Midterm 1

Question 0

What is an information system

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Any organized combination of people hardware software communications networks data resources and policies and procedures that stores retrieves transforms and disseminates information in an organization

Question 1

What is a system

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A set of interrelated components with a clearly defined boundary, working together to achieve a common set of objectives

Question 2

What is hardware

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Physical data

Question 3

What is software

Answer 3

Information processing instructions and procedures

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What are networks

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Communication channels

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What is data resources

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Stored data

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What is management information systems

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Processing data into useful informative reports. Focuses on developing business apps that provide managerial end users with reports that help make decisions

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What are the types of information systems

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Operations or management systems

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What are the three basic functions of a system

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Input
Processing
Output

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Input

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Involves capturing and assembling elements that enter the system to be process

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Processing

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Involves transformation processes that convert input into output

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Output

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Involves transferring elements that have been produced by transformation process to their ultimate destination

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What is feedback

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Data about the performance of a system

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What does control involve

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Involves monitoring and evaluating feedback to determine whether a system is moving toward the achievement of its goal

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What are the basics resources of information systems

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People,hardware,software,data, and networks

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What are hardware resources

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Physical devices and materials used in information processing
I.e. Machines like computers
Data media

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What is media

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Tangible objects on which data are recorded I.e. Paper, magnetic disk

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What are some examples of computer systems

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Laptops,tablet,midrange computer systems

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What are some examples of computer peripherals

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Keyboard, electronic mouse, trackball,printer

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What are software resources

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Sets of information processing instructions

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What are programs

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Sets of operating instructions, that direct and control computer hardware

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What are procedures

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Set of information processing instructions

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What are examples of software resources

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System software, application software,procedures

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Data is

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Raw facts or observations typically about physical phenomena or business transactions

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Data relates to info as

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Data is raw material resources that are processed into finished information products

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Information is

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Data that has been converted into meaningful and useful context for specific end users

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What are the competitive strategies

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Cost leadership
Differentation
Innovation
Growth
Alliance 
Other strategies

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What are the competitive forces

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Rivalry of competitors
Threat of new entrants
Threat of substitutes 
Bargaining power of customers
Bargaining power of suppliers

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What is customer value

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Recognizes that quality, rather than price, has become primary determinant in a customers perception of value

Question 29

This views a firm as a series chain or network of basic activities that add value to its products and services and thus add a margin of value to both the firm and it’s customers

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Value chain

Question 30

What does bpr stand for

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Business process reengineering

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Bpr brings about

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Dramatic improvements in cost, quality, speed, and service

It’s a severe change