MIS Can Add Value to Both Primary Activities and Support

question 60

Multiple Choice

MIS can add value to both primary activities and support activities in the value chain.Which of the following is not an example of a company adding value by the use of MIS in a primary activity?

• A)Scottrade Corp.creating an online system for employees to track paychecks, benefits, wellness rewards program, and other employee benefit items.
• B)A system for the sales and marketing departments to track specific sales targets and follow up processes.
• C)An easy electronic survey, similar to the survey monkey, to be sent to the customer right after a service was completed.
• D)Royal Crest Dairy using their custom order and delivery system through an easily accessible Web portal for the customer to track delivery status.

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Definitions:

Conscious Awareness

The state of being mentally alert and having an active awareness of thoughts, feelings, sensations, and surroundings.

Oedipus Complex

An idea in the realm of psychoanalytic theory that denotes an unconscious sexual longing a child feels for their parent of the opposite sex, alongside feelings of jealousy towards their parent of the same sex.

Penis Envy

A term from Freudian psychoanalysis referring to a girl's supposed feelings of envy towards males for having a penis, seen as a critical phase in female psychosexual development.

Phallic Stage

A phase in Freudian psychosexual development, occurring from about ages 3 to 6, where the child's libido centers upon their genitalia as the erogenous zone.