Business Management - 2nd 6 - Part 2

Which one of these is NOT a common component of an information system

• Software

• Data

• People

• Competition

What makes the communication process complex? 

• how accurately is the message received

• the way information is distributed

• implementing procedures

In the information communication technology process, which one below is the device or technology that is used to transport the message between the encoder and the decoder through a internet network?

• Sender

• Receiver

• Medium

• Decoder

Steve has been working with his organization for 20 years. He offers effective communications advice to new managers based on his experience.

Which advice is Steve most likely to give?

• People perform much better when they are informed and involved

• People perform much better when they admired and respected

• People perform much better when they uncomfortable and uncooperative

• People perform much better when they reviewed and evaluated

Michael is the CEO of a large organization and he really wants to listen to the concerns that employees have. Michael has worked with the organization's technology department to develop an employee network that allows employees to submit suggestions on their work and their workplace. The information will be collected, filtered, processed, and communicated to the executive leadership team.

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What benefit of effective communication will the organization receive by listening and giving consideration to employee suggestions?

• Provides clarity

• Creates commitment

• Builds Relationships

• Defines expectations

When the receiver responds it ensures the receiver has received the message and interpreted it the way it was intended by the sender. The response of the receiver can be verbal or non-verbal.

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What part of the communication process is this?

• Feedback

• Decoding

• Sender

• Channel

When no physical objects need to be transferred from one place to another, telecommunications technology can make geographical distance irrelevant. This example of which business process?

• Better business communication

• Better distribution of data

• Alternative channels

Matt Mullenweg, cofounder of Wordpress and CEO of Automattiche described their workforce as which of these?

• mobile

• distributed

• remote

• telecommute

Carmen has recently completed a research report on how implementing information systems have allowed organizations the ability to create strategies that benefit organizations.

Which strategy would you most likely find in Carmen's report?

• maximized sales and lowered costs

• departments within an organization to work cohesively,

• difficulty outperforming competitors

• creating a market for new products or service

Information systems are built for which strategic purpose?

• for physical transfer of goods or local services.

• to solve problems and to seize opportunities.

• for insignificant in business transactions.

• to lower sales and increase costs.