Facebook and other social networking sites such as YouTube, Twitter, and Tumblr, along with Netflix, Apple Music, and many other media firms, exemplify the new face of e-commerce in the twenty-first century.

E-commerce is always about selling physical products.

A __________ is one in which nearly all of the organization’s significant business relationships with customers, suppliers, and employees are digitally enabled and mediated.

_____________ refer to the set of logically related tasks and behaviors that organizations develop over time to produce specific business results and the unique manner in which these activities are organized and coordinated.

Information management is?

What are the five elements of the management information system?

An _______________ can be defined technically as a set of interrelated components that collect (or retrieve), process, store, and distribute information to support decision making and control in an organization.

We can use __________________ to keep track of student statistics.

Transforming data into useful outputs is activity of ________.

Producing useful information in the form of documents and reports is the activity of ___________.

_______ is the activity of collecting of and capturing raw data.

_____________ is the physical equipment used for input, processing, and output activities in an information system.

This refers broadly to a computer-based system that provides low-level managers with the tools for organizing, evaluating, and efficiently running their departments.

This refers broadly to a computer-based system that provides low-level managers with the tools for organizing, evaluating, and efficiently running their departments.

These are the dimensions of an information systems that provide solutions to challenges and problems in the business environment.

It is the level of management that makes long-range strategic decisions about products and services as well as ensures financial performance of the firm.

It is the level of management that is responsible for monitoring the daily activities of the business.

Engineers, scientists, or architects who designs products or services and create new knowledge for the firm are referred to as Knowledge Workers.

Scientists and knowledge workers belong to what level of management?

Production and service workers, data workers belong to what level of management?

A major busines function that has a purpose of selling the organization’s products and services.

A major busines function that has a purpose of attracting, developing, and maintaining the organization’s labor force and maintaining employee records.

A major busines function that has a purpose of producing and delivering products and services.

A major busines function that has a purpose of managing the organization’s financial assets and maintaining the organization’s financial records.

Internal corporate networks based on Internet technology are called ___________.

Private intranets extended to authorized users outside the organization are called ____________.

Operational managers need systems that keep track of the elementary activities and transactions of the organization, such as sales, receipts, cash deposits, payroll, credit decisions, and the flow of materials in a factory. _______________ provide this kind of information.

Choose the system that will answer these sample questions: "How many parts are in inventory?" or "What happened to Mr. Smith’s payment?"

Choose the system that will generate list the total pounds of lettuce used this quarter by a fastfood chain or compare total annual sales figures for specific products to planned targets.

Choose the system that will answer these sample questions: "What would be the impact on production schedules if we were to double sales in the month of December?" or "What would happen to our return on investment if a factory schedule were delayed for six months?"

________________ help senior management make these decisions. This system usually include business intelligence analytics for analyzing trends, forecasting, and “drilling down” to data at greater levels of detail.

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A system for linking the enterprise that integrates business processes in manufacturing and production, finance and accounting, sales and marketing, and human resources into a single software system

A system for linking the enterprise that helps suppliers, purchasing firms, distributors, and logistics companies share information about orders, production, inventory levels, and delivery of products and services so they can source, produce, and deliver goods and services efficiently.

A system for linking the enterprise that provides information to coordinate all of the business processes that deal with customers in sales, marketing, and service to optimize revenue, customer satisfaction, and customer retention.

A system for linking the enterprise that enables organizations to better manage processes for capturing and applying knowledge and expertise. These systems collect all relevant knowledge and experience in the firm and make it available wherever and whenever it is needed to improve business processes and management decisions.

__________ refers to the application of the Internet and networking technologies to digitally enable government and public sector agencies’ relationships with citizens, businesses, and other arms of government.

_______________ refers to the use of digital technology and the Internet to execute the major business processes in the enterprise

Social business is the use of social networking platforms, including Facebook, Twitter, and internal corporate social tools to engage their employees, customers, and suppliers.

An organization is a stable, formal social structure that takes resources from the environment and processes them to produce outputs

The complex two-way relationship between organization and information technology is mediated by only one factor.

A business process is a collection of individual routines and behaviors while a __________ is a collection of business processes.

The most widely used model for understanding competitive advantage is ____________.

The growing use of sensors in industrial and consumer products is often called the Internet of Things (IoT)

The idea of synergies is that when the output of some units can be used as inputs to other units or two organizations pool markets and expertise, these re lationships lower costs and generate profits.

Network economics refers to market situations where the economic value being produced depends on the number of people using a product.

Information systems can increase the number of levels in an organization by providing managers with information to supervise larger numbers of workers and by giving lower level employees more decision-making authority.

Sometimes a technology and resulting business innovation come along to radically change the business landscape and environment (i.e., car substituted for the horse-drawn carriage). This is known as ____________

Young, small firm in a fast-changing environment. It has a simple structure and is managed by an entrepreneur serving as its single chief executive officer.