PEMBUATAN WEBSITE FAKULTAS MATEMATIKA DAN ILMU PENGETAHUAN ALAM UNIVERSITAS SYIAH KUALA

Perkembangan internet akhir-akhir ini telah membuat institusi pendidikan, negeri maupun swasta membutuhkan sebuah website untuk mempermudah para mahasiswa dalam memperoleh berbagai macam informasi. Salah satu media yang dapat memberikan informasi tentang sebuah institusi mempromosikan karya keluarga besar institusi tersebut di masyarakat luas adalah internet khususnya website. Website Fakultas Matematika dan Ilmu Pengetahuan Alam Universitas Syiah Kuala (FMIPA Unsyiah) dibuat menggunakan Content Management System (CMS) WordPress versi 4.7.5. Konten website diperoleh dari data arsip, serta wawancara dengan pihak-pihak terkait. Website tidak lagi terbatas sebagai pemberi informasi yang statis, melainkan juga mampu memberikan informasi yang berubah secara dinamis. Website FMIPA Unsyiah diharapakan dapat menjadi media informasi bagi semua mahasiswa. Sehingga tetap terjalin hubungan timbal balik antara para mahasiswa dan pihak fakultas, karena website ini berisi berbagai informasi tentang FMIPA Unsyiah. Kata kunci: Website, CMS, FMIPA Unsyiah dan Perguruan Tinggi

The Quantity and Quality of Environmental Reporting in Annual Report of Public Listed Companies in Malaysia

Business organisations are facing the challenge of disseminating environmental information asthe public concerns regarding these issues have increased. This study examines the environmentalreporting practices in the annual reports of 243 companies listed on the Main Board ofBursa Malaysia for the year 2005. Content analysis approach was utilized to determine thequantity and quality of the environmental information disclosure in annual reports. The resultsindicated that only 28% of the companies reported this information in their annual reports andmerely five sentences were dedicated for these reports. It was also revealed that the averagequality of environmental reporting per company is 3.24%. In addition, it was discovered thatlarger companies and companies in environmentally sensitive areas published more informationas well as provided higher quality disclosure. Additionally, it was also revealed that companieswith high level of quantity environmental reporting are also having high level of quality environmentalreporting. Copyright © www.iiste.or

Relationship between total quality management (TQM) practises and operational performance in manufacturing company

Total quality management (TQM) practises are well known approaches that most of the overseas company used. But in Malaysian company, this approach is not so often used. Other than that, not many researchers do the research about the effect of TQM practises on operational performance. So the aims of this research are to identify the levels of TQM practises (leadership, customer focus, management of people, process improvement, strategic planning and use of information and analysis) for operational performance and to determine the effect of TQM practises on operational performance. The indicators of operational performance are productivity, quality and waste level. The collected data was analysed by using descriptive statistic, reliability, normality, Pearson Correlation, single mean t-test and regression analysis. As a result, only strategic planning and process improvement practises positively contribute to operational performance. For future researcher, they should do more research about operational performance like increase the numbers of indicators for operational performance. Therefore, they can give more comprehensive understanding to colleagues and students about operational performance

An integrative perspective of environmental, social and governance (ESG) reporting: A conceptual paper

The motivation of this study stems from the importance of protecting the environment, addressing the social issues related to internal and external stakeholders of companies and also the importance of adhering to good corporate governance.This study attempts to explore an integrative perspective for reporting environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors. The issue of ESG reporting has recently been thrust into the limelight due to increased public concern for good governance, accountability and transparency.In response, companies have to attempt to provide more disclosures encompassing environmental, social and governance factors. Integrative perspective refers to a balanced, equitable and simultaneous consideration for each ESG factor to be practiced.Hence, integrative ESG reporting would provide a means of engagement and communication between companies and multiple stakeholders with various information needs.This article allows for future research with empirical research into the integrative ESG reporting practices of companies

