39 research outputs found
Abandoned housing development : the Malaysian experience
The issue of abandoned housing project is a matter of grave importance in Malaysia.
This study sought to identify the causes leading to the problem from the view point of
neo-classical and institutional economic analysis. Having that aim in mind, the
research focused on reviewing available literature on the applicability of neo-classical
and institutional theories in land and property market analysis, understanding the
abandoned housing projects, identifying institution affecting housing development in
Malaysia, examining the role of market signal, identifying the causes of abandoned
housing projects and recommending suitable policies to prevent and solve the problem
of abandoned projects. Extensive field work was done in order to collect primary data
for the study. Surveys and semi-structured interviews were done using sample study
areas which comprises of 6 different states in Malaysia. The respondents in this study
are sample from the population of private developers. Based on the findings, it can be
concluded that the cause of abandonment of housing projects relates to institutional
factors and failure to respond appropriately to market signal
Examining of issues on flood disaster management in Malaysia
Flooding in Malaysia has made various impacts to the victims in terms of damage to property and loss of life.Besides that, the victims also suffer
after flood disaster occur.Because of that, the purpose of this paper is to describe the issues and problem of disaster relief management provided
by government to the victims in Malaysia for phases during and post-disaster caused by flooding.Presently, the disaster management in Malaysia including flood almost based on top-down approach that was predominantly an official strategy from Directive No. 20 by National Security Council of Malaysia.These instructions outline has set the role and responsibilities of the agencies involved and also covers the action of monitoring the activities in disaster management.Therefore, this paper presents findings from the literature review by previous research in this topic.The result show that, in Malaysia, a study concerning the evaluation of the effectiveness policy implementation at levels during and post-disaster that affect the flood
victims were poorly implemented.Further to that, this paper will attempt to describe the issues of disaster relief management for phases during and
post-disaster that has been criticized by previous researchers
The motivation factors in the provision of green criteria in green building development
Recently, green building has become globally vital especially in developed country such as United State, Europe, Australia, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea and Singapore.The Malaysian construction industry identified the necessity of green rating tool to improve building development in tropical climate. The Green Building Index (GBI) is Malaysia’s industry recognised green rating tool for buildings to promote sustainability in the built environment and raise awareness of these issues among relevant stakeholders such as developers, architects, and contractors.This paper highlights motivation factors versus common criteria of green building in the provision of green building
development.The assessment of commercial and residential properties under the GBI rating tool is based on six main criteria: energy efficiency, indoor environment quality, sustainable site planning and management, materials and resources, water efficiency and innovation.The data presented in this paper are mainly derived responses to a questionnaire that were completed by architects, engineers, urban planner, contractors and builders, developers and other consultants who is involved in green building development. For analysis, a statistical methods are used with
Average Index portray the results. Accordingly, organisational motivation, social motivation, environmental motivation and economic motivation influenced the provision of green criteria.This paper finding leads the developer in decision making for common provision of green criteria in green building development
Impak bencana banjir terhadap industri: Kes kajian di Kedah
Bencana banjir yang melanda boleh mengakibatkan impak yang besar terhadap komuniti, hartabenda serta impak yang signifikan terhadap industri. Justeru, kajian impak terhadap industri wajar dilaksanakan untuk mengenalpasti apakah impak yang ditanggung oleh pihak industri bilamana banjir melanda. Bagi maksud kertas kerja ini, metodologi kajian terhadap industri dibincangkan. Kajian ini berasaskan survei yang telah dijalankan terhadap 10 industri di daerah Kubang Pasu Kedah. Kawasan kajian merupakan kawasan perusahaan yang terlibat secara langsung ketika banjir berlaku. Selain itu, kawasan perindustrian Bukit Kayu Hitam iaitu kawasan perindustrian KEDA Napoh dan kedai-kedai sekitar Changlun juga turut dijadikan kawasan kajian. Selain survei, pendekatan temubual secara bersemuka bersama pegawai di peringkat pengurusan dan pentadbiran turut dijalankan bagi mengukuhkan dapatan kajian terhadap impak yang ditanggung oleh pihak industri akibat banjir. Selain itu, pendekatan kajian turut membantu pasukan penyelidik untuk mendapatkan cadangan-cadangan yang bersesuai dari perspektif pihak iindustri bagi tujuan mengurangkan impak banjir terhadap industri. Hasil kajian mendapati terdapat beberapa faktor yang telah menjejaskan operasi pengeluaran industri seperti pekerja tidak dapat datang bekerja, penghantaran produk terjejas, kilang dimasuki air, bekalan elektrik dan air terputus, dan penerimaan barang mentah terputus. Pemilik industri juga terpaