Organisational support in knowledge transfer activities towards ERP success scale development and validation

The successes of ERP system in an organization depend on knowledge transfer activities being made and the effectiveness of the transferred knowledge between the parties involved. It is important to determine a set of knowledge transfer activities that need to be done besides efforts undertaken by the organisation in ensuring ERP success. Currently, there is still lacking of standard knowledge transfer measurement and organisational support that impacted ERP system. Previous research has reported various factor impacted the transfer of knowledge in strategic alliances and joint venture. Nonetheless, organisational support is the least factor mentioned especially studies from Malaysia. Addresses this gap, the main purpose of this study is to develop a validated scale of organisational support in supporting knowledge transfer activities towards ERP system success. The study has adapted six stages of scale development and validation of measurement items according to legitimate measures. The measurement scales formed are based on literature review and field studies conducted to increase the reliability and validity values. Organisational support constructs were divided into Top Management Support, Communication and User Training and Education. Total of 16 items have been successfully established for further validation

Factors affecting implementation of green manufacturing for Malaysian automobile manufacturers: a literature review from 2010 until 2015

In the global market of today business, manufacturers are being pushed by an unseen driving force to go green in order to grab a share of this emerging market. This study attempts to explore the most impactful factors which contribute to the implementation of green manufacturing by automobile manufacturers. Based on the underlying Technological, Organisation, Environment (TOE) theory and sustainable models the key factors that affect the adoption of green manufacturing practices are identified through an intensive review of literature. Literature review only concentrated on journal published within the year 2010-2015 regarding key factors of green manufacturing practices in automobile industry. Insight acquires from the study is particularly essential for Malaysia automobile industry in developing an effective green manufacturing system into their business activities. In addition, this study aims to assist government agencies in building up relevant and effective green manufacturing policies and guideline. Factors identified in this study will be further investigated in the next research to establish an evaluation tool for measuring green performance level

Key factors enhancing acceptance of management information systems

Abstract Management information systems play a key role in the life of organizations; it provides the appropriate information in right time as needed to support the management activities. In the telecommunication companies in Yemen, management information systems enable to compilation, processing and storage of the information; with overall purpose to make that information available on demand in the required format. There are some factors hinder the acceptance of management information systems. Synthesizing from the literature and interviews with some of the employees of telecommunications companies in Yemen, this paper proposes a theoretical framework on the factors contributing to the acceptance of management information systems in Yemen companies

Psychosocial Workplace Hazards and Workers' Health in Factory Sector

Nowadays, issues on psychosocial workplace hazards have become a hot topic. However, only a small amount of research has been conducted in Malaysia. The purpose of this study is to determine the relationship between psychosocial workplace hazards and workers' health which is measured using Body Mass Index (BMI) as well as mental health. Two research hypotheses related to psychosocial workplace hazards, i.e. Body Mass Index (BMI) and mental health were examined. In this study, 105 workers were selected randomly from factories located in Klang, Selangor, and questionnaires were distributed to them. The result revealed that there is a significant relationship between psychosocial workplace hazards and BMI, while there is no significant relationship between psychosocial workplace hazards and mental health. This study serves as a guideline for organisations concerning the relationship between psychosocial workplace hazards with workers' health

A literature review of information technology governance implementation in higher educations

Past researches of Information Technology Governance (ITG) had been heavily focused on profit-oriented organizations that are rooted in highly competitive and dynamic markets. Researches on ITG of higher education had been considerably lacking in comparison. This paper attempts to analyze issues faced by several high institutions and universities in the process of ITG implementation. Data was mainly collected from case studies of universities in ITG implementation as case studies present significant empirical evidence for further analysis. The results revealed that issue in ITG structure had been the main barrier to effective ITG implementation in universities. Universities were also troubled with strategic alignment and intercommunications among units within the organizations. Apart from issues above, results further revealed that universities of Malaysia had been lacking in ITG awareness, and supports from board of managements in ITG implementation. This paper concludes by presenting possible practices to be taken in order to counteract the issues faced by universities in ITG implementation

The mediating effect of enterprise risk management implementation on operational excellence in the Malaysian oil and gas sector: A conceptual framework

Globally, the challenges of the oil and gas industry are unique due to the nature of its operations that is full of risks. Issues like volatile market prices, health and safety, environmental performance and high cost of production are affecting the operational performance of the sector. These problems if left unchecked could change the level of production and revenue generation to the Malaysian government and would as well influence the country's regional position in oil and gas production. As a result, many oil and gas firms including PETRONAS adopted operational excel-lence strategy, but some of the challenges kept re-occurring. It is against this circumstance that this research is aimed at determining the effect of enterprise risk management determinants on operational excellence in the Malaysian oil and gas industry. It is also aimed at exploring the mediating effect of enterprise risk management implementation on such a relationship. The article used a conceptual approach where journal articles, conference papers, professional reports, thesis and term papers were reviewed. Conceptual and theoretical frameworks were proposed in this paper, and literature was reviewed to lay a foundation for empirical research that would establish the relationship between the postulated variables in the study. Dimensions and measurement of the variables in the current study were drawn from earlier researches and recommendations. However, data were not collected, and a result of the analysis was not presented in the paper

Factors influencing the effectiveness of inventory management in manufacturing SMEs

Effectiveness of inventory management is a vital part in the manufacturing organization to be more competitive. The previous studies have indicated that there are several factors influencing the effectiveness of inventory management in the organization but there is lack of researchers who carried out the research in the manufacturing small medium enterprise in Johor. Therefore, the purpose of this research is to identify the problem of inventory management faced by the manufacturing small medium enterprise and also to determine the factors that will influence the effectiveness of inventory management. In completing this research, 80 employees were selected randomly from the manufacturing small medium enterprise in Batu Pahat, Johor and they were requested to complete questionnaires. The result have shown that the problems of inventory management faced by manufacturing organization were underproduction, overproduction, stock out situation, delays in the delivery of raw materials and discrepancy of records. The factors, documentation/store records, planning, knowledge of employees/staff skill have shown to significantly influence the effectiveness of inventory management while the funds have shown slightly significant influence on the inventory management in manufacturing small medium enterprises. This quantitative study is important to the manufacturing organization in Malaysia because it provides the guidelines to the employers of manufacturing small medium enterprises in Batu Pahat, Johor

Psychosocial workplace hazards and workers’ health in factory sector

Nowadays, issues on psychosocial workplace hazards have become a hot topic. However, only a small amount of research has been conducted in Malaysia. The purpose of this study is to determine the relationship between psychosocial workplace hazards and workers’ health which is measured using Body Mass Index (BMI) as well as mental health. Two research hypotheses related to psychosocial workplace hazards, i.e. Body Mass Index (BMI) and mental health were examined. In this study, 105 workers were selected randomly from factories located in Klang, Selangor, and questionnaires were distributed to them. The result revealed that there is a significant relationship between psychosocial workplace hazards and BMI, while there is no significant relationship between psychosocial workplace hazards and mental health. This study serves as a guid