Enhancing social and lifelong learning skills through the use of mobile technology as a motivational factor

Growing use of technology by students is having an impact on teaching and learning as stu-dents are increasingly seeking to use technologies to engage in a range of academic activities. The traditional way of teaching and learning have to change in order to enhance students’ social and lifelong learning skills. Communicating with mobile phone have become a daily routine by most students. They are motivated to almost anything that involves mobile tech-nology. That is why they are spending hours with their phones. Thus, this study is done to recognize how mobile technology can help enhancing the social and lifelong learning of stu-dents through a case done in Seminar in Management Accounting class with the use of social and lifelong learning rubric and action research methodology. The study found that students have the opportunity to engage with the business communities through the use of mobile technology. The technologies enable them to engage with other party regardless of time and situations

Environmental management accounting practices in small medium manufacturing firms

This study investigates factors and barriers which influence the practice of environmental management accounting (hereafter known as EMA).The institutional theory is employed and data is collected via questionnaire.This study focuses on small medium enterprises (hereafter known as SMEs) specifically, Malaysian small medium manufacturing firms.The results indicate that most firms have a budget allocation for environmental activities and practice physical EMA.The study argues that coercion is a dominant factor for practicing EMA and therefore, barriers to EMA development should be resolved by the Malaysian government and other authorities

Ethics in Management Functions and Practices: An Islamic View

The most crucial competitive advantage for any corporate organization is an effective management practices. Making oneself and others successful is one of the most important components of effective management since it involves the management functions of planning, organizing, leading, and controlling all of the organizational units in the organization. The objective of this paper is to create a conceptual framework for management practices and functions based on Islamic principles, not only to assure organizations success but also to ensure that Islamic ethics principles as well as the Islamic values are upheld. It was conceptually discussed that management practices and functions which are conducted in accordance with Islam’s views are applicable to current business practices and the suitability is relevant for modern day business operations

Learning style of accounting students in Universiti Utara Malaysia: An exploratory study

Accounting education research during the last two decades has called for continuous efforts to identify and improve the learning styles of undergraduates. Research efforts should continue ti identify for valid instruments to measure students' learning styles, so that accounting educators can reliably use information from these instruments to improve the learning process. This study attempts to probe the learning styles of Universiti Utara Malaysia accounting students. The preferred learning styles of UUM accounting students are identified and recommendations are made to effective learning preferences

ScienceDirect Environmental management accounting practices in small medium manufacturing firms

Abstract This study investigates factors and barriers which influence the practice of environmental management accounting (hereafter known as EMA). The institutional theory is employed and data is collected via questionnaire. This study focuses on small medium enterprises (hereafter known as SMEs) specifically, Malaysian small medium manufacturing firms. The results indicate that most firms have a budget allocation for environmental activities and practice physical EMA. The study argues that coercion is a dominant factor for practicing EMA and therefore, barriers to EMA development should be resolved by the Malaysian government and other authorities