Exam 2: Systems Characteristics and Considerations

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There are four main areas in which an organisation can benefit from the application of technology to its business processes.These areas do not include:

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Evaluated receipts settlement involves:

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The first stage in adopting a business process perspective is that:

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Because of ERP's best practice approach,if all organisations adopt the ERP system and have the same underlying processes,they are less likely to distinguish themselves and gain a competitive advantage.This is likely a major reason for:

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Business processes can provide an organisation with a competitive advantage.This competitive advantage is more likely to come from:

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Which of the following indicates that a company is using the internet effectively for its business processes?

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Which of the following statements is NOT true about a reengineered process?

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In a BPR project:

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Which of the following is NOT a benefit of adopting a business process perspective within the organisation?

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The first stage in adopting a business process perspective is:

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Any benefits gained through improved resource efficiency in the process perspective could potentially be negated by the increased resources required to support the new IT within the organisation.This phenomenon is referred to as:

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The major difference between a business process and a business function is that:

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Michael Porter sees a business as having two options when deciding on a strategy: (1)cost leadership or (2)differentiation.Discuss the difference and the relationship between these two options.

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Which are the three levels that strategy can be seen to operate at? (i)the internal level (ii)the external level (iii)the business portfolio level (iv)the inter-organisation level (v)the intra-organisation level (vi)the competitive level

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Which of the following is not a factor that is attributed to the uptake of the IT by many organisations?

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An organisation is undergoing a major change to the way it does business,redesigning business processes and the use of IT within the processes.One of the suggested change approaches was TQM.In this case:

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Briefly explain the management issues and the people issues when an organisation is moving to a business process-based environment.

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Identify and briefly explain the eight steps that should be followed to manage successfully the transformation of an organisation to a process prospective.

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