Keutamaan amalan perniagaan di kalangan usahawan efisien

Sebanyak lapan amalan kewangan telah dinilai secara berpasangan. Pendekatan Saaty digunakan bagi membentuk pemberat bagi setiap amalan tersebut setelah matrik bandingan berpasangan dibentuk. Satu susunan amalan mengikut pemberat terberat diperolehi. Pembuat keputusan terhadap amalan ini ialah pengusaha produk makanan di negeri Kedah

The Proposed Relationship connecting e-HRM adoption, Performance Management System and Effective Decision making in Higher Educational Institutions in Nigeria.

Before any meaningful advancement is achieved, or progress attained, there has to be a sound enlightenment / education as the much needed weapon to triumph. If there is proper education, the chances are very high that actions will be free from the menace of ignorance. Formal education flows from a body of institutions which are run and managed by experts whose decisions determine the success or otherwise of those institutions. Suffice is to say therefore that all organizations including the higher educational institutions function as products of effective decision-making. The aim of this paper is to review related empirical literatures and highlight the need to investigate the impact of e-human resource management (e-HRM)) adoption on performance management system (PMS) and effective decision making in higher educational institutions in Nigeria. Towards the end of the paper, a conceptual model depicting the relationships between E-HRM adoption, performance management system and effective decision making will be offered. Keywords: E-HRM, performance management system, effective decision makin

SIX MAIN INNOVATION ISSUES: A CASE OF SERVICE INNOVATION OF POSTAL AND COURIER SERVICES IN MALAYSIA

“Innovation is what drives progress and the potential for our nation to profit from it is hugeâ€Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak, Prime Minister of Malaysia.Malaysia, together with Thailand, Indonesia and Philippines are looking forward to be a fully industrialized country by the year 2020. The Ministry of Science Technology and Innovation (MOSTI, 2010) reported that Malaysia was ranked at 24th in the Innovation Competitiveness and also ranked at 26th in the Global Competitiveness Index for the year 2010-2011. As our nation could gain a huge profit from innovation activities, however, it will also come with risk. Therefore, several issues will encounter while engaging in innovation plan. This paper discusses innovation issues particularly in Malaysia. Specifically, this paper discusses six factors that have been identified to b

Cabaran integrasi aplikasi teknologi maklumat di perpustakaan: Penentuan wajaran dari perspektif indeks pelbagai kriteria

Revolusi teknologi maklumat (IT) telah mengubah landskap bagaimana kakitangan perpustakaan mengurus kerja hakiki mereka di samping mempengaruhi tugas perpustakaan dalam penyediaan maklumat kepada pengguna serta berjaya memudahkan pengguna mengakses pelbagai maklumat di perpustakaan. IT juga membawa cabaran dan halangan baru kepada perpustakaan. Kajian-kajian mendapati implementasi IT menyebabkan pelbagai halangan dalaman/langsung dan luaran/tak langsung kepada perpustakaan. Punca kepada halangan tak langsung, iaitu berkaitan kakitangan dapat dielak dan dikurangkan sekiranya pengurusan sumber manusia yang berkesan dapat dilakukan. Kajian ini bertujuan menyelidik sejauh mana aplikasi IT mempengaruhi tiga konstruk aktiviti pengurusan manusia iaitu komunikasi, latihan dan kepuasan kerja. Seramai 153 responden telah terlibat; 67 responden lelaki dan 84 perempuan; 48 responden berpengalaman lebih 5 tahun, 27 responden pengalaman 3~5 tahun, 41 responden 1~3 tahun dan 36 kurang 1 tahun; 8 responden adalah pustakawan, 116 pembantu perpustakaan, 6 responden kerani dan 17 responden lain-lain. Berdasarkan pendekatan pembuatan keputusan multi-kriteria, penentuan wajaran berbentuk objektif digunakan. Dapatan kajian menunjukkan elemen mengikut pangkat tertinggi ialah elemen (i) perubahan dalam perpustakaan dihebahkan dengan jelas kepada kakitangan bagi konstruk komunikasi; (ii) latihan yang diberikan kepada kakitangan baru mencukupi bagi konstruk latihan; dan (iii) tiada pilih kasih dalam peluang kenaikan pangkat dalam organisasi merupakan bagi konstruk kepuasan kerja

Impact of ISO 9000 certification in academic libraries in Malaysia : Empirical study

The study investigates the impact of ISO 9000:2001 certification toward employees satisfaction, the results derived from the selected academic libraries in Malaysia.. The study used the Academic Library Employee Satisfaction Questionnaire (ALESQ) to ascertain the level of library staff satisfaction of the libraries that implementing the ISO 9001into their systems. The instrument assessed seven dimensions of employee satisfaction - resources management, team building/coworkers, recognition, leadership, communication, training and job satisfaction. A total of 549 respondents were selected from 60 academic libraries, which 409 represented Public Higher Education Institute (PuHEI) and 60 represented Private Higher Education Institute (PrHEI). The study shows the overall employee satisfaction of between 5.0 and 5.4 on a 7-point scale. It showed a statistically significance difference in employees satisfaction score for 10 categories of academic library (resource management, staff recognition and job satisfaction – were statistically difference). There is a significant difference between males and females in the employees satisfaction scores

An investigation into the effectiveness of ISO 9000 on academic library services: A case study of Sultanah Bahiyah Library, Universiti Utara Malaysia

The study investigates the impact of ISO 9000:2001 certification toward employees satisfaction, the results derived from the selected academic libraries in Malaysia. The study used the Academic Library Employee Satisfaction Questionnaire (ALESQ) to ascertain the level of library staff satisfaction of the libraries that implementing the ISO 9001into their systems. The instrument assessed seven dimensions of employee satisfaction - resources management, team building/coworkers, recognition, leadership, communication, training and job satisfaction. A total of 549 respondents were selected from 60 academic libraries, which 409 represented Public Higher Education Institute (PuHEI) and 60 represented Private Higher Education Institute (PrHEI). The study shows the overall employee satisfaction of between 5.0 and 5.4 on a 7-point scale. It showed a statistically significance difference in employees satisfaction score for 10 categories of academic library (resource management, staff recognition and job satisfaction – were statistically difference).There is a significant difference between males and females in the employees satisfaction scores

ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES AND CORPORATE PERFORMANCE: A CRITICAL REVIEW

the link between the environmental issues of the corporations and their economic performance and competitiveness has became one of the most popular issues to be studied in the profession. However, previous studies that have attempted to relate environmental issues to economic performance have often led to conflicting results. This paper reviewed the previous environmental literature and suggested that the inconsistency is due to the absence of clear framework that explain what actually constitutes environmental practices and how their outcomes are to be determined and evaluated. Therefore, it becomes difficult to identify general relationships between different indicators of environment and economic performance. The paper concluded that there is a lack of study investigating the relationship between disaggregated environmental practices, corporate environmental performance, and environmentally related competitiveness. Key words: environmental practices, corporate environmental performance, competitiveness, resource-based view theory

Empowering to improve submission of claim process in local shipyard, in Malaysia

This paper study about struggle faces by subcontractor in submitting their work claim due to tedious processes of verification and compilation supporting document for payment process. In order to resolve this problem, the qualitative action research study method was conducted in the shipyard to propose the best solution to overcome this issue. Subcontractor need to play active roles in getting their documentation ready while Shipyard must ensure the claim is valid for payment. Empowerment as one of Business Process Reengineering(BPR) enabler together with IT-based system being chose to overcome this issue while Action Research(AR) as a method being deploy to engage the subcontractor and shipyard staff intervention to come out with more effective solution for this problem

ISO 14000 dalam sektor pembuatan Naza Automotive Manufacturing Sdn Bhd

Pada akhir 1960-an, dasar kepelbagaian ekonomi telah melaksanakan sektor industri pembuatan dalam menjana pertumbuhan ekonomi.Sektor pembuatan juga merupakan antara sektor yang memberi input terbesar kepada ekonomi Malaysia dalam pengeksportan.Satu kajian telah dilakukan untuk melihat sejauh mana organisasi yang dipilih melaksanakan ISO 14000.ISO 14000 merupakan pengurusan alam sekitar yang diwujudkan untuk mengurangkan kesan buruk terhadap alam sekitar.Ia juga bertujuan untuk mencapai peningkatan prestasi alam sekitar secara berterusan.Dengan pengenalan standard ini, kita boleh mengenalpasti beberapa masalah yang dihadapi oleh organisasi terhadap pengurusan mereka.Kita juga boleh mengenalpasti tahap pengetahuan dan sejauh mana pelaksanaan ISO 14000 dalam kalangan staf-staf syarikat dengan menggunakan kaedah kualitatif.Sesi temubual telah digunakan bagi tujuan untuk mendapatkan maklum balas daripada responden

Improvement in Ship Repair Works: Experience in Implementation of Production Friendly Drawing in Shipyard

This paper is about studied the conflicts within the Production Department where ship repair works are carried out without proper establishment and full utilization of Production Friendly Drawing (PFD) produced by the Engineering Department. In order to resolve this problem, the qualitative study method was conducted in the shipyard to propose the best solution to overcome this issue. Production need to utilize the PFD to ensure ship repair works perform in accordance with “best engineering practice” while designer in Engineering Department must ensure the production drawing produced is friendly enough and accurate. PFD as one of the conflict resolution is chosen to overcome this issue while qualitative as a method being deploying to engage the production and designer intervention to come out with more efficient and effective solution for this problem. There are two findings have been discussed and compared in which the conclusion of the result was very significant