What is NOT a reason for the growth of decision-making information systems?
People no longer have to worry about protecting the corporate asset of organizational information.
People must apply sophisticated analysis techniques to make good decisions.
People must make decisions quickly.
People need to analyze large amounts of information.
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People no longer have to worry about protecting the corporate asset of organizational information.
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The factor that significantly contributed to people's needs to use information systems to make decisions is ______.
the amount of information people must understand to make good decisions is increasing exponentially.
impossible to answer because it depends on the industry.
the amount of information people must understand to make good decisions has remained unchanged.
the amount of information people must understand to make good decisions is decreasing exponentially.
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the amount of information people must understand to make good decisions is increasing exponentially.
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How do decision-making information systems work?
by building models out of organizational information to lend insight into important business issues and opportunities
by building models out of analytical information only to lend insight into important business issues and opportunities
None of these are correct.
by building models out of transactional information only to lend insight into important business issues and opportunities
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by building models out of organizational information to lend insight into important business issues and opportunities
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Which is not a type of organizational information system?
transactional processing system
analysis processing system
decisions support system
executive information system
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analysis processing system
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What can an information systems model accomplish?
manipulate time
All of these are correct.
understand uncertainty
calculate risks
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All of these are correct.
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Managers use ____________ information when making structured decisions at the operational level, such as when analyzing daily sales reports to determine how much inventory to carry.
supply-side
transactional
uncertain
structured
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transactional
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Whole Foods' organizational structure is ______________ and the majority of decisions are made by the ___________.
decentralized, regional managers
centralized, executives
pyramid, executives
pyramid, regional managers
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decentralized, regional managers
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Whole Foods stated it strives to provide the highest quality natural and organic product available. This is an example of a(n) _________.
critical success factor
efficiency MIS metric
key performance indicator
effectiveness MIS metric
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critical success factor
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What type of information is produced by the point-of-sale systems (cash registers) Whole Foods' employees use to process customer sales?
OLAP
transactional information
analytical information
DSS
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transactional information
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What types of information do Whole Foods' regional managers use to make purchasing decisions from local suppliers?
analytical information
OLTP
DSS
transactional information
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analytical information
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Which of the following is not one of Whole Foods' four separate organizational hierarchies?
facilities employment
regional offices
centralized employment
global headquarters
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centralized employment
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Which of the following is an example of Whole Foods' MIS effectiveness metrics?
quick response time of systems
quick transaction speed for cash registers
high customer satisfaction
high system availability
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high customer satisfaction
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Which of the following is an example of Whole Foods' MIS efficiency metrics?
easy to use systems
high system availability
high conversion rates of customers
high customer satisfaction
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high system availability
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