • Summary form
  • Unstructured format
  • Subjectivity
23
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What is the objective of data processing?

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Getting the right information to the right person at the right time.

24
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What are the three criteria of valuable information?

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  • Accuracy
  • Timeliness
  • Meaningful
25
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What is the definition of information?

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A representation of reality, processed data that is meaningful and useful.

26
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What is the purpose of data transformation in information systems?

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To rearrange, classify, calculate, and summarize data.

27
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What is information?

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A representation of reality, processed data that is meaningful and useful to human beings.

28
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What constitutes data?

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Raw facts, recorded and unformatted information such as words and numbers.

29
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What is management defined as?

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Processes or activities that describe what managers do: plan, organize, initiate, and control operations.

30
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What are the key roles of managers in decision making?

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Setting strategies and goals, selecting the best course of action.

31
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What is knowledge?

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What is learned, understood, and aware; it includes factual, conceptual, and procedural knowledge.

32
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Define wisdom in the context of decision making.

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The ability to know what is true or right, including common sense and accumulated knowledge.

33
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What does information processing entail?

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Activities that turn uncorrelated facts into a meaningful whole for management processes.

34
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List the three basic activities involved in generating information.

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  • Data acquisition
  • Data transformation
  • Management of information
35
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What is strategic decision making?

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Determines the objectives, resources, and policies of the organization.

36
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What is management control decision making concerned with?

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Efficiency and effectiveness of resources and performance of operational units.

37
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What defines operational control decision making?

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Determines how to carry out specific tasks set by strategic and middle management.

38
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What is knowledge-level decision making focused on?

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New ideas for products and services, communication of new knowledge, and distribution of information.

39
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Identify the formal sources of data/information.

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  • Primary sources via different data collection methods
  • Secondary sources like statistical sources and databases
40
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What are unstructured decisions?

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Decisions requiring judgment, evaluation, and insights into novel, important, and non-routine problems.

41
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Define structured decisions.

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Repetitive and routine decisions with a definite procedure for handling them.

42
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What are semi-structured decisions?

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Decisions where only part of the problem has a clear-cut answer provided by an accepted procedure.

43
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What does the intelligence stage in decision making involve?

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Identifying and understanding problems occurring in the organization.

44
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What happens in the design stage of decision making?

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The decision maker designs possible solutions to the identified problems.

45
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What is the choice stage in decision making?

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Choosing among solution alternatives based on developed data and analysis.

46
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What occurs during the implementation stage of decision making?

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The decision is put into effect.

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