Pengajaran dan pembelajaran kursus pengurusan melalui media filem

Dengan perkembangan teknologi komunikasi maklumat yang seiring dengan perubahan masa dan persekitaran telah membawa suatu perubahan yang ketara dalam proses pengajaran dan pembelajaran. Pelajar hari ini mempunyai kaedah pembelajaran yang berbeza. Terdapat banyak cabaran dalam mengajar kursus pengurusan. Antara yang menariknya ialah keperluan untuk membangunkan penghargaan pelajar terhadap perkaitan dan kompleksiti sesuatu subjek. Kebanyakan buku teks adalah berorientasikan kajian dan semua kenyataan didokumenkan dengan teratur berserta rujukan yang menyokong kajian-kajian tersebut. Ianya adalah berbentuk secara kognitif dan selari dengan pengurusan berasaskan bukti. Walau bagaimanapun perkaitan emosional dan penerimaan bahan-bahan tersebut biasanya adalah kurang. Ulasan karya dari kajian filem dan teori filem menyatakan beberapa ciri-ciri unik yang ada dalam filem yang menjadikannya sebagai satu bentuk alat pengajaran yang mempunyai kekuatan luarbiasa. Filem dapat merakam pengkayaan dan menyediakan cara yang menarik untuk memperkenalkan pelbagai konsep dan teori pengurusan yang abstrak yang berkaitan dengan individu dan organisasi.Filem dapat menjalankan beberapa fungsi dalam program pengajaran. Fungsi-fungsi ini bergantung kepada gaya pengajaran, matlamat pengajaran dan kandungan silabus. Walaupun terdapat banyak kebaikan mengenai penggunaan filem sebagai media pengajaran dan pembelajaran, ianya juga mempunyai beberapa kelamahan. Untuk kajian di masa hadapan, adalah dicadangkan penghasilan artikel-artikel tentang penggunaan filem serta senarai filem-filem yang bersesuaian yang dapat membantu proses pengajaran dan pembelajaran dengan menerapkan nilai-nilai dan konsep-konsep Islam terutama dalam kursus-kursus pengurusan

Modelling of a Cable-driven Ankle Rehabilitation Robot

Ankle injury is one of physical injury that commonly occurs in sports or domestic-related activities. Presently, there are various established treatments for ankle rehabilitation in hospital or rehabilitation clinic. This involves a range of motion treatment exercise and endurance treatment exercise. However, current treatment requires patients to frequently visit to the hospital which is tedious and also repetitive. One of the solutions to deal with the repetitiveness of the treatment is to introduce an automated device such as a robot that can help the therapist to perform this repetitive task on the patients. A concept design for a cable driven ankle rehabilitation robot has been proposed for this task. The reason for selecting cable-based design is the design is lighter than a rigidly based robot. This adds up its potential for mobility and portability which allows convenience to the users. The focus of this paper is to present inverse kinematics analysis and modelling of the proposed concept design of the robot which aimed to determine the feasibility of the concept design. Overall, the modelling of the cable-based ankle rehabilitation robot using inverse kinematics is feasible to project or to predict the trajectory paths of the moving platform of the robot. This will be useful for planning suitable dimension for fabrication of the robot

Franchisers, franchisees and success factors in international franchising

International franchising plays an essential role in the global business system.International franchising has been considered as one of the most successful methods of entering international markets. Despite this fact,studies focusing on international franchising appear to have been not only limited but also neglected, particularly in the Malaysian context. The review of the literature suggests international franchising has attracted much theoretical as well as empirical attention from researchers as a serious field of study. Based on the authors' personal experiences and findings of previous studies, the present paper initiates an attempt to provide some insights into international franchising - focusing specifically on franchisers, franchisees and success factors in international franchising that have yet to be rigorously investigated - that could be both exploited and benefited by prospective franchisers, franchisees and future researchers