1. Business intelligence is not related to more effective business decisions.
FALSE
2. Which of the following is not one of Thomas Friedman's 10 forces that flattened the world?
Microsoft IPO
3. Three key resources-people, information, and information technology, (in that order of priority)-are inextricably linked. If one fails, they all fail.
TRUE
4. What did Thomas Friedman believe happened to the world because of the unplanned cascade of technological and social shifts?
The world became flat
5. The four common information sharing cultures include information-functional culture, information-sharing culture, information-inquiring culture, and information-discovery culture.
TRUE
6. Why do students need to study information technology?
Information technology is everywhere in business
7. What is a field concerned with the use of technology in managing and processing information?
Information technology
8. Which information culture allows employees across departments to search for information to better understand the future and align themselves with current trends and new directions?
Information-inquiring culture
9. Which of the following information cultures would have the greatest negative impact on Apple's business?
Information- Functional Culture
10. Which of the following represents the relationship between functional areas in a business? Interdependent
11. What are raw facts that describe the characteristics of an event? ------ C. Data
12. What is data that has been converted into meaningful and useful context?
Information
13. Which of the following is considered data? ------ A. Quantity sold
14. Which information culture can cause an organization to have a great degree of difficulty operating?
Information-functional culture
15. Which of the following statements is true?
IT enables business success and innovation
16. Which information culture allows employees across departments to use information (especially about problems and failures) to improve performance?
Information-Sharing culture
17. Functional areas of a business are independent and do not need to reply on each other for information.
FALSE
18. The customer service function has received the greatest benefit from information technology.
TRUE
19. Common departments found in an organization include accounting, management information systems, operations management, and delivery.
FALSE
20. Information is data converted into a meaningful and useful context.
TRUE
21. What is the name of a company's internal IT department?
All of the above
22. Information technology equals business success and innovation.
FALSE
23. Data are raw facts that describe the characteristics of an event.
TRUE
24. What can IT enable an organization to accomplish?
A. Reduce costs B. Improve productivity C. Generate growth
D. All of the above
25. Which of the following is considered information?
Best selling item by month
26. Which of the following represents the order of priority for the three primary organizational key?
People, information, information technologyresources?
27. What is a general name for the business function and academic discipline covering the application of people, technologies, and procedures—collectively called information systems—to solve business problems?
Management Information Systems
28. Which of the following is not a department found in most businesses?
Payroll
29. Which information culture encourages employees across departments to be open to new insights about crisis and radical changes and seek ways to create competitive advantages?
Information-Discovery
30. Almost all organizations today have an internal IT department, often called Information Technology (IT), Information Systems (IS), or Management Information Systems (MIS).
TRUE
31. 1. Information-Functional Culture = Employees use information to exercising influence or power over others.
2. Information-Sharing Culture = Employees use information to improve performance.
3. Information- Discovery culture = Employees use information to better understand current trends and new directions.
4. Information-Inquiry Culture = Employees use information to create radical change and competitive advantage.
IT Cultures
Information-Functional Culture – Employees use information as a means of exercising influence or power over others. For example, a manager in sales refuses to share information with marketing. This causes marketing to need the sales manager’s input each time a new sales strategy is developed.
• Information-Sharing Culture – Employees across departments trust each other to use information (especially about problems and failures) to improve performance.
• Information-Inquiring Culture – Employees across departments search for information to better understand the future and align themselves with current trends and new directions.
• Information-Discovery Culture – Employees across departments are open to new insights about crisis and radical changes and seek ways to create competitive advantages.
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1. Do you agree or disagree with Friedman’s assessment that the world is flat? Be sure to justify your answer.
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1. Do you agree or disagree with Friedman’s assessment that the world is flat? Be sure to justify your answer.
I am going to be very positive with Friedman’s assessment that the world is flat because technology has played major role on it. Nowadays everyone’s has huge number of opportunity to use any kind of technology. Because of technology communication has been so much easier between friends, family, and even business people. Undoubtedly, most of the business becomes international, and spread all over the world only because of technology. However, his view is targeted to the most of rich and develops country, and there are still the countries that have not been able to reach the technology.
2. What are the potential impacts of a flat world for a student performing a job search?
There are many different search engines on the internet to look for jobs. You have different web sites such as monster.com, careerbuilder.com, states unemployment websites, and hotjobs.com. Being able to use a computer to search and apply for jobs gives an individual unlimited access.
3. What can students do to prepare themselves for competing in a flat world?
Students have many opportunities to learn how to gain knowledge and become competitive and more importantly they learn not to give up so easily. Students can also develop a unique set of skills to demonstrate their talents that would put them at the top of the list. I also think that competitive students are very comfortable with bringing forth new innovative ideas.
4. Identify a current flattener not mentioned on Friedman’s list
Most probably it could be possible that the advent of cable TV and satellite TV Channel.
