CBUS Final Exam

In systems view, an organizational department is viewed as a(n) ___________

• serial milestone of a process

• system without outputs

• independent entity

• interconnected element

• system without inputs

________ refers to combining accounting and investigating skills to assist in legal and criminal matters.

• Financial analysis

• Tax accounting

• Bookkeeping

• Cost accounting

• Forensic accounting

Organizations can promote systems thinking by ________

• showing people how they contribute to the overall goal

• implementing output-based individual incentives

• restricting interactions at the subsystem level

• giving them direct solutions from the top

• implementing output-based incentives for small teams

________ refers to transferring a part or all of a business function to a facility in another country

• Offshoring

• Scaling

• Leveraging

• Customization

• External valuation

• What is the advantage of outsourcing significant functions of an organization?

• Companies have increased globalization.

• Companies can concentrate on core competencies.

• Companies can better utilize value webs.

• Companies can move toward becoming an unstructured organization.

• Companies can expand their focus.

The technology known as ________ attaches small antenna tags to products or shipping containers to help the company track where needed materials are in its supply chain.

• Wi-Fi intelligence (WFI)

• resource identification protocols (RIP)

• ISO informatics (ISOI)

• just-in-time systematics (JITS)

• radio frequency identification (RFID)

________ refers to the acquisition of the raw materials, parts, components, supplies, and finished products required to produce goods and services.

• Procurement

• Logistics

• Operation

• Finishing

• Inventory

________ is a special type of bar chart that shows the progress of all the tasks needed to complete a project.

• Forecast schedule

• Gantt chart

• Value chart

• PERT diagram

• Supply chain diagram

________ refers to the efficiency with which an organization can convert inputs to outputs.

• Productivity

• Sustainability

• Security

• Capacity

• System value

The manufacturing approach in which part of the product is mass-produced and the remaining features are customized is known as ________

• batch-of-one production

• mass production

• customized production

• mass manufacturing

• mass customization