Ndikimi i metodës mësimore të demonstrimit në arritjet e nxënësve në mësim

The study investigated the impact of demonstration method of teaching on students’ achievement in primary education in Tetovo area of Macedonia. Two research questions and one hypothesis guided the study. A sample of 5 school heads, 100 teachers and 54 primary school students was used. For the purpose of research, instrument used included questionnaires. Research questions and the hypothesis were answered using Pearson's chi-squared test at p<0.05 level of significance. The result of study revealed that demonstration method had significant effect on students’ achievement than those taught with the conventional lecture method. Useful recommendations such as: efforts should be made by teachers to thoroughly integrating demonstration method in the teaching; efforts should be intensified by teachers to aggressively adopt demonstration method in teaching in all classes at the primary school level were proffered

Prospect of biodiesel production from chicken by products

In recent years, the world has been triggered with the development of renewable energy sources that has a bright potential to replace the primary energy sources, which are the fossil fuels. One of the most famous renewable energy sources nowadays is the biodiesel. Biodiesel undergoes a simple transesterification process that separates the glycerine by-product from the biodiesel yielded. It is produced from renewable sources, such as, animal fats, vegetable oil, algae, recycled restaurant grease and used cooking oil. In the present study, the biodiesel was produced from chicken fats. Its performance was evaluated by using diesel engine model TNM – TDE – 700 and compared with conventional diesel. The biodiesel was divided into five blends; B5, B10, B15, B20 and B50. The performance was indicated in terms of speed, specific fuel consumption rate (SFC), brake horse power (BHP) and mechanical efficiency. Based on the calculation conducted and graphs constructed, B20 had the best performance compared to other blends. By using B20 as fuel, the highest speed achieved was (1515.67 rpm), highest brake horse power (35.902 kW), highest mechanical efficiency (62.11%) and the lowest specific fuel consumption (9.665 mL/kW). Hence, biodiesel of blend B20 can be considered as another optional renewable energy sources that the world can rely on instead of fossil fuels since the B20 performance is better than pure diesel. Biodiesel also contributes less to air pollution and can reduce the emissions of the greenhouse gases

Ethical reasoning as contextual predictor of whistle-blowing intention / Saidah Hamizah Ahmad, Mohamad Amirul Ahmad Buniamin and Mohd Farid Mohd Mahali

The move toward better public governance exacerbates the conditions leading to instances of whistle-blowing. The initial prediction of this paper was ethical failure is the ground reason for organizational collapse. This paper provides an analysis of ethical reasoning as an indicator to whistle-blowing intention in Public Sector. The study uses data from questionnaire received from 242 respondents of public agencies in Klang valley for the year 2013. Of greatest importance is the finding that ethical reasoning strongly influences whistle-blowing intention among public servants due to the inherent ethical standing of the individual. Our final analysis calls for the need to refine this research by enumerating the role of culture as a moderating variable in future research

Exploring the relationship between carbon performance, carbon reporting and firm performance: A conceptual paper

In recent years, there has been an increased interest in carbon information disclosure.This research aims to examine carbon reporting practices of Malaysian companies.Further analysis will be conducted to examine the influence of internal organizational factors on the carbon reporting practices.The relationship between carbon performance, carbon reporting and firm performance will be investigated. This paper also explores the moderating effect of the corporate governance quality on the relationship between carbon reporting practices and firm performance.The findings from this study have a significant contribution to carbon reporting literature, Malaysian companies, government and accounting regulation body

The effect of DEFRA guidance on greenhouse gas disclosure

This paper investigates the effect of the 2009 guidance of the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs on greenhouse gas (GHG) disclosure. The sample comprises 215 companies from a population of London Stock Exchange FTSE 350 companies over four years (2008e 2011). To quantify GHG disclosure, a research index methodology is employed, with information derived from several GHG reporting frameworks. The econometric model is estimated using panel fixed effects. Our findings suggest that the publication of the 2009 guidance has had a significant effect on the level of GHG disclosure, and that corporate governance mechanisms (board size, director ownership, and ownership concentration) also affect the extent of GHG information disclosure. The results also indicate that companies increased their disclosures prior to the 2009 guidance in anticipation of its publication. These results have important implications for the government, suggesting that non-mandatory guidance could increase disclosure as much as do mandatory requirements