Decision-Making
Data-Processing
Information Technology
Budgets
Terminology
100

Process of choosing a course of action after evaluating available information and weighing the costs and benefits of alternative actions along with their consequences.

Decision-Making

100

Process of transforming information into usable form

Data Processing

100

Data used for strategic for strategic purposes

Management information

100

A financial plan that reflects anticipated revenue in numerical terms and shows how it will be used in the operation of business.

Budget

100

System of recording business transactions and analyzing, verifying, and reporting results.

Accounting

200

The value of the option that was given up

Opportunity Cost

200

Shows a process or hierarchy.

Chart

200

Use of computers for storing, sending, and retrieving information

Information Technology (IT)

200

A projection of sales in both units and dollars

Sales Budget

200

The language specific to a line of work or area of expertise.

Jargon

300

The choice that is given up when the business makes one choice over another.

Trade-off

300

Depicts information using lines, bars, or other symbols.

Graph

300

Searching through large amounts of digital data to find useful patterns or trends

Data Mining

300

A projection of the sales revenue that will be earned and the expenses that will be incurred during a future time period.

Operating Budget

300

The relative worth of something

Value

400

Method of weighing the costs against the benefits of an action, a purchase, or a financial decision

Cost-Benefit Analysis

400

Includes maps, drawings, & photographs.

Illustration

400

The procedures an organization follows to ensure info technology is used as intended, data is accurate, and information is in legal compliance

Information Technology (IT) Control

400

Sales forecasts can be q_______ or q________

quantitative or qualitative

400

Sales forecast based on facts and figures

Quantitative

500

States that the marginal benefit of using each additional unit of an item tends to decrease as the quantity used increases.

Law of Diminishing Marginal Utility

500

Visual that displays information in columns and rows and is often used to to compare data.

a Table

500

the hardware, software, and related equipment used to support IT

Technology infrastructure

500

3 things that operating budgets consist of:

  • Sales figures

  • Cost of goods sold

  • Operating expenses

500

Sales forecast based on judgement

Qualitative

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