ECU MIS 6713 Furner Study Guide | Management Information Systems Review, Key Concepts
& Exam Prep
General Manager - correct answer ✔✔Manager in charge of an entire organization or business
unit
Functional Manager - correct answer ✔✔Manager in charge of a functional area or team
End-user - correct answer ✔✔Individuals who have direct contact with software applications as
they use them to carry out specific tasks
Data Scientist - correct answer ✔✔is able to exploit the availability of data to their advantage
and to the advantage of their organizations by quickly and effortlessly testing their hunches and
intuitions with data
Info Systems Professional - correct answer ✔✔Those employees of the firm who have
significant technical training and are primarily responsible for managing the firm's technology
assets
Why is there an Information Systems Course in the MBA Curriculum? - correct answer
✔✔manage information systems (including info, tech, and staff), terminology, and evaluate
multiple strategic initiatives
CEO - correct answer ✔✔a chief executive officer, the highest-ranking person in a company or
other institution, ultimately responsible for making managerial decisions.
CFO - correct answer ✔✔The chief financial officer is responsible for a business's finances.
CIO - correct answer ✔✔Chief Information Officer, individual in charge of the IS function
, Why are more CIO becoming CEOs - correct answer ✔✔IT is becoming more needed, and the
need to know how is crucial, with IT, have an idea how all the systems/business processes/etc
work
Moore's Law - correct answer ✔✔the observation that computing power roughly doubles every
two years.
Information Systems - correct answer ✔✔Formal, sociotechnical, organizational system
designed to collect, process, store, and distribute information
Information Technology - correct answer ✔✔Hardware, software, and telecommunication
equipment
Business Process - correct answer ✔✔Series of steps that a firm performs in order to complete
an economic activity
Systemic Effects - correct answer ✔✔Components working together
4 IS Components - correct answer ✔✔People, Process, Technology, Structure
How do you know if an Information System Implementation has failed? - correct answer ✔✔
What measures can you use to assess Information System Outcomes - correct answer ✔✔
Orders of Change - correct answer ✔✔
& Exam Prep
General Manager - correct answer ✔✔Manager in charge of an entire organization or business
unit
Functional Manager - correct answer ✔✔Manager in charge of a functional area or team
End-user - correct answer ✔✔Individuals who have direct contact with software applications as
they use them to carry out specific tasks
Data Scientist - correct answer ✔✔is able to exploit the availability of data to their advantage
and to the advantage of their organizations by quickly and effortlessly testing their hunches and
intuitions with data
Info Systems Professional - correct answer ✔✔Those employees of the firm who have
significant technical training and are primarily responsible for managing the firm's technology
assets
Why is there an Information Systems Course in the MBA Curriculum? - correct answer
✔✔manage information systems (including info, tech, and staff), terminology, and evaluate
multiple strategic initiatives
CEO - correct answer ✔✔a chief executive officer, the highest-ranking person in a company or
other institution, ultimately responsible for making managerial decisions.
CFO - correct answer ✔✔The chief financial officer is responsible for a business's finances.
CIO - correct answer ✔✔Chief Information Officer, individual in charge of the IS function
, Why are more CIO becoming CEOs - correct answer ✔✔IT is becoming more needed, and the
need to know how is crucial, with IT, have an idea how all the systems/business processes/etc
work
Moore's Law - correct answer ✔✔the observation that computing power roughly doubles every
two years.
Information Systems - correct answer ✔✔Formal, sociotechnical, organizational system
designed to collect, process, store, and distribute information
Information Technology - correct answer ✔✔Hardware, software, and telecommunication
equipment
Business Process - correct answer ✔✔Series of steps that a firm performs in order to complete
an economic activity
Systemic Effects - correct answer ✔✔Components working together
4 IS Components - correct answer ✔✔People, Process, Technology, Structure
How do you know if an Information System Implementation has failed? - correct answer ✔✔
What measures can you use to assess Information System Outcomes - correct answer ✔✔
Orders of Change - correct answer ✔✔
