Test Bank for Management Information Systems 16th Edition by Laudon

Management Information Systems Managing the Digital Firm 14th Edition Laudon Test Bank Test Bank Management Information Systems, 14e (Laudon) Chapter 3 Information Systems, Organizations, and Strategy 1) The interaction between information systems and organizations is influenced A) primarily by the decision making of middle and senior managers. B) by the development of new information technologies. C) by many factors, including structure, politics, culture, and environment. D) by two main microeconomic forces: capital and labor. E) by management decisions. Answer: B Page Ref: 82 Difficulty: Moderate AACSB: Information technology CASE: Content LO: 3.1: Which features of organizations do managers need to know about to build and use information systems successfully? 2) An organization is a A) stable, formal social structure that takes resources from the environment and processes them to produce outputs. B) formal, legal entity with internal rules and procedures that must abide by laws. C) a collection of people and other social elements. D) B and C E) A, B, and C Answer: E Page Ref: 82 Difficulty: Moderate AACSB: Reflective thinking CASE: Content LO: 3.1: Which features of organizations do managers need to know about to build and use information systems successfully? 3) An organization is seen as a means by which primary production factors are transformed into outputs consumed by the environment according to the ________ definition of organizations. A) microeconomic B) macroeconomic C) sociotechnical D) behavioral E) psychological Answer: A Page Ref: 82 Difficulty: Difficult AACSB: Reflective thinking CASE: Content LO: 3.1: Which features of organizations do managers need to know about to build and use information systems successfully? 4) How does the technical view of organizations fall short of understanding the full impacts of information systems in a firm? A) It sees information systems as a way to rearrange the inputs and outputs of the organization. B) It sees capital and labor as primary production factors. C) It sees an organization as a collection of rights, privileges, obligations, and responsibilities. D) It sees the organization as a social structure similar to a machine. E) It sees the inputs and outputs, labor and capital, as being infinitely malleable. Answer: E Page Ref: 83 Difficulty: Moderate AACSB: Analytical thinking CASE: Evaluation LO: 3.1: Which features of organizations do managers need to know about to build and use information systems successfully? 5) Which of the following is not a major feature of organizations that impacts the use of information systems? A) business processes B) environments C) goals D) agency costs E) leadership styles Answer: D Page Ref: 84 Difficulty: Moderate AACSB: Reflective thinking CASE: Content LO: 3.1: Which features of organizations do managers need to know about to build and use information systems successfully? 6) Business processes are collections of A) informal practices and behaviors. B) formalized and documented practices. C) business rules. D) rights and privileges. E) routines. Answer: E Page Ref: 84 Difficulty: Moderate AACSB: Reflective thinking CASE: Content