Systems That Focus on the Specific Needs of Individual Departments

question 63

Multiple Choice

Systems that focus on the specific needs of individual departments and are not designed to communicate with other systems in the organization are referred to as ________.

• A) internally focused applications
• B) externally focused systems
• C) stand-alone applications
• D) enterprise-wide systems
• E) enterprise-information systems

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Definitions:

Post-colonial Theory

An intellectual discourse that analyses, explains, and responds to the cultural legacy of colonialism and imperialism.

Colonialism

The effects of imperialism, including concrete and ideological effects, within colonized territories.

Imperialism

The conquest of land, resources, and people’s labour; the ideas, practices, and attitudes of colonizers.

Colonial Discourse Studies

an academic field that examines the ways in which colonialism impacted the knowledge, language, and culture of both colonizers and colonized societies.