170) In a global system configuration, a(n) ________ system is one in which systems development and operations occur in an integrated and coordinated fashion across all units.
171) ________ systems support functions that are absolutely critical to the organization.
172) ________ is defined as the extent to which your authority is accepted on grounds of competence, vision, or other qualities.
173) ________ is defined as bringing the opposing local organization groups into the process of designing and implementing an information systems solution without giving up control over the direction and nature of the change.
174) 3M's ________ historically have been sticky films and scratchy papers (sandpaper), and, since its founding in 1902, 3M has continuously demonstrated through new products just how much the world depends on these competencies.
175) Many localized firms will be replaced by fast-moving networked corporations that transcend national ________.
176) HP and other electronics companies assign ________ and production of their products to a number of different countries.
177) At the end of World War II, knowledge, education, science, and industrial skills were highly concentrated in North America, western Europe, and Japan, with the rest of the world euphemistically called the ________.
178) Production, finance, HR, and strategic management are centralized, best describes the global business strategy and structure of a ________.
179) Production and sales are dispersed, best describes the global business strategy and structure of a ________.
180) Production is coordinated and finance is centralized, best describes the global business strategy and structure of a ________.
181) Production and finance are coordinated, best describes the global business strategy and structure of a ________.
182) ________ and a need to serve local markets better encourage companies to disperse production facilities and at least become multinational.
183) The ________ systems structure is the most visible in financial services where the homogeneity of the product–money and money instruments–seems to overcome cultural barriers.