Business Driven Technology

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Business Driven Technology
Identifying Competitive Advantages
Strategic Initiatives for Implementing Competitive Advantages
Measuring the Success of Strategic Initiatives
Organizational Structures That Support Strategic Initiatives
Valuing Organizational Information
Storing Organizational Information-Databases
Accessing Organizational Information-Data Warehouse
Enabling the Organization-Decision Making
Extending the Organization-Supply Chain Management
Building a Customer-Centric Organization-Customer Relationship Management
Integrating the Organization From End to End-Enterprise Resource Planning
Creating Innovative Organizations
Ebusiness
Creating Collaborative Partnerships
Integrating Wireless Technology in Business
Developing Software to Streamline Operations
Methodologies for Supporting Agile Organizations
Managing Organizational Projects
Developing a 21st-Century Organization
Appendix: Business Basics
Appendix: Business Process
Appendix: Hardware and Software Basics
Appendix: Mis Infrastructures
Appendix: Networks and Telecommunications
Appendix: Information Security
Appendix: Ethics
Appendix: Operations Management
Appendix: Sustainable Mis Infrastructures
Appendix: Business Intelligence
Appendix: Global Information Systems
Appendix: Global Trends

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Question 1

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Companies today are successful when they combine the power of the information age with traditional business methods.

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Question 2

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The information age is the present time,during which infinite quantities of facts are widely available to anyone who can use a computer.

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Question 3

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For an organization to succeed,every department or functional area must work independently to be most effective.

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Successful companies today operate cross-functionally,integrating the operations of all departments.

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Question 5

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An overview of systems thinking includes input,process,output,and finances.

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MIS is a tool that is most valuable when it leverages the talents of people who know how to use and manage it effectively.

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Information technology equals business success and innovation.

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Common departments found in an organization include accounting,management information systems,operations management,and delivery.

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Question 9

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Three key resources - people,information,and information technology (in that order of priority)- are inextricably linked.If one fails,they all fail.

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Question 10

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Which of the following is not included as one of Friedman's 10 forces that flattened the world?

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Systems thinking.

Outsourcing.

Informing.

Supply-chaining.

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Question 11

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Why do students need to study information technology?

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Information technology is everywhere in business.

Information technology is rarely discussed in business.

Information technology is rarely used in organizations.

Information technology is found in only a few businesses.

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Question 12

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Which of the following is considered information?

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Quantity sold

Date sold

Best-selling item by month

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Question 13

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Which of the following is considered data?

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Quantity sold

Best customer by month

Best-selling item by month

Worst-selling item by month

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Question 14

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Cheryl Steffan is the operations manager for Nature's Bread Company,which specializes in providing natural products for health-conscious individuals.Cheryl is responsible for compiling,analyzing,and evaluating daily sales numbers to determine the company's profitability and forecast production for the next day.Which of the following is an example of a piece of data Cheryl would be using to successfully perform her job?

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Craig Newmark customer number is 15467.

Compare the costs of supplies, including energy, over the last five years to determine the best-selling product by month.

Best-selling product by day.

Best-selling product changes when Tony, the best baker, is working.

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Question 15

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Cheryl Steffan is the operations manager for Nature's Bread Company,which specializes in providing natural products for health-conscious individuals.Cheryl is responsible for compiling,analyzing,and evaluating daily sales numbers to determine the company's profitability and forecast production for the next day.Which of the following is an example of the type of information Cheryl would be using to successfully perform her job?

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Craig Newmark is customer number 15467.

Compare the costs of supplies, including energy, over the last five years to determine the best-selling product by month.

Best-selling product by day.

Best-selling product changes when Tony, the best baker, is working.

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Question 16

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Data is useful for understanding individual sales,but to gain deeper insight into a business,data needs to be turned into information.Which of the following offers an example of turning data into information?

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Who are my best customers?

What is my best-selling product?

What is my worst-selling product?

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Question 17

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Which of the following provides an example of information?

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Who is customer number 12345XX?

What is product number 12345XX?

What customer number is Bob Smith?

What is my worst-selling product?

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Question 18

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Which of the following provides an example of data?

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Who are my best customers?

What is my best-selling product?

What is my worst-selling product?

Who is customer number 12345XX?

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Question 19

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Business intelligence is information collected from multiple sources.Which of the following provides an example of a source that would be included in business intelligence?

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Suppliers.

Customers.

Competitors.

All of these.

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Question 20

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Which of the following is not a topic associated with the information age?

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Collection of data.

Storage of data.

College statistics for data.

Use of data.

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