Business Information Systems

What was the driving principle behind McGregor's Theory Y?

Employees are capable of working without constant supervision.

According to Mary Parker Follett, a successful business depends on ______. Multiple choice question.

competence and expertise

Management information systems (MIS) for communication have ______.

continued to improve and become more widely used each year

Select two options that are point-of-sale (POS) station output devices.

thermal printer speaker

Select three circumstances that describe when one might use mainframe computers.

An airline taking reservations. A warehouse restocking a recently published book. A company seeking better operational efficiency.

How do managers use personal computers for their business needs? More than one answer may be correct.

Creating and using databases and spreadsheets Communicating via e-mail

Select three options that describe benefits of cloud computing.

Flexibility of user devices Affordability for business use Access to applications software

Which two of the following are reasons why employee scheduling software was originally developed?

Improve the quality of employee performance Make the execution of management policies more consistent

What are three advantages of using personal computers in business?

Improved team communications Efficiency Flexibility of use

How does John Locke's labor theory of property relate to modern management theory?

It explains what motivates people to work: the desire to become personally wealthier.

Mechanical cash registers were first created to _______.

Make it more difficult

According the Max Weber, which of the following characteristics are fundamental to capitalism? More than one answer may be correct.

Personal responsibility Ethical behavior Charity

What is the main purpose of a decision support system?

What is the main purpose of a decision support system?

At the time cash registers were invented, "ringing up" a customer meant _____.

a cash register rang each time the cash drawer was opened, alerting a shop owner of register activity

In which of the following scenarios is a learning management system (LMS) being used to administer assignments?

Before the semester begins, a professor aligns the syllabus with the LMS so that students receive automated reminders about required readings and when essays are due.

What are two advantages that made mainframe-based POS stations among the first commercially available local area networks?

Communication between POS stations within a store Ongoing backup of data generated by each POS station

According to Adam Smith, which three of the following can increase the efficiency of labor?

Having workers specialize in a single, simple task Inventing machines to multiply the productivity of workers Reducing the distance between manufacturing steps or facilities

Which of the following statements best describes Follett's theory of management?

Receptivity to the flow of ideas from all levels of the organization leads to success.

A company uses an HR management system with artificial intelligence that scans resumes for specific colleges attended and previous employers that are known for breeding successful talent. Any resumes without these colleges or previous employers are not sent on to the HR manager to be contacted for an interview. What function is this HR management system helping the company perform?

Recruiting

A manager receives word that a large portion of inventory is missing from a shipment to a channel partner. She analyzes the RFID tracking data and determines that this part of the shipment was delivered to the wrong channel partner. Which component of supply chain management experienced a breakdown in this scenario?

Supply chain logistics

Frederick Taylor's four principles of scientific management can be described as ______.

Task measurement, employee development, worker-manager collaboration, and management training

Which three of the following ideas did Henri Fayol consider to be a guiding principle of management?

The organization's interests must take priority over the interests of individuals. Managers must have the power and the right to give orders to subordinates. Managers can expect subordinates to follow orders and discipline them if needed.

Max Weber believed that organizations were best supported by which of the following strategies?

The use of rules and organizational regulations.

What is the key role of a client-server network in business?

To provide personal computer users secured access to shared data.

Which 2 of the following statements accurately reflect Frederick Taylor's foundational beliefs?

When the company is successful, its employees are successful. Helping workers become more productive leads to jobs for more workers.

Adam Smith's Invisible Hand theory proposes that ______.

a free, unregulated market operates better than one in which the government controls the business activities of individuals and companies

A business uses enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems to achieve ______.

an integrated MIS system that will strengthen its position in a competitive marketplace

A computer connected to a network that relies on a server to provide access to resources is called a ___ server.

client

In his text, "The Human Side of Enterprise," Douglas McGregor focused on ________..

manager attitudes toward their employees

John Locke's labor theory of property proposes that ______.

since people own their own labor, they naturally own the products of their labor

An advertising campaign for a hair removal product placed ads on different websites. The ad on each website listed a unique URL where customers could go to buy the product; otherwise the content was the same. A marketing manager needs to place ad buys for the next quarter and wants to focus all of his advertising dollars on the previous quarter's top revenue-generating websites. He uses the company's marketing information system (MKIS) to determine which URLs generated the most revenue. This is an example of using an MKIS to ______.

evaluate the return on investment for each ad placement in a marketing

A sales manager receives weekly reports on each of the sales representatives they manage. Included in these reports are weekly sales by product, what percentage of the monthly quota the rep has achieved, and the sales ranking of reps compared to other reps in the company. These reports represent what function of a marketing information system (MKIS)?

Distributing sales and marketing information

The primary advantage of mainframes computers is that they ______.

allow modifications to system capacity while the system is in use

Who is quoted as saying "Do what you do best and outsource the rest"?

Peter Drucker

In his theories of management, Peter Drucker placed special emphasis on ______.

the importance of involving employees in the decision-making process

An electrical company is considering opening a new location in North Idaho. In order to determine the size of the new location, it uses its HR management system to determine the number of employees to transfer from other locations, how many new employees it would like to hire for that location, and what each employees' role would be. What function is this HR management system helping the company perform?

Forecasting

How have management information systems (MIS) changed the management of organizations? More than one answer may be correct.

Managers (and employees) can communicate different types of information in a greater variety of ways. Managers can have more information and data about the organization to help them make smarter decisions.

Which two of the following problems may be solved with the capabilities of an ERP system?

track computer use of all employees from a central location in real time

Cloud computing can best be described as ______.

using the Internet to store and access resources