Exam 9: IT in 2010

None of the business executives at AgCredit understood the organization's ________ and how they worked together.

Companies are beginning to realize that the ability to leverage ________ more effectively also delivers value.

One of AgCredit's competitive advantages over much larger banks was its extensive integrated systems infrastructure.

What were some problems with AgCredit's approach to handling IT problems?

In the past five years, three significant new functions have been added to IT's responsibilities:

What is business value? How is business value and IT success interrelated?

________ mean that traditional hardware and software purchase decisions have become much less risky and cheaper for individual companies.

To facilitate a more real time view of the business, IT organizations are being asked to develop:

Which of the following contributes most to business value?

The following are some examples of technology implementation that illustrate ways that technology generates a competitive advantage for a company EXCEPT:

Increasing integration outside an organization increases its:

Information is often not the basis for competitive advantage.

One of the reasons for the slow adoption of mobile computing and home based work by organizations is:

There is much debate about whether or not the technology itself generates a competitive advantage for a company.