A study on relationship between pay, fairness perception and working condition to employee’s job satisfaction at Tenaga Nasional Berhad Muar / Suraya Md Ishak

Job Satisfaction can be as an important indicator of how employees feel about their jobs and a predictor of work behaviors. The happier people are within their job, the more satisfied they are said to be. Job satisfaction also plays an important role in defining employee’s efficiency and performance. Low job satisfaction will lead to the low morale which will cause employees to work less and concentrate more on negative aspect such as stress, depresses, absenteeism and so on. The past researcher shows that there are many factors that affect the employee’s job satisfaction. Present research study on three factors that could be the tools that can satisfy employees which are work condition, pay, and fairness. This study has been conducted within Tenaga Nasional Berhad Muar and it involved 30 respondents in different department. Results of the present study showed that the most influential factors that affects employee’s job satisfaction is work condition. It’s also shows that work condition has a positive and moderate correlation relationship with employee’s job satisfaction. Recommendations for future research are also having been discussed

Investigating Knowledge Competence Of Civil Engineers In Malaysia

The competence of workers has always been regarded as the cornerstone of high performance and productivity of organisations, be it in the public or private sectors. It is generally accepted that competent workers significantly add values to their respective organisations. One of the key elements of competence of employees is knowledge competence. In the civil engineering field, knowledge competence is made of by a number of components, namely, engineering knowledge, engineering management knowledge, self-development knowledge, communication knowledge, IT knowledge, finance knowledge and legal knowledge. Without doubt, a civil engineer must possess these subject matters before he can be considered as a competent civil engineer. Nevertheless, no study had previously been conducted to determine such qualities. To fill this research gap, there is a need to develop a model of knowledge competence for civil engineers in the Malaysian context. To drive the research forward, the following objectives are utilise: to identify the knowledge competence components, knowledge competence components level, relationship between the knowledge competence components and the knowledge competence of civil engineers and to develop a framework of knowledge competence for civil engineers. A number of hypotheses have also been used to understand the relationships between knowledge competence requirements and knowledge competency of civil engineers

Malay book publishing and printing in Malaya and Singapore 1807-1949

First paragraph: For a long time in Malaysia as in many other developing countries, book publishing and printing has been an area in which there has been little research done despite its accepted role in and contribution to the nation's development. In contrast with newspapers,1 information on publishing of English or vernacular language books is very limited. Studies relating to its history and chronology, business and trade, organisational arrangement, technical development and its cultural aspect are markedly lacking. The absence of a comprehensive bibliography of early books makes it difficult to appreciate previous works. The handful of studies available are scattered and still at a preliminary stage

Integration of health education for sustainable development: Sabah's initiatives

Sabah, located north of Borneo, is bordered by Sarawak on its south-west and by East Kalimantan of Indonesia to the south. The area that Sabah encompasses-73,711 square kilometers-makes the state the second largest in Malaysia. Sabah is popularly known as the land below the wind

On the numerical solution of linear stiff IVPs by modified homotopy perturbation method

In this paper, we introduce a method to solve linear sti® IVPs. The sug-gested method, which we call modi¯ed homotopy perturbation method, can be considered as an extension of the homotopy perturbation method (HPM) which is very efficient in solving a varety of di®erential and algebraic equations. In this work, a class of linear stiff initial value problems (IVPs) are solved by the classical homotopy per-turbation method (HPM), modified homotopy perturbation method and an explicit Runge-Kutta-type method (RK). Numerical comparisons demonstrate the limitations of HPM and promising capability of the MHPM for solving stiff IVPs. The results prove that the modified HPM is a powerful tool for the solution of linear stiff IVPs

The formation of separate risk management committee and the effect on modified audit report

The aim of the paper is to examine the formation of a separate risk management committee (RMC) and its effect on the modified audit report among the non-banking and financial companies listed in Bursa Malaysia.Data was collected from the annual reports of a sample of 300 companies from 2004 until 2009.Both descriptive and multivariate analyses were employed to address the research objectives.The results indicate that a separate RMC is negatively related with the acceptance of the modified audit report.Further, the RMC’s members with independent non-executive status and members with accounting and financial background will also probably reduce the acceptance of the modified audit report.However, losses recorded for previous financial years are likely to increase the issuance of modified audit report by the auditor.The period of auditor engagement with the client and client size will also affect the modified audit report.The findings provide empirical evidence on the development and importance of a separate RMC for the modified audit report

Solving linear and non-linear stiff system of ordinary differential equations by multistage adomian decomposition method

In this paper, linear and non-linear stiff systems of ordinary differential equations are solved by the classical Adomian decomposition method (ADM) and the multistage Adomian decomposition method (MADM). The MADM is a technique adapted from the standard Adomian decomposition method (ADM) where standard ADM is converted into a hybrid numeric-analytic method called the multistage ADM (MADM). The MADM is tested for several examples. Comparisons with an explicit Runge-Kutta-type method (RK) and the classical ADM demonstrate the limitations of ADM and promising capability of the MADM for solving stiff initial value problems (IVPs)

Solutions of time-dependent Emden–Fowler type equations by homotopy-perturbation method

In this Letter, we apply the homotopy-perturbation method (HPM) to obtain approximate analytical solutions of the time-dependent Emden– Fowler type equations. We also present a reliable new algorithm based on HPM to overcome the difficulty of the singular point at x = 0. The analysis is accompanied by some linear and nonlinear time-dependent singular initial value problems. The results prove that HPM is very effective and simple

The practices of customer satisfaction survey among Malaysian libraries

This paper aims to identify the current practices of customer satisfaction survey (CSS) among Malaysian libraries. A self-developed questionnaire was used to gauge the respondents’ opinions on the implementation of CSS in their library. The questionnaire was distributed to 150 Malaysian libraries comprising samples of academic, public and special libraries. Descriptive and crosstabs statistics were used in the data analysis. The results of the study revealed that most libraries 1) start to implement CSS from year 2000 to 2010; 2) have applied CSS as a part of ISO requirement; 3) generally CSS is managed by Customer Services Division, 4) use Self Develop Instruments and study will be done on a yearly basis. The results also revealed that there are apparent lacks of CSS training and results distribution among the library staff. There are few suggestions on improving CSS such as forming focus group discussion, online survey, involve more respondents and create CSS standard among Malaysian library