The growing trend toward global customers and products means ____________ has
also become an important factor in purchasing and the supply chain - Answers globalization
Mobile apps play a major role in globalization by offering basic social services and
commerce such as ___________________ for developing
nations - Answers banking, payment, and agricultural information
A GIS can be defined along two dimensions: control and coordination. Control
consists of using ______________ to ensure adherence to the organization's goals.
Coordination is the process of managing the ____________ among activities in different,
specialized parts of an organization. - Answers managerial power, interaction
[a] can use a variety of technologies for an integrated GIS. Small companies might [b] to take
advantage of expertise that is not available inside the company. - Answers international
companies, outsource
______ restricts what type of data can be captured and transmitted in foreign countries. -
Answers TDF
A multinational structure is a company where production, sales, and marketing are _____________,
and financial management remains the parent's responsibility. - Answers decentralized
gis - Answers Global Information System
Offshore outsourcing is where an organization uses an outsourcing firm in another country to
provide needed services or products. - Answers true
TDF - Answers transborder data flow
National laws have no impact on TDF. - Answers false
Language (English) proficiency, Government support of offshore business, adequate
Infrastructure, and a high quality educated work force are four of the reasons India is the top IT
outsourcing country in the world. - Answers true
A GIS can be hindered by a number of factors including lack of standardization, cultural
differences, diverse regulatory practices, poor telecommunication infrastructures, and lack of
skilled analysts and programmers. - Answers true
In the information systems field, ____________ can happen for several reasons, including missed
, deadlines, users' needs that are not met, dissatisfied customers, lack of support from top
management, and exceeding the budget. - Answers system failure
During the _____________, which is one of the most crucial phases of the SDLC model, the
systems designer must define the problem the organization faces, taking care not to define
symptoms rather than the underlying problem. - Answers planning phase
is a collective activity involving users, top
management, and IT professionals. It centers on a structured workshop (called a
JAD session) where users and system professionals come together to develop
an application. It involves a detailed agenda, visual aids, a leader who
moderates the session, and a scribe who records the specifications. It results in a
final document containing definitions for data elements, workflows, screens,
reports, and general system specifications. - Answers Joint application design (JAD)
is the measure of how beneficial or practical an information system
will be to an organization; it should be measured continuously throughout the
SDLC process. - Answers feasability
analyzes a proposed solution's feasibility and determines
how best to present the solution to management. It usually has five major
dimensions: economic, technical, operational, scheduling, and legal - Answers feasibility study
assesses a system's costs and benefits. - Answers economic feasibility
is concerned with the technology to be used in the
system. The team needs to assess whether the technology to support the
new system is available or feasible to implement. - Answers technical feasibility
is the measure of how well the proposed solution
will work in the organization and how internal and external customers will
react to it. The major question to answer is whether the information system
is worth implementing. - Answers operational feasibility
is concerned with whether the new system can be completed on