Kepuasan Kerja dan Tekanan Yang Dihadapi Oleh Guru Sekolah Menengah

Pendidikan dapat membentuk satu bangsa yang utuh dan kukuh. Nadi kepada pendidikan itu ialah guru. Dewasa ini tugas guru semakin mencabar dan menuntut kesabaran dan ketabahan yang lebih. Kepuasan kerja dm tekanan yang dihadapi oleh guru sekolah menengah perlu dititikberatkan agar kita tidak mengabaikan peranan yang dimainkan oleh golongan pendidik dalam masyarakat. Tujuan kajian ini adalah untuk mengenalpasti tahap kepuasan kerja dan tekanan yang dihadapi oleh guru sekolah menengah. Bagi tujuan ini sebuah sekolah menengah telah dipilih. Data telah diperolehi daripada 100 guru melalui kaedah soal selidik dan diproses menggunakan perisian statistical package for social science (SPSS). Dapatan kajian ini adalah tekanan kerja mempunyai hubungan negatif yang signifikan dengan kepuasan kerja. Ini disebabkan responden guru sebagai subjek kajian mendapat bebanan kerja dan tanggungjawab yang bertambah sama ada bebanan mengajar atau bukan sehingga wujud hubungan songsang antara tekanan kerja dengan kepuasan kerja. Dengan perkataan lain semakin banyak bebanan guru semakin tinggi tekanan sehingga menurunkan kepuasan kerja, dan sebaliknya semakin kurang bebanan guru maka akan semakin tinggi kepuasan bekerja guru. Dapatan kajian menunjukkan bahawa bebanan tugas adalah antara faktor yang memberi tekanan kepada guru. Justeru, pihak-pihak yang bertanggungjawab perlu memberi penelitian terhadap bebanan tugas yang dihadapi oleh golongan guru agar peranan utarna mereka sebagai pendidik dalam membina bangsa Malaysia yang cemerlang tidak terjejas

Chemical concentration calculation based on spectrogram

In this project, the chemical concentration identified based on spectrogram. In chemistry, concentration is defined as the abundance of a constituent divided by the total volume of a mixture. The term concentration can be applied to any kind of chemical mixture, but most frequently it refers to solutes in homogeneous solutions. Meanwhile, spectrogram is a time-varying spectral representation (forming an image of graph) that shows how the spectral density of a signal varies with time. It is an instrument used to measure properties of light over a specific portion of the electromagnetic spectrum, typically used in spectroscopic analysis to identify materials. The purpose of this project was to develop the systems that can identify the concentration of a compound by using spectrogram. Using MATLAB, the chemical concentration can calculated based on the compound of the solution. By using Acrylic acid as an example; which the simplest unsaturated carboxylic acid which has double bond and carboxyl group in C3 one molecule with the formula CH2=CHCOOH, we can determine the concentration percentages of the compound that form acrylic acid. Based on the graph that plotted by using MATLAB, the area under graph calculate. With the area, we can calculate the concentration directly based on the data from HPLC-high performance liquid chromatography

MATCHING DISPLAYED ADS WITH USER QUERIES AND BROWSING BEHAVIOUR TO MEASURE USER SATISFACTION

Online Advertising is said to be the current trend in advertising industry and will be able to survive and focuses on being valuable. For this project, the scope of Online Advertising is going to be discussed. To be more specific, this study will focus mainly from the user perspective. Online Advertising is the act of spreading the message of the products and services over the Internet to targeted potential customers (in this study, the user). The problem from the user perspective is that, the ads retrieved or delivered do not satisfy the user, thus affecting the user browsing behaviour. The objectives are to develop an extension of a normal website to get feedback from the user on the ads retrieved, to evaluate the ads relevancy retrieved based on the user query and browsing behaviour, to prepare a set of questionnaire and to come out with a good policy to measure user satisfaction in browsing for ads. This study will describe how the system is being developed with the support of few literature reviews and findings that had been establish previously. The research methodology approach which is the Rapid Application Prototyping also is being discussed. The four phases involved, together with the project activities are being list down in order to monitor the development of the system. The result and discussion chapter will cover the analysis of the survey that had been conducted. Plus, the study will describe the system architecture and the prototype design of the system

Conceptual Knowledge Relationship Model of Enterprise Architecture and Top Management Roles

Enterprise Architecture (EA) continues to gain global recognition as a management tool that would improve the organization’s performance. The literature review reveals that the alignment of EA with that of the business strategy was not achieved due to inadequate EA knowledge at Top Management (TM) level. This study aims to gauge the level of EA knowledge required at TM level to enable the creation of EA that would enable the alignment of strategic business vision with that of EA. A semi-structured interview was conducted with several personnel in an organization. Data were analyzed using the constant comparative method. This study identified that the TM need to have understanding to two sets of EA knowledge, viz, business process management (BPM) and technology knowledge. A conceptual knowledge relationship model is proposed through synthesizing the roles of EA and TM in supporting the TM in identifying the EA knowledge required. The findings gave contribution to academicians and practitioners with knowledge of how to improve EA assimilation and a structured roadmap for understanding EA to achieve high business value

