INFORMATION SYSTEMS TODAY
MANAGING IN THE DIGITAL WORLD
FINAL PAPER FULL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS ALREADY PASSED
●● Which strategy is the primary driver in the IS Strategy Triangle?
Answer: Business strategy.
●● What does organizational strategy encompass in the IS Strategy
Triangle?
Answer: Structure, processes, culture, and metrics.
●● What are Porter's generic strategies?
Answer: Cost leadership, differentiation, and focus.
●● How does D'Aveni's hypercompetition view affect IS strategy?
Answer: IS must enable rapid sensing/response and continual change.
●● What does the Business Diamond framework include?
Answer: Processes, values/beliefs, management controls, and
tasks/structures.
, ●● What is the IS Strategy Matrix?
Answer: A framework that operationalizes IS strategy across hardware,
software, networks, and data with clear accountabilities.
●● What is the sequence of steps managers should follow when making
IS choices?
Answer: Start with business intent, check organizational fit, then choose
IS moves.
●● What are the three eras of information usage outlined in the text?
Answer: Automating paper processes (1960s), improving effectiveness
(1990s), and value creation in ecosystems (2000s+).
●● What are information resources defined as?
Answer: Data, technology, people, and processes that managers can
deploy.
●● What is the significance of IT assets and capabilities?
Answer: Advantage comes when they are valuable, rare, and hard to
copy or substitute.
●● How can IS shape industry structure according to the Five Forces
model?
MANAGING IN THE DIGITAL WORLD
FINAL PAPER FULL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS ALREADY PASSED
●● Which strategy is the primary driver in the IS Strategy Triangle?
Answer: Business strategy.
●● What does organizational strategy encompass in the IS Strategy
Triangle?
Answer: Structure, processes, culture, and metrics.
●● What are Porter's generic strategies?
Answer: Cost leadership, differentiation, and focus.
●● How does D'Aveni's hypercompetition view affect IS strategy?
Answer: IS must enable rapid sensing/response and continual change.
●● What does the Business Diamond framework include?
Answer: Processes, values/beliefs, management controls, and
tasks/structures.
, ●● What is the IS Strategy Matrix?
Answer: A framework that operationalizes IS strategy across hardware,
software, networks, and data with clear accountabilities.
●● What is the sequence of steps managers should follow when making
IS choices?
Answer: Start with business intent, check organizational fit, then choose
IS moves.
●● What are the three eras of information usage outlined in the text?
Answer: Automating paper processes (1960s), improving effectiveness
(1990s), and value creation in ecosystems (2000s+).
●● What are information resources defined as?
Answer: Data, technology, people, and processes that managers can
deploy.
●● What is the significance of IT assets and capabilities?
Answer: Advantage comes when they are valuable, rare, and hard to
copy or substitute.
●● How can IS shape industry structure according to the Five Forces
model?
