Chapter 10: Global Information Systems Flashcards
What is the first large scale interactive global information systems?
Airline reservation systems
What do you call moving certain business processes to different countries due to their advantages?
Regionalization
Some companies create separate Web
sites for each country in which they do business, this is called?
localization of a web site
What feature of a good global website concerns itself with appropriation of culture?
cultural differences
What feature of a good global website concerns itself with international search engines and indexes
International Lisitng
What feature of a good global website concerns itself with local people?
Local Involvement
What feature of a good global website concerns itself with specific languages
International Marketing
play a major role in
further globalization and in bringing more people online.
Because many developing nations do not have an estab-
lished communication network in place, mobile networks
are an attractive alternative for many of these courtiers
Mobile Computing and Mobile Apps
Mobile apps play a major role in globalization by
offering ___ ___ ___ and ____ such as bank-
ing, payment, and agricultural information for developing
nation
Basic Social Services and Commerce
T or F: A global information system uses the same applications and technologies as normal information system
T
It is also a core function of a Global Information System
Strategic Planning
Which two dimensions define a GIS?
Control and Coordination
using managerial
power to ensure adherence to the organization’s goals.
Control
is the procedure of interaction managing among activities ?
Coordination
What is the difference between Control and Coordination in terms of structure?
Control requires a centralized structure aka formatted and predefined decisions
The trade offf between the amount of control and coodrdination defines the organizations:
globalization strategy
What are the two components of a global information system?
- Global Database
- Information Sharing Technologies
What are the challenges faced in implementing a global database?
- Different Character Sets
- Currency Conversion
- Different Formats
What do small companies do when implementing information technologies for the GIS?
Outsourcing technical expertise
What do large companies do when implementing information sharing technologies for GIS
create/develop custom applications
Large Companies usually have a network for?
Email, Data ENtry, audio, video, computer conferencing, distributed databse
What network technology do small companies use?
internet or value added network
private multipoint networks managed by a third party?
Value Added Network
What payment plan do value added networks use?
subscription based
What features does value added network provide?
- electronic data interchange standards
- encryption
- Data Synchronization
What is the foundation of any global information system?
an integrated network for global control over the org’s resources
What do you call the devices that guide packets to their destination?
Switching nodes
What does the global information system need to allow several networks to connect worldwide?
Bridges, routers, and gateways
An information systems manager needs to determine the best _____ _____ to meet global performance and traffic needs such as: …?
communication media
- fiber optics
-satellites - micro waves
- conventional phone lines
What is the noise factor?
how immune a medium is to outside e-interference
what transmission technology does not require both parties to connect at the same time. Give an example
Asynchronous Transmission. Email
What transmission technology require parties to be connected at the same time? Give an example?
Phone Calls
What is multiplexing?
combines analog or digital signals into one over a shared medium
Upon reaching its destination, what is done to the muxed signal?
it undergoes the process of demuxing
Digital Signals are also called?
Baseband
Analog Signals are also called?
Broadband
provides stability in transmission protocols when there
are inadequate telecommunication infrastructures
private networks and dedicated lease line
Give examples of information sharing tech.
- Electronic Meeting Systems or Video Conferencing
- Group Support Systems
- File Transfer Protocol
- Data Synchronisation
- Application Sharing
Restricts what type of data can be captured and transmitted in foreign countries
Transborder Data Flow
is an
organization with assets and
operations in at least one country
other than its home country. An
MNC delivers products and services
across national borders and is
usually centrally managed from its
headquarters.
Multinational Corporation
What factors constitute a global environment?
- Legal Laws
- Cultural
- Economic
- Political
two choices for the deployment of video conferencing technologies?
- on premise
- cloud based
A GIS, like any
information system,
can be classified
according to the
different kinds of
managerial support it
provides
Strategic, Tactical, Operational
What conflict may arise from putting up a subsidiary branch in a country where there is an unstable government?
Conflict may happen between the company’s parent government, and the company’s host government where the subsidiary resides
involves broad and long term goals
Strategic support
medium range activities that move the organization to achieve long term goals
Tactical Support
day to day activities
operational support
T or F: Strategic and Tactical management are becoming one
T
What functions of the gis are considered operational?
1.Global Data Access
2. Consolidated Global Reporting
3. Communication between headquarters and subsidiaries
4. Management of short-term forex risks
What functional requirements of the gis is considered strategic?
- Strategic Planning Support
- Management of Global Tax Risk
Identify the Requirement: Access to information around the world
Global Data Access
Identify the Requirement: Reports that include financial data, manufacturing data etc.
Consolidated Global Reporting
Identify the Requirement: to facilitate decision making and planning processes
Communication between headquarter and subsidiaries
Identify the Requirement: minimization of currency fluctuations on the company
Management of short-term foreign exchange risks
Identify the Requirement: Core of any GIS
Strategic Planning Support
Identify the Requirement: Needs knowledge of international finance, money systems and tax law
Management of Global Tax Risk
production, sales, and marketing are decentralized, and financial management remains the parent company’s responsibility.
multinational structure
it is also known as a franchiser
global structure
what type of organizational structure has a highly centralized information system and little autonomy
global structure
To achieve organizational efficiency in a global structure organization, what must they do?
duplicate information system
operates much like a multinational corporation, but subsidiaries depend on headquarters more for process and production decisions.
international structure
focuses on optimizing supply sources and using advantages available in subsidiary locations.
transnational organization
The architecture of the GIS in a transnational structure requires a higher level of
standardization and uniformity for global efficiency
enhances the integration of GIS
Universal data dictionaries and standard databases
Do transnational companies exist today
no
An alternative for developing information systems.
Offshore outsourcing
What are the obstacles in implementing a global information systems?
- Lack of standardization (including differences in timezones, taxes, language, and work habits)
- Cultural differences
- Diverse regulatory practices
- Poor telecommunication infrastructures
- Lack of skilled analysts and programmers
A more subtle obstacle to GIS development is the_________ to host countries.
organization’s unwillingness to delegate control of information systems
Only __ percent of a company’s
applications are truly global in nature.
5–15
can impede the development
of a cohesive GIS that is capable of sharing information
resources across borders.
lack of standardization
This obstacle does not necessarily apply to transborder data flow (TDF) regulations; it applies to policies on business practices and technological use.
Diverse Regulatory Practices
Determining ___ in cases involving cyberspace is still difficult.
jurisdiction
Under GDPR,
individuals are able to easily transfer their personal data
between service providers, called
“right to portability.”
