Info System

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Can help managers decide whether to invest in additional information systems and technology

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Valuable Information

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The component that helps organization achieve their goals,such as increasing profits or improving customer service

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Feedback Mechanism

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Gathering and capturing raw data

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Input

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Converting or transforming data into useful outputs

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Processing

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Production of useful information,usually in the form of documents and reports

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Output

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Output that is used to make changed to input or processing activities

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Feedback

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Computer equipment used to perform input,processing, and output activities

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Hardware

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Computer programs that govern the operation of the computer

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Software

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Organized collection of facts and information

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Database

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Electronic transmission of signals for communication

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Telecommunication

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Connect computers and equipment in a building,around the country and around the world

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Networks

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Transaction conducted anywhere,anytime

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Mobile Commerce (m-commerce)

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Uses information systems and the internet to perform all business related tasks and functions

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Electronic Business (e-business)

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Any business related exchange

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Transaction

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Organized collection of people,procedures,software,database ,and devices used to record completed business transactions

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Transaction processing systems (TPS)

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Programs that manage the vital business operations for an entire multisite, global organization

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Enterprise resource planning

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-Organized collection of people,procedures,software,databases, devices

-provides routine information to managers/decision makers

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Management information systems

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Organized collection of people procedures,software,databases, devices hat support problem-specific decision making

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Decision support systems

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Organized collection of people procedures,software,databases, devices

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Knowledge management systems(KMSs)

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Field in which the computer system takes on the characteristics of human intelligence

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Artificial intelligence (AI)

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Give the computer the ability to make suggestions and act like an expert in a particulae field

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Expert Systems

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The simulation of a real or imagined environment that can be experienced visually in three dimensions

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Virtual Reality

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Allows the company to focus on what it does best and delegate other functions

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Outsourcing

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Goal is to obtain understanding of the problem to bw solved or opportunity to be addressed

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Systems investigation

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Defines problems and opportunities of the existing system

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Systems Analysis

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Determine how the new system will work to meet the busineds needs defined during systems analysis

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Systemd design

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Creating or acquiring the system components defined in the design step, assembling them, and putting the new system into operation

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Systems Implementation

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Checking and modifying the system so that it continues to meet changing business needs

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Systems maintenance and review

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Collection of people and other resources established to accomplish a set of goals

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Organization

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Series of activities that include inbound logistics, warehouse and storage and production

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Value Chain

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Helps determine what supplies are required for the value chain and what quantities are needed to meet customer demand

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Supply Chain Management

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Helps companies manage all aspects of customer encounters, including marketing and advertising

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Customer Relationship Management

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-major understanding and assumptions

-the understanding are often not stated or documented as goals or formal policies

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Organizational culture

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-how organization plan for , implement and handle change

-can be sustaining or disruptive

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Organizational change

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Specifies factors that can lead to higher acceptance and usage of technology

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Technology acceptance model (TAM)

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Measure of widespread use of technology

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Technology diffusion

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Extent to which technology permeates a department

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Technology infusion

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• has become one of the major strategic uses of information technology.

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Knowledge Management

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are systems that are used to manage organizational learning and business know

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Knowledge Management Systems (KMS)

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Able to adapt to a diverse, fast-changing business environment. Virtual companies must further reduce concept-to-cash time through sharing.•

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• Adaptability:

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Created, operated, and dissolved to exploit business opportunities when they appear. They must gain access to new markets and share market or customer loyalty, while increasing facilities and market coverage.•

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Opportunism:

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Possess all-star, world-class excellence in the core competencies that are needed. These competencies must be seamlessly linked through the use of Internet technologies.•

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Excellence:

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: Provide world-class information technology and other required technologies in all customer solutions. They must migrate from selling products to selling solutions.•

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Technology

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Easily and transparently synthesize the competencies and resources of business partners into integrated customer solutions.•

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Borderless:

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Members are trustworthy and display mutual trust in their business relationships. They must be willing to share infrastructures and risk

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Trust-Based:

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(also called a virtual corporation or virtual organization) is an organization that uses information technology to link people, assets, and ideas

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Virtual Company

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is a structured planning method used to evaluate the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats involved in a project or in a business venture

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A SWOT analysis (alternatively SWOT matrix)

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characteristics of the business or project that give it an advantage over others.•

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Strengths:

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characteristics that place the business or project at a disadvantage relative to others.

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Weaknesses:

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elements that the project could exploit to its advantage.

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Opportunities

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elements in the environment that could cause trouble for the business or project

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Threats:

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is created or maintained with the company succeeds in performing some activity of value to customers significantly better than does its competition.

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Competitive Advantage

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Becoming a low-cost producer in the industry allows the company to lower prices to customers. Competitors with higher costs cannot afford to compete with the low-cost leader on price.

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Cost Strategies

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• Some companies create competitive advantage by distinguishing their products on one or more features important to their customers. Unique features or benefits may justify price differences and/or stimulate demand.

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Differentiation Strategies.

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Unique products or services or changes in business processes can cause fundamental changes in the way an industry does business.

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Innovation Strategies

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. Significantly expanding production capacity, entering new global markets, diversifying into new areas, or integrating related products or services can all be a springboard to strong company growth.

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Growth Strategies

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. Establishing new business linkages and alliances with customers, suppliers, former competitors, consultants, and others can create competitive advantage

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Alliance Strategies

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People who create ,use,and dessimenate knowledge

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Knowledge workers

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Focuses on the efficiency of IS functions

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Operations

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Focuses on development projects and ongoing maintenance and review

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Systems development

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Provides user assistance,data ,administration ,user training and web administration

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Support

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Miniature IS department attached and directly reporting to a functional area in a large organization

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Information service units

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Employs IS department's equipment and personnel to help the organization attain its goals

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Chief Information Officer (CIO)

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Set up and manage the network hardware,software,and security processess

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LAN administrators

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Opportunities are found in both traditional companiea and those that specialize in the internet

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Internet careers