Book review: the housing debate by Stuart Lowe

The UK’s housing shortage and the negative effects this brings for renters, mortgage-payers and those in social housing is rarely out of the news, making Stuart Lowe’s account of the current situation a relevant introduction to the topic. Kerwin Datu would have valued more answers from Lowe on where we can go next, however

Hubungan Antara Gaya Kepimpinan dengan Tekanan Pengurusan di Kalangan Guru Besar di Daerah Kota Marudu, Sabah

Kajian ini bertujuan untuk mengenal pasti hubungan antara gaya kepimpinan dengan tekanan pengurusan di kalangan guru besar di daerah Kota Marudu, Sabah. Secara lebih terperinci, kajian ini bertujuan untuk mengenal pasti: (1) Ciri-ciri demografik guru besar; (2) Gaya kepimpinan guru besar; (3) Tahap tekanan pengurusan di kalangan guru besar; (4) Hubungan antara gaya kepimpinan dengan tekanan pengurusan. Populasi kajian ialah guru-guru besar sekolah rendah di daerah Kota Marudu. Seramai 26 orang daripada 28 orang guru besar telah terlibat sebagai responden kajian ini. Data telah dikumpulkan dengan menggunakan instrumentasi soal selidik dan analisis data telah dijalankan dengan menggunakan perisian The Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS). Statistik yang digunakan ialah statistik deskriptif, min, sisihan piawai dan pekali korelasi pearson. Dapatan kajian menunjukkan bahawa kebanyakan responden lebih cenderung ke arah gaya kepimpinan menyokong (69%) pada tahap tinggi. Secara keseluruhan pula didapati tahap amalan gaya kepimpinan responden berada pada tahap sederhana. Sementara itu, tekanan pengurusan pula menunjukkan bahawa aspek pengurusan kemudahan mewujudkan tekanan paling tinggi antara empat kategori tekanan yang ada dan berada pada tahap tekanan tinggi. Tekanan pengurusan kategori pengurusan kemudahan menyaksikan lebih separuh daripada responden berada pada tahap tinggi. Bagaimanapun secara keseluruhannya tahap tekanan pengurusan yang dialami oleh responden berada pada tahap sederhana. Dapatan kajian juga menunjukkan terdapatnya hubungan yang signifikan antara tekanan pengurusan kategori perhubungan sekolah dengan gaya kepimpinan mengarah. Begitu juga kajian mendapati bahawa wujud hubungan yang signifikan antara tekanan pengurusan kategori pengurusan kemudahan dengan gaya kepimpinan berserta. Selain daripada itu terdapat juga hubungan yang signifikan antara tekanan pengurusan kategori pentadbiran rutin dengan gaya kepimpinan berserta

Book review: death of a suburban dream: race and schools in Compton, California by Emily E Straus

Death of a Suburban Dream explores the history of Compton from its founding in the late nineteenth century to the present, taking on three critical issues which have shaped the Los Angeles suburb: the history of race and educational equity, the relationship between schools and place, and the complicated intersection of schooling and municipal economies. An interesting historical portrait, finds Kerwin Datu

Recognition of the Customary Land Law in the Constitution of Indonesia and Malaysia

Recognition of customary land law is very important for indigenous peoples in their daily lives to protect the existence of the preservation of customary law itself, because this is a traditional lands where they carry out their daily routines and develop their traditional habits which categorized as unique and different from other areas. In Indonesia, the customary land law is recognized as long as it really exists and does not contradict the higher principle and state law. We can see it in article 3 UUPA in 1960, and article 18b paragraph 1945 Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia; while in Malaysia, customary land law is also protected in the Constitution of Malaysia Certificate 134, Original Certificate in 1954. Moreover, the recognition of indigenous land has also been described by the "UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in articles 8, 10, 26, 29, 30, 32", the UN explains how they give great recognition of the law of customary land to provide rights and obligations to society custom to protect the existence and preservation of the traditions that they get from their ancestors

Kinerja Bauran Pemasaran Jasa Penangkaran Benih Cabai Merah Studi Kasus pada Multi Agro Wiyata dan Nuansa Agro Insani di Jember

The research on the profile Chilli seed breeding and its delivering service was done on MayAugust 2005 in Multi Agro Wiyata and Nuansa Agro Insani, Jember regency. The goals were to find description of service marketing perfomance and to analyce the dominant factor in service marketing from both service providers.There are seven variables in service marketing exactly: Product, Price, Promotion, Place, People, Process and Physical Evidence. This research used survey method with quitsioner by 200 farmers. Services are categorized as medium-high contact and thus a high degree of interaction. Interpersonal communication between farmers and service professional with usage appropiate technology is essential for succesful service delivery. The result of descriptive analysis showed that the diferenciation in service marketing performance between Multi Agro Wiyata and Nuansa Agro Insani are product and process delivering service. The dominant factors in service marketing,"People performance" in Multi Agro Wiyata and "physical evidence performance" in Nuansa Agro Insani.Keywords: Chilli Seed breeding, Service Marketing, Effective Technolog

The affect of mentoring, management support and training and development on the employees' job performance

This study analyzes the employment job performance by examining the relationship on mentoring, management support and training and development in State Federal Development Office of Sabah. Issues such as the complexity of the staffs from the different demographic and transformation of ICT systems give added insights to this study. The methodology for this study is using quantitative approach. The findings of this study reveal that mentoring, management support and training and development have significant positive relationship with job performance. This study recommends that human resource management in all over Sabah Development Office (SDO) in Malaysia should implement such practices in order to formulating and implementing strategies of employees’ job performance at the workplace