Mis 304 - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

What is "Future Shock" - Agriculture & handiwork, industrial revolution, information age Too much change is too short a period of time Five IT Megatrends that you need to understand do stay in the game - Mobile social big data cloud consumerization of IT Mobile Computing - Many believe that we're living in a post-PC era. Mobile devices leapfrog PCs in the developing world. Implications: -Increased collaboration -The ability to manage business in real time -New ways to reach custom...

what is e-commerce correct answers exchange of goods, services, and money among firms, between firms and customers, and between customers, supported by communication technologies and the internet Types of private sector exchanges correct answers B2B B2C C2C C2B (C = customers B= business) E-Government exchanges correct answers G2C G2B G2G (G=govt, B=Business, C=citizen) types of business models correct answers brick and mortar click and mortar click only brick and mortar cor...

Enterprise Resource Planning correct answers central information repository -modular approach, no silos Prototyping correct answers quick delivery of a non-working system, tangible, make adjustments early Crackers correct answers malicious hackers Malware correct answers viruses, includes spyware Phishing correct answers using emails to retrieve personal information and use your identity Cookie correct answers text file that stores data on the internet companies add cookies to p...

In an RDBMS, an entity is represented as a Answer a table A ______ report provides a summary of critical information on a recurring schedule Answer key indicator in order to swifty respond to a highly competitive and rapidly changing environment, organization utilize a Answer continuous planning process to determine the liklihood of new customers to default on a loan, a manager in a bank would typically use Answer classification web usage mining entails analyzing Answer clickstream d...

A(n) ________ is an integrated suite of business applications for virtually every department, process, and industry, allowing companies to integrate information across operations on a company-wide basis using one large database. Answer enterprise system Human resource activities ________. Answer are classified as a support activity since the primary activities cannot be accomplished without the employees to perform them Outbound logistics activities focus on the ________. Answer distributi...

Visual appeal of a website falls under which of the following categories? functional convenience disintermediation capacity structural firmness cost compliance representational delight correct answers Representational delight The orange line in the figure refers to an appropriate level of which concept? functional convenience three factor authentication structural firmness None of the other options are correct representational delight correct answers Functional convenience R...

disintermediation - cutting out the middleman and reaching customers more directly and efficiently. reintermediation - reintroduce middle men in order to reduce the chaos brought on by disintermediation. Mas customization - helps firms tailor their p/s to meet a customers particular needs on a large scale. still allows for economies of scale ex. dell lets you design a computer nike lets you make custom tennis shoes group buying - groupon or living social negotiate special volume discounts...

Managerial Level Goals - Improve organizational effectiveness Operational Level Goals - Improve organizational efficiency Executive Level Goals - improve organizational Strategy-planning Accounting "IS" roles at each level - 1) payroll processing 2) order processing 3) ratio analysis Financial "IS" roles at each level - 1) cash management 2)financial forecasting 3) portfolio management Human Resources "IS" roles at each level - 1) employee skill inventory 2) compensation analysis...