Changing Role of Hospitality It

Changing role of Hospitality IT

Every hospitality industry uses different software applications and hardware to help employers and employee stay organized and efficient. The following describes the efficiencies within the application chosen, and define the leverage of date for decision-making provided by the application. The following will also discuss the changing role the hospitality information technology application was chosen in Week One. Finally, the efficiencies of information leverage features in this application provide a greater sustainable competitive advantage

Define efficiencies, or cost control, within your chosen application

The hospitality IT that was chosen in WK One assignment "Hospitality Information Technology Matrix Worksheet" (University of Phoenix, 2013), is the Decision Support System (DSS). The Decision support system "provides statistical support to justify or nullify what managers intuitively apply to making decision" (Tesone. 2006, p. 123). This tool is used to help managers with the what-if analysis if anything should happen. Before the Decision Support system, managers used spreadsheets to help them stay organized. Using this application is efficient with the cost control by making it easier for everyone to save on ink and paper.

Define information leverage, or use of data for decision-making, provided by the application

The DSS software helps the hospitality industry with the use of data for decision-making with other applications that include data mining, which is used for data collection and decision support. "The Executive information systems and enterprise information portals" (Tesone. 2006, p.124). For these functions the data-warehousing is used for interfaces to access both internal and external sources of information. This not only will help the hospitality industry know about the what consumers want and need but it will also help the industry decide what keeps the hotel in competition with other hotels.

What changing role does the hospitality information technology application you chose in Week One fulfill?

The DSS has an application for data mining that is used to collect data. This data will allow the hospitality industry to receive information for what is coming in and what is going out like the financial report. The date system allows employers to monitor the financial situation and make sure that nothing will be used for personal products. The data also allows the hospitality industry to monitor how many consumers visit the hotel daily.

Do the efficiencies of information leverage features in this application provide a greater sustainable competitive advantage? Why or why not?

The efficiencies of information leverage featuring in this application do not really