Managing Data Resources Flashcards

h3:Prelim (30 cards)

1
Q

This not only depends
on the computer’s hardware and software capabilities but also on the ability of the organization to manage data as an
important resource.

A

Managing Data Resources

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is a software that allows an organization to collect and manage data efficiently

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Database management system (DBMS)

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is difficult for every organization or business. Data resources must be accurate and organized for them to be
able to give the exact information.

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Organizationing Data

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4
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Accesing The Records:
typically used for processing the same information

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Sequential File Organization

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5
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Accessing The Records:
used with magnetic disks

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Direct/Random File Organization

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6
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Coordinating the many aspects of business requires a wide variety of information from many resources. The first step

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Integration of Information

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7
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It integrates business processes in manufacturing and production, finance and accounting, sales and marketing, and
human resources into a single software system.

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ERP - Enterprise Resource Planning

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8
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It is a stable, formal social structure that takes resources from the environment and processes them to produce
outputs.

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Organization

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9
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Org: input that the system takes to produce information

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Data

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10
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Org: the computer and its peripherals

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Hardware

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Org: sets of instructions that tell the computer how to take data in, how to process, how to display
information, and how to store data and information

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Software

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12
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Org: hardware and software that facilitate fast transmission

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Telecommunication

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13
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Org: information systems professionals and users who analyze organizational information needs, design
and construct IS, write computer programs, operate the hardware, and maintain software

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People

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14
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Org: rules for achieving ideal and secure operations in data processing; include priorities in
dispensing software applications and security measures.

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Procedures

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15
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  • It refers to how work is organized, coordinated, and focused on producing a valuable product or service.
  • It can also be liabilities if they are based on inefficient ways of working that impede organizational responsiveness
    and efficiency.
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Business Process

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16
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BP:
▪ Paying creditors
▪ Creating financial statements
▪ Managing cash accounts

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Finance and Accounting

17
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BP:
▪ Assembling the product
▪ Checking for quality
▪ Producing bills of materials

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Manufacturing and production

18
Q

BP:
▪ Identifying customers
▪ Making customers aware of the product
▪ Selling the products

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Sales and Marketing

19
Q

BP:
▪ Hiring employees
▪ Evaluating employees’ job performance
▪ Enrolling employees in benefits plans

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Human Resources

20
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What are the 4 parts of Business process?

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  • Manufacturing and production
  • Sales and marketing
  • Finance and Accounting
  • Human Resources
21
Q

tries to achieve this broader information systems literacy. MIS deals
with behavioral issues, as well as technical issues surrounding the development, use, and impact of information systems used
by managers and employees in a firm

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Management information systems (MIS)

22
Q

A continuing stream of information technology innovation is transforming the traditional business
world. Examples include the emergence of cloud computing, the growth of mobile digital business platforms based
on smartphones and tablet computers, Big Data, and business analytics, and the use of social networks by managers
to achieve business objectives

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IT Innovation

23
Q

The emergence of online video streaming services like Netflix, Apple TV, Amazon’s Prime
Video, and many others for downloading video has forever changed how premium video is distributed and created.

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New business models

24
Q

is changing how firms design, produce, and deliver their products and
services. It has reinvented itself, disrupting the traditional marketing and advertising industry and putting major
media and content firms in jeopardy

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Ecommerce expanding

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The management of business firms has changed: With new mobile smartphones, highwireless Wi-Fi network, and tablets, remote salespeople on the road are only seconds away from their managers’ questions and oversight. In other words, business is going mobile along with consumers.
Management changes
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New, fast-going 21st-century business firms put less emphasis on hierarchy and structure and more emphasis on employees.
Changes in firms and organizations
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a vital and integral part of every business plan, from multi-national corporations that maintain mainframe systems and databases down to small businesses that own a single computer.
Information Technology
28
is described as the determination of the basic long-term goals and objectives of an enterprise and the adoption of courses of action and allocation of resources necessary for achieving these goals.
Strategy
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* Leveraging technology in the value chain – Areas of the organization most affected by leveraging technology are producing the product, getting it to the stores, and making the customer happy. * Information system products and services
Information System and Business Strategy
30
Using IS to beat the competition and increase the value of a product is not easy. It requires changing the processes and methods that probably have been in the organization for a long time.
Use of System for Competitve Advantage