Work-family conflict and its antecedents among single mother employees

Researchers have identified work-family conflict as one of the major stressors in the workplace leading to various negative outcomes, including impaired well-being. Although many studies have been conducted on the experience of work-family conflict on dual-earner couples, only a few were conducted on single parent employees. This study examines work-family conflict among single mother employees and its antecedents including dispositional (locus of control and perfectionism), job (role overload, role conflict and job flexibility) and organizational (supervisor support) factors. Data were gathered from 159 Malaysian single mother employees using self-administered questionnaires. The findings of the study indicated that 66% of the single mother employees experienced moderate to high levels of work-family conflict. The factors that characterize employees disposition including locus of control and perfectionism, their job factors including role conflict and role overload, as well as their supervisors’ support contributed significantly (51%) to work-family conflict. The findings imply the need for measures to be taken by employees, human resource managers and organizations pertaining to the antecedent factors to help reduce the level of work-family conflict

Impact of leadership styles on psychological distress and job satisfaction among employees in Sabah

This research was aimed at determining the effects of toxic leadership on psychological distress and job satisfaction. Data were collected from among 200 employees who are working in the public sector in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah. The empirical results through Pearson Correlation found employees’ psychological distress indicating a positive relationship with toxic leadership. Meanwhile it was found that there is negative relationship between toxic leadership and job satisfaction. This study provides a strong evidence that could help the top management and individuals in the public sector to find strategies to prevent a growth of toxic leadership

TIRE WASTE AS A POTENTIAL MATERIAL FOR CARBON ELECTRODE FABRICATION: A REVIEW

Nowadays, tire waste is a big issue since the rapid growth of vehicle population worldwide. The disposal of tire waste should be done properly due to the environmental impact caused by stockpile the tire waste in landfill.  Many kinds of research had been conducted to dispose of tire waste efficiently for getting valuable material from tire waste by using pyrolysis technology; one of them is carbon. In this review paper, production and application of carbon from tire waste presented. In several studies, carbon derived from tire waste was used as an adsorbent, electrode in energy storage application, like batteries and fuel cell

Locating shifts in the unconditional variance of time-dependent processes using multiscale wavelet periodogram

In this paper, we offer a proxy volatility measure based on maximum overlap discrete wavelet transform (MODWT) called multiscale wavelet periodogram (MSWP). We show that the multiscale wavelet periodogram (MSWP) is well equipped to detect multiple changes in the unconditional variance of a time-varying volatile process. Our simulation results demonstrate that use of MSWP as an input instead of the squared variable can overcome the size distortion problem associated with the CUSUM-type test for the detection of shifts in the unconditional variance. The power of the test based on wavelet periodograms is in fact comparable to that of the test based on squared variable. Our new approach is found successful for analyzing real data

Student’s Readiness Level towards Implementation of paper 3 Subject History

This study focuses on the student towards paper implementation 3 subject of history. This study use where survey research design as many as 50 from respondent 4 in School orchid, Cheras, chosen by gregarious sample and use instrument in obtaining quantitative data. This research using Social learning theory Albert Bandura, theory of constructivism and also Bloom's Taxonomy model. Data analyzed by using Excel Microsoft software 2010 (Statistic pack) 2.0 (SPSS). Finding of correlation analysis show there is a significant relationship between student attitude approach with students’ knowledge towards paper of 3 history subject (r, =.846=, n=50, p<.0.5). Therefore, the paper 3 subject of history is seen as platform that is able to increase the understanding and performance of students in the general history often associated with subjects that are boring and hard to get better performance by students in examinations due to lack of interest, learning techniques are obsolete and inadequate learnin

Age as moderated influence on the link of spiritual and emotional intelligence with mental health in high school students

This study examined whether, spiritual intelligence (SI) and emotional intelligence (EI) can be considered as predictor for mental health. The present investigation was also to test the moderating effects of age on the relationship of SI and EI with mental health among high school students. The participants in the study were 247 High school students (124 male and 123 female) in the age range of 14-17 years old, at the Gorgan City, north of Iran. Three valid and reliable instruments were used to assess SI, EI and mental health. Descriptive statistics, multiple and moderated regression analysis were used to analyses the data. The result demonstrated that mental health can be influences by SI and EI. In addition, the moderated effect of age on the relationship of SI and EI with mental health was not found