Commitment with the Teaching Profession: Demographical View of Teacher Educators

Competent and committed teachers are demand of today’s revolutionary era to increase the effectiveness of educational institutions. We live in a high tech and high demanding age. There are sudden challenges in all walks of life, including education. This study was conducted to explore the professional commitment of teachers (teacher educators) working in Govt. Colleges for Elementary Teacher Institutions in Punjab. Three hundred and twenty teacher-educators (200 males and 120 females) were selected through proportionate random sampling from the population of 540 teacher educators. To collect data a questionnaire, Professional Commitment Questionnaire for teacher educators (PCQ-TE) was developed. The descriptive and inferential statistics i.e. t-test and ANOVA were applied for data analysis. The results revealed that the commitment towards the teaching profession increases with the increase of experience. Female teachers were more committed as compared to male teachers. Keeping in view the findings of the study, it was recommended that the social and financial status of male teachers’ educators should be enhanced for increasing their commitment level. There should be proper provision of resources and training regarding professional development of rural teachers

Using Advanced Analytics to Predict Vehicle Registrations and Help in Business Continuity Planning

Dramatic changes happen in the world. People and organizations face problems with these changes. The ones who have everything planned in case of emergencies; survive, and the ones who do not plan it right, have a chance of falling. Today, a lot of organizations suffer because of the Covid-19 global pandemic, even the largest organizations in Dubai like Roads and Transport Authority. Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) is one of the largest government entities and the sole planner and executer of all transport, road, and traffic projects in Dubai. It has happiness centers which register all the cars that are in Dubai. Those centers capacity is reduced because of this disease which led to making the long queues for customers. Customer’s satisfaction is one the main priorities of these centers. Not having this problem solved; will increase the number of unsatisfied customers. In this capstone project, I propose to explore the data of the registered cars then predict the upcoming customers. By predicting customers, we will solve all the problems that the organization is facing in this pandemic and plan for future dramatic scenarios

Mine Action in North Sudan

North Sudan’s National Mine Action Centre is making great strides toward clearing all known mined areas in Sudan’s northern regions by April 2014. In the following article, the author, a Quality Assurance Officer for NMAC, explores NMAC’s work, future plans, and how it has linked mine action to development and recovery in North Sudan

Clinical and haematological Findings in Sudanese patients With sickle cell disease Attending the hospitals in Elobeid, Kordofan

Objectives: This study aimed at assessing the clinical features and haematological parameters in sickler Sudanese patients attending El Obeid Hospitals in North Kordofan, Sudan. Materials and Methods: Eighty five patients with homozygous sickle cell (SS) disease, (both sexes) were included in this study. Their age ranged between 6 months to 42 years. Forty persons were used as control. Clinical manifestations were recorded at examination. Freshly obtained blood samples from patients and control were used to estimate haematological parameters which included: haemoglobin concentration (Hb), packed cell volume (PCV), red blood cell count (RBC), white blood cell count (WBC), mean corpuscular haemoglobin (MCH), mean corpuscular volume (MCV), and erythrocyte sedimentation rate (E.S.R).                Results: The clinical investigations revealed that all patients presented with painful crisis, 96.5% had chronic anemia, 84.7% had recurrent malaria and 81.2% had different infections (76% was chest infection). 32.9% of the sickle cell disease (SCD) patients had no blood transfusion, while the rest had blood transfused once to five times. Haematological measurement indicate that all SCD patients in this study were reported anaemic, and their Hb, PCV and RBC count were significantly lower (P<0.001) compared with the control group, while WBC count and MCV were significantly higher (P<0.001, P<0.01). In this study the prevalence of SCD in Misseria tribe (24.7%) was highest compared to other tribes. Conclusion: This study affirmed the problem of sickle cell disease in Kordofan state, which should draw attention toward the need of further studies

Single case research method to understand user experience in online stock broking

A single-case research method was chosen to explore further the user experience in online stock trading. This research focuses on part-time online stockbrokers. The study discusses the experiences of traders when conducting online stock trading and links it with the attributes of the user experience. The results of the study highlight that a significantly positive experience when executing online stock trading will influence users to use online stock trading in the future. It is envisaged that the discussion of the results and user experience attributes will enrich the knowledge of the online stock trading system, as well as the design of large-scale websites where effective and efficient system usage in relation to locating information is key to user success

AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE CURRENT MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING PRACTICES AND THE CONTINGENT ASPECTS THAT HAVE PROMPTED SAUDI AND NON-SAUDI MANUFACTURING FIRMS TO ADOPT OR NOT ADOPT MODERN MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING SYSTEMS: THE CASE OF THE EASTERN PROVINCE OF SAUDI ARABIA

This research has investigated the current application of management accounting practices in Saudi and non-Saudi manufacturing firms that operate in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia, and the internal and external contingent aspects that prompted these firms to adopt or not to adopt advanced management accounting practices. In order to achieve the aforementioned aims, a mixed methodology was used, with a questionnaire survey and semi-structured interviews being used as instruments for collecting the required data. Three types of statistical analysis were used (descriptive, bivariate and multivariate) to analyse the data obtained from the returned questionnaires (158 out of 260). Analysis of the descriptive parts of the questionnaires has shown that Saudi and non-Saudi manufacturing firms are still loyal to their traditional management accounting practices, such as the extensive use of one accounting system for several purposes, traditional allocation methods, traditional decision-making tools, standard costing systems, traditional budgeting, and traditional financial measures. At the same time, the analysis has shown that there is slow move toward adopting new trends in management accounting among these firms, mainly due to satisfaction with traditional management accounting practices and a lack of relevant skill regarding the advanced management accounting practices. The bivariate results have shown that adoption of advanced management accounting practices by Saudi and non-Saudi manufacturing firms is subject to certain contingent aspects, such as perceived environmental uncertainty, competition, size and firm strategy, but not product range or number. The same statistical test has shown that there is a partial relationship between the extent of adoption of advanced management accounting practices, culture, and advanced manufacturing technologies. The results of the multivariate test have shown that adoption of advanced management accounting practices by Saudi and non-Saudi manufacturing firms is related to only three predictors, which are size, number of products, and prospector strategy. Theoretical analysis of the interviews has revealed that adoption of advanced management accounting practices is due to perceived environmental uncertainty, price and quality competition, size, number of products, culture, and firm strategy, but not advanced manufacturing technology. Also, analysis of the interviews has confirmed the descriptive finding regarding the heavy use of traditional management accounting practices. The research concludes by emphasising that the case of the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia follows the mainstream in regards to the limited acceptance of advanced management accounting practices and the fact that adoption of these practices is due to certain internal and external contingent drivers

Critical success factors (CSFS) of the pre-adoption and pre-implementation plan of Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system

The success of Customer Relationship management (CRM) is not an easy thing to be achieved.The understanding of the main factors that could contribute in the success of CRM initiatives will make the difference toward successful CRM systems adoption and implementation.An extensive review of the literature was conducted in order to highlight the main success factors that if the organization be aware of and dealt with properly will achieve success and will gain the intended benefits of their CRM initiative or program.This paper revealed that top management support, managing organizational and cultural change, CRM understanding, organizational readiness, and users’ involvement are among the most important CRM systems success factors.In addition, this paper proposed plan of six success factors to be as a pre-adoption and pre-implementation plan for the successful adoption and implementation of CRM systems

Principles and guidelines for developing implementation methodology of Customer Relationship Management (CRM) systems

The implementation of CRM systems has become very necessary for organizations in order to effectively manage their relationships with the customers.Unfortunately, it has faced various failures in different industries. Besides, the existence of implementation methodologies or frameworks that guide the successful implementation of CRM systems are still lacking. In response to that, this paper aims to critically review the methodologies of the existing implementation of CRM system and to comprehensively suggest a set of principles and guidelines for the successful implementation plan of CRM systems.In accordance, this paper compares three most famous CRM implementation methodologies; CRM-iris methodology, CRM-six sigma methodology, and Jun-Wu methodology. As a result, a set of implementation principles and guidelines are suggested to be taken into consideration in the implementation of CRM systems.These principles and guidelines could be tested empirically in the future for the generalization purposes

Wahdat al-Wujud dan kewalian menurut Said Nursi menerusi karyanya Risale-i Nur

Wahdat al-Wujud dan kewalian adalah di antara beberapa isu penting yang berkaitan dengan tasawuf dan tarekat. Ketika Islam semakin tersebar ke seluruh penjuru dunia cabaran terhadap kemurnian ajaran Islam pun semakin besar ketika ia bercampur dengan budaya setempat dan semakin dangkalnya pemahaman umat terhadap Islam. Dalam suasana seperti ini muncul Bediuzzaman Said Nursi (1877-1960M) seorang mujaddid (pembaharu) dari Turki yang berusaha membetulkan pemahaman terhadap isu tersebut dengan mengajak umat Islam berpedoman kepada al-Quran dan hadis dalam segala amalan, keyakinan dan ibadah harian mereka. Kajian ini menjelaskan pandangan Said Nursi terhadap wahdat al-Wujud dan kewalian sesuai dengan panduan syariah Islam menerusi karya agungnya Risale-i Nur. Kajian memaparkan pendekatan Said Nursi yang moderat dalam membetulkan pemahaman terhadap konsep wahdat al-Wujud dan kewalian secara ilmiah dan penuh hikmah. Kajian ini menggunakan kaedah kualitatif menerusi instrumen kajian kepustakaan terhadap Risale-i Nur dan juga kajian perbandingan dengan pemikiran ulama tasawuf lain sama ada ulama terdahulu mahupun ulama semasa. Hasil kajian ini mendapati bahawa Said Nursi menilai fahaman wahdat al-Wujud dan kewalian secara seimbang disertai dengan kritikan yang membina. Beliau tidak menyalahkan atau mendakwanya sebagai satu ajaran songsang atau pemikiran yang menyimpang sebaliknya beliau memberikan konsep dan pemahaman yang betul sesuai dengan al- Quran dan Sunnah Rasulullah SAW

Performance Assessment of Pareto and Non-Pareto Approaches for the Optimal Allocation of DG and DSTATCOM in the Distribution System

This paper proposes a Differential Evolution (DE) optimization algorithm and a Pareto-frontier Multi-Objective Differential Evolution (MODE) optimization algorithm for the optimal allocation of Distributed Generation (DG) and Distribution Static Compensator (DSTATCOM) in a radial distribution system. It considers the minimization of active power dissipation, voltage drop and the annual cost as the objectives of this optimization problem. The proposed techniques are tested on an IEEE 33 bus radial distribution system. To compare the performance of the MODE and DE, the weighted sum approach is carried out. This helps to select one solution from the Pareto front of the MODE. Case studies show that the allocation of both DG and DSTATCOM results in a noticeable reduction of system losses, voltage drop and annual cost. Comparative studies also show that the global convergence characteristics of MODE are better than several other optimization algorithms