Questions:
Answer the "Review Questions" in at least 3 complete, grammatically correct sentences each. Number each question to correspond to the number on the question being answered and submit one MS Word compatible document.
Part-1
1. Compare and contrast the characteristics of the operational, managerial, and executive levels of an organization.
2. Compare and contrast automating and learning.
3. Describe competitive advantage and list six sources.
4. How do an organization's resources and capabilities result in a competitive advantage?
5. Compare and contrast pipe- and platform-based business models.
6. What is the freemium model, and how can a business successfully use this approach?
7. Why is successful application of innovative technologies and systems often difficult?
8. How can information systems help in combining multiple types of innovation?
9. Using past examples, explain what is meant by a radical innovation.
10.Describe the disruptive innovation cycle.
Part-2
1.How do applications support organizational business processes?
2.How do databases support organizational business processes?
3.Describe the key functions of system software.
4.For which purposes are data stored in organizations?
5.What are the distinguishing characteristics of different storage media?
6.How does computer networking work?
7.What are the major types of networks?
8.What is the World Wide Web, and what is its relationship to the Internet?
9.What are URLs, and why are they important to the World Wide Web?
10.What are the problems associated with software obsolescence?
11.Describe the characteristics of the cloud computing model.
12.Define grid computing and describe its advantages and disadvantages.
13.Describe what is meant by the term IP convergence.
14.Describe why green computing has become so important to modern organizations.