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PRELIMINARY Flashcards

1
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Selling products and services online *not perishable

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E-commerce

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2
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OLAP

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Online Application Program

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3
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DSS

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Decision Support System

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4
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AI

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Artificial Intelligence

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5
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Evolution in computer Hardware

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Mainframe

Multitasking

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6
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Smaller computers

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Minicomputers
Microcomputers
Personal Computers

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7
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Hardware vs Software

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Intangible and Tangible

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8
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==Used to support managerial decision making

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Hardware

Software

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9
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Hardware device that modulates the digital signals from a computer analog signals (telephone system) and vice versa

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Modem

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10
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Virtual systems that enable management to control the operations of the physical system of the firm

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Information System

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11
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Tangible resources such as materials, personnel, machines and money

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Physical system

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12
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Information resources that are used to represent the physical system

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Virtual system

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13
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Physical system of the firm

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Input resources ➡️ Transformation process ➡️ Output Resources

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14
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Firm’s physical system that interacts with its environment by means of physical resource flows

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Open System

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15
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One that does not communicate with its environment

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Closed system

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16
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TPS

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Transaction Processing Systems

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17
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Transaction Processing Systems

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Data
Information
TPS

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18
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Facts and figures that are generally unusable due to their large volume and unrefined nature

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Data

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19
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Processed data that is meaningful; tells users something

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Information

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20
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Processes data that reflects the activities of the firm

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TPS

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21
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MIS

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Management Information System

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22
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Computer-based system that makes information available to users with similar needs

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MIS

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23
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Writing software produces both periodic and special reports

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Report

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Produces information as a simulation of the firms operations

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Mathematical models

25
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Information provided by MIS describes the firm or one of its major systems:

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What has happened in the past
What is happening now
What is likely to happen in the future

26
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IOS

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Interorganization Information system

27
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ISD

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Information System Development

28
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Formed when a firm interacts with others such as suppliers

29
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Use of electronics to facilitate communication

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Office automation

30
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Use technology to self-manage clerical tasks such as calendars, address books, etc.

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Personal productivity systems

31
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Performing activities independent of a particular physical location

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Virtual office

32
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Assists management in solving a problem

33
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Group-oriented software

34
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GDSS

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Group Decision Support System

35
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Combined groupware and the DSS

36
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The science of providing computers with human intelligence

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Artificial Intelligence

37
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ERPS

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Enterprise Resource Planning System

38
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Computer-based system that enables the management of all of the firms resources on an organization-wide basis

39
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ERPS ex:

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12k complaint

SAP-ERP Provider

40
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First users were

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Clerical users

41
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MIS added problem-solvers as-

42
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Managerial levels:

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Strategic planning level
Operational control level
Management control level

43
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Condition or event that is harmful or potentially harmful to a firm or that is beneficial or potentially beneficial

44
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Outcome of the problem-solving activity

45
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Particular selected course of action

46
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Four phases:

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Intelligence activity
Design Activity
Review Activity
Choice activity

47
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Search the environment for conditions calling for a solution

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Intelligence activity

48
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Invent, develop and analyze possible courses of action

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Design activity

49
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Select a particular course of action from those available

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Choice activity

50
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Assess past choices

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Review activity

51
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Future of IT

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Reduced cost and increased power on both computers and communications

Computers and communications are converging

Future computing will be low cost, small in size, mobile and connected

52
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General systems model of the firm

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Physical resource flow

Virtual resource flow

53
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Includes personnel, materials, machines, money

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Physical resource flow

54
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Includes data, information, and information in the form of decisions

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Virtual resource flow

55
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Firm’s control mechanism include

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Performance standards to meet if the firm wants to achieve overall objectives

Firm’s management

Information processor that transform data into information

56
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It is composed of the virtual resources

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Feedback loop

57
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Organizations and individuals that exist outside the firm and have a direct or indirect influence on it

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Environmental elements

58
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Organizations and individuals that exist outside the firm and have a direct or indirect influence on it

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Global organizations

59
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Eight environmental elements

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Government
Global community
Customers
Competitors
Stockholders or owners
Labor unions
Suppliers
Financial community

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