Sports and Information Technology

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Sports and InformationTechnology

• All professional sports teams use a combination
  of several aspects to ensure that they are
  staying competitive during game time, but also in
  the market place. By using Information Systems
  and Information Technology teams can reach their
  thriving goals.

By Lindsay Towle
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Overview

• There are many different ways that technology
  aids hockey teams, professional and amateur, and
  their fans. Examples of this could include new
  ways that fans can purchase tickets, look on a
  teams website, and keep statistics on their
  favorite teams.
• Information Systems and Technology is important
  for all the students in the School of Business to
  learn how to operate in order to be successful.
• The development of new and improved
  technological ideas is what drives our economy
  into the future and with out it there would be no
  competition in the world.

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Overview Continued

• The School of Business can use quantitative data
  to help make it a better place for students and
  faculty. There are two different forms of
  systems that we can use to administer future
  freshmen into Quinnipiac University
• You can use a point system. Each requirement is
  worth a certain amount of points. 5 being the
  best and 1 the worst.
• Or you can use a computer program where you just
  enter the necessary data.

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New Concepts in Technology

• New concepts that hockey teams and fans are
  beginning to use are the following
• A wireless ad campaign that the public are able
  to access through their cellular telephones. An
  example of this is if a fan logged on to the team
  website with his/her phone and ad with a coupon
  automatically popped up, then all the individual
  would have to do is click the site and he/she
  would be able to talk to a ticket sales
  representative.

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Technology Continued

• A new type of technology that hockey lovers and
  even coaches use is called SNAPSHOT! Competitive
  Sports Manager. It is a new software program
  that is designed to significantly reduce the
  amount of time and energy require to maintain
  detailed statistics (www.hockeystats.com ).
• In addition, locker rooms now contain a SMART
  BOARD. This is suppose to be the worlds most
  sophisticated chalkboard it is capable of video
  streaming and telestrator capabilities (Greg
  Beacham, Hockey Uses Technology to Stay on
  Edge).

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Goals of the School of Business

• The first goal of the School of Business should
  be to teach their students the basics and
  fundamentals of a real business environment.
  Secondly, the School of Business should train its
  students to become knowledgeable in the computer
  world, so they can compete with other adults and
  students when on his/her own. Both of these goals
  can be accomplished by using either information
  technology or technology systems.

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How Information Technology has a Competitive
Advantage for the School of Business

• Using technology in our Business classrooms
  will allow all students to become more familiar
  with different information and systems. This
  allows the School of Business to become more
  technologically advanced than other schools.
  Which will make the University stand out among
  others in the area.
• In addition, using information technology for
  quantitative data can give Quinnipiac University
  a competitive advantage when selecting future
  students. The school could use either a point
  system or create a software where you would just
  enter the necessary data.
• In the point system you would consider the same
  things as in the software programs such as high
  school grades, recommendations, SAT scores, ACT
  scores, extracurricular activities, and community
  service. If a qualified student has all of these
  things on his/her application then they would
  receive five points for each requirement. The
  students with the higher scores are the ones that
  would be accepted.
• If you wanted to use a software, instead
  because of larger amounts of student applying
  then all you would have to do is enter in the
  same data and which ever applicant had the higher
  outcome would be administered into the World
  Class Quinnipiac University.

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Competitive Advantage Continued

• Not only is this a good method for saving time,
  but it would also allow the University to choose
  from a large array of prospective students. By
  doing this, this institute of higher learning
  will only allow those students who have proven to
  be hard and loyal workers. In the end,
  Quinnipiac University will be known for not only
  accepting the best, but turning out the most
  supreme men and women.

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Competitive Advantage Continued

• A world class University is not going to be just
  well known for its excelling student, but also
  their dedicated professors and staff. In order
  to teach at an institute such as Quinnipiac
  University a professor should have to go through
  a teaching examination. This would entail the
  professor to teach a room full of students and
  professors. They will be graded on quality,
  teaching ability, lesson content, and
  friendliness. The professor with the highest
  score will be the one that is considered most for
  the available position.

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Sources

• Abeln, Todd, 8/22/03, Thisweek Newspaper, Train
  to become the total hockey player,
  http//www.thisweek-online.com/2003/August/22hocke
  y.html
• Higgns, Kelley Jackson, 6/25/01, Mobile
  Wireless Technology, Carolina Hockey Fans
  Unplugged.
• Beacham, Gregg, 5/2004, Hockey Uses Technology
  to Stay on Edge, http//www.xposed.com/gadgets/ho
  ckey_use_technology_to_stay_on_edge.aspx
• SNAPSHOT!, http//www.hockeystats.com/
• Jessup Leonard, Valacich Joseph, Information
  Systems Today, New Jersey, 2003