Hubung kait antara amalan perancangan strategik sistem maklumat (PSSM) dan prestasi agensi kerajaan di Malaysia: Kesan penyederhana konteks PSSM dan pendekatan PSSM

Strategic information system planning (SISP) as a management practice and process helps organizations to identify as well as selecting suitable computer- based systems for improving their organizational performance. Although, as an area of study, SISP has gained much attention among academics and practitioners, research that focuses on SISP in government agencies has not been emphasized. Given the limited number of studies on SISP in government agencies, this study initiated an attempt to investigate SISP among government agencies in Malaysia. The objectives of this study were to determine the relationship between SISP practices and performance of government agencies as well as to determine whether SISP contexts and SISP approaches moderate the relationship between SISP practices and performance of government agencies. More specifically, the study adopted the contingency framework to examine the moderating effects of SISP contexts and SISP approaches on the relationship between SISP practices and performance of government agencies in Malaysia. Questionnaires were sent to 254 government agencies that were registered with the Malaysian Administrative Modernization and Management Planning Unit (MAMPU). Descriptive analysis, Pearson correlation, and multiple and hierarchical regressions were used to analyze the data. Based on the analyses of the data obtained from the respondents, the results of the study indicated positive relationships between SISP practices and performance of the government agencies. Furthermore, the results also showed that SISP contexts and SISP approaches moderate the relationship between SISP practices and performance of the government agencies. The findings of this study appear to support the notion that SISP practices are related to the performance of government agencies. The association between SISP practices and the performance of government agencies as well as the moderating effects of SISP contexts and SISP approaches further suggests implications to practitioners, policy - makers and government agencie

A Requirement Model for Computer Hardware Tracking System

The purpose of this project is to create a requirement model for Computer Hardware Tracking system for Royal Malaysia Navy. Requirement model provide a more structured and integrated guide for the development of systems. Its serves as a good starting point or reference for system developers to understand the user’s requirement which save cost, time and resources, thus, helps to decrease efforts in the system development process and increased quality of developed system. The methodology for requirement model of the CHTS derived from requirements analysis, analyze requirements and validate requirement model. System modeling and prototyping approach were used for requirement validation, while HOORA Analysis Tool (HAT) was used to validate the requirement model. Unified Modeling Language (UML) notation was adopted for the development of the requirement model. The requirement model consist of use case diagram, use case specification, class diagram, sequence diagram, collaboration diagram, activity diagram and supporting textual information. This requirement model provides a guideline in developing CHTS by specifies a solution that is right for the users need. As a conclusion, the requirement model created has solved the tracking problem as well as managing the computer hardware all over the units and ships in RMN. The requirement model can be improved that can be used in other organization. The requirement model also can be used by similar organization like army and air force

Problem in planning and implementing strategic information system: Some evidence from Malaysian government agencies

Strategic information systems planning (SISP) is viewed as an important practice and process for improving organizational performance in both private and public sectors.However, the literature review indicates that limited studies have attempted to investigate the problems faced by organizations when planning and implementing strategic information systems planning, particularly in the public sector.This study attempted to address this issue. The data for the study was gathered from 54 government agencies in Malaysia. Based on the analysis of the data collected from the government agencies, the results of the study indicated that these agencies faced various problems when attempting to plan and implement SISP in their organizations

Problem in planning and implementing strategic information systems: Some evidence from Malaysian government agencies

Strategic information systems planning (SISP) is viewed as an important practice and process for improving organizational performance in both private and public sectors.However, the literature review indicates that limited studies have attempted to investigate the problems faced by organizations when planning and implementing strategic information systems planning, particularly in the public sector.This study attempted to address this issue.The data for the study was gathered from 54 government agencies in Malaysia. Based on the analysis of the data collected from the government agencies, the results of the study indicated that these agencies faced various problems when attempting to plan and implement SISP in their organizations

Cutis Verticis Gyrata secondary to cerebriform intradermal naevus: a rare entity and its management

Cutis verticis gyrata (CVG) is a rare skin disorder characterised by thick skin folds and grooves, resembling the gyri and sulci of the cerebral cortex. It can be classified as primary essential, primary non-essential and secondary CVG. The rarity of the condition poses a challenge in the diagnosis and ultimately requires good communication between the clinician and the dermatopathologist for diagnosis. Many names have been given to the condition, including Robert-Unna syndrome, cutis verticis plicata, paquidemia verticis gyrata, cutis sulcata, cutis striata or “bulldog” scalp syndrome. To date, the treatment is still limited to plastic surgeons with excision of the folds, scalp reduction and reconstruction. In this article, we are sharing a rare case and the surgical management of a middle age gentleman with cutis verticis gyrata secondary to cerebral intradermal nevus (CIN) over his occipital scalp

The Internal influences of consumers’ online shopping of wooden products during COVID-19 pandemic

Online shopping is the present future trend of shopping. However, the usage of online shopping platforms seems to be a new norm not just because of technological advances but due to the pandemic COVID-19. This study was focused more on wooden products since there were a limited number of studies about these products, especially in Malaysia. There are four items of internal influences that were considered: ease of use, experience, time management, and lifestyle that will influence online shopping of wooden products by Malaysians. The study aims to identify the most influential internal factors influencing the online shopping intention of wooden products during the pandemic outbreak by Malaysians. The survey was executed between June to July 2021 during the Movement Control Order (MCO) of COVID-19. The data was collected online using a form questionnaire distributed via social media such as WhatsApp, Facebook and Instagram, which covers 464 respondents. Later the data were analysed by multi-linear regression technique using SPSS ver. 26. The results of the study found that lifestyle is the most influencing factor towards online shopping, with a standardized coefficient (?) of 0.410. This is followed by experiences with 0.139, time management with 0.132 and ease of use with 0.076. The researcher concluded that changes in lifestyle into new norms, especially during Movement Control Order (MCO), lead the changes in consumers’ behaviour in purchasing goods. Besides, the online marketplace puts all the information at their fingertips, which facilitates consumers to purchase online

Tungsten disulfide saturable absorber for nanosecond pulses generation

We fabricated tungsten disulfide (WS2) based saturable absorber (SA) and use this to passively mode-lock an Erbium-doped fiber laser (EDFL) and produce nanosecond pulses train. The SA was obtained by repeatedly dropping the WS2 solution onto microfiber to form a nanosheets layer after drying process. A stable nanoseconds pulses train operating at 1560 nm was successfully achieved by inserting the developed SA device into a 206.4 m long laser cavity. A stable 409 ns pulse is obtained at repetition rate of 965 kHz as the pump power was raised above the threshold of 150 mW pump power. The maximum pulse energy of 1.79 nJ was obtained at 193 mW pump power. The generated pulses are consistent and stable, which useful in many practical applications. ©2019 Old City Publishing, Inc

Generation of Mode-Locked Ytterbium Doped Fiber Ring Laser Using Few-Layer Black Phosphorus as a Saturable Absorber

We demonstrate the generation of mode-locked pulses from a double-clad ytterbium-doped fiber laser (YDFL) employing a saturable absorber (SA) made of a few layers of black phosphorus (BP). The BP SA was prepared by mechanically exfoliating BP crystal and spreading the acquired BP flakes on a piece of scotch tape. The tape was then sandwiched between two ferrules and incorporated in a YDFL cavity to achieve a stable mode-locked operation at 1085.58 nm with a repetition rate of 13.5 MHz. A maximum pulse energy of 5.93 nJ was obtained at pump power of 1322 mW with the output power of 80 mW. Our study may well be the first demonstration of the BP-based mode-locked fiber laser that should shed some new insights into two-dimensional layer materials related photonics