Exam 3: Information Systems,organizations,and Strategy

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Research has shown that the more successfully a firm can align its IT with its business goals,the more profitable it will be.What practical steps should a firm use in aligning IT with its goals?

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Which of the following is an example of a divisionalized bureaucracy?

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Which of the following statements about disruptive technologies is not true?

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Which of the following is not a true statement about value webs?

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The idea that the more any given resource is applied to production,the lower the marginal gain in output,until a point is reached where the additional inputs produce no additional output,is referred to as:

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The value chain model:

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Which of the following would a company employ to measure and compare its business processes to similar processes of other companies within their industry?

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The ability to offer individually tailored products or services using the same production resources as bulk production is known as:

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You are consulting for a natural food products distributor who is interested in determining the benefits it could achieve from implementing new information systems.What will you advise as the first step?

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A firm can exercise greater control over its suppliers by having:

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Which of the following is not a major feature of organizations that impacts the use of information systems?

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What is agency theory? How does information technology enable a firm to reduce agency costs?

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Under Mintzberg's classification of organizational structure,knowledge-based organizations fall under the category of:

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A virtual company:

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Which of the following is an example of a keystone firm within a business ecosystem?

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Information systems are used to enable new products and services via product differentiation.

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Mass customization offers individually tailored products or services using the same resources as mass production.

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The effect of the Internet has been to decrease the bargaining power of customers.

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Along with capital,________ is the primary production input that the organization uses to create products and services.

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An efficient customer response system directly links consumer behavior to distribution and production and supply chains.

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