Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

university of kurdistan

Abstract

Today, information technology is indispensable for all organizations; on the other hand, the use of information technology is associated with barriers and challenges so   In order to prioritize organizational and technical barriers to use of the information technology in sport organizations, 71 comments from experts and managers of sports organizations were collected by self-questioners of technical and Organizational barriers to the use of information technology in sports organizations. Validity (face & content) has been proved by experts and its reliability as due to the inconsistency ratio of questionnaires which is less than (0.1) can be proved. For data analysis, AHP method and Expert Choice 11 software were used. Based on findings, organizational barriers with the final weight (0/450) are more important than other barriers also among the organizational barriers, planning barrier with the final weight of (0372) and among the technical barriers, Hardware Problems with final weight (481/0) were important priority. Overall, among the organizational barriers and technical barriers, planning barrier with the final weight of (0/195) had important priority.  According to Research findings can be said an organizational barrier is the most important barriers to the use of information technology in the organization of sports.  So the design and development of appropriate programs to overcome this barrier is an essential.

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