Exam 2 Flashcards
Personal information systems
informations systems used by a single individual
characteristics of personal information systems
single user; procedures informal; problems isolated; easy to manage change
characteristics of workgroup information systems
10-100 users; procedures understood within group; problem solutions within group; somewhat difficult to change
characteristics of enterprise information systems
100-1000’s users; procedures formalized; problem solutions affect enterprise; difficult to change
characteristics of inter-enterprise information systems
1,000s of users; procedures formalized; problem solutions affect multiple organizations; difficult to change
example of personal IS
drug salesperson
example of workgroup IS
physician partnership
example of enterprise IS
hospital
example of inter-enterprise IS
PRIDE system
workgroup information systems
information systems that facilitate the activities of a group of people
departmental information systems
workgroup information systems that support a particular department
functional information systems
workgroup information systems that support a particular business function
enterprise information systems
information systems that span an organization and support activities of people in multiple departments
inter-enterprise information systems
information systems that are shared by two or more independent organizations
information silo
the condition that exists when data are isolated in separated information systems. silos come into existence as entities at one organizational level create information systems that meet only their particular needs.
data integrity
when an organization has inconsistent duplicated data
business process reengineering
the activity of altering existing and designing new business processes to take advantage of new information systems
inherent processes
predesigned procedures for using the software products. Provided by PeopleSoft, Siebel, and SAP. Saved organizations from expensive and time-consuming business process reengineering
3 categories of enterprise applications
customer relationship management, enterprise resource planning, enterprise application integration
customer relationship management (CRM) system
a suite of applications, a database, and a set of inherent processes for managing all the interactions with the customer, from lead generation to customer service
4 phases of the customer life cycle
marketing, customer acquisition, relationship management, loss/churn
major components of a CRM application
solicitation and lead management application, sales applications, relationship management applications, customer support applications, CRM database
enterprise resource planning (ERP)
a suite of applications, a database, and a set of inherent processes for consolidating business operations into a single consistent computing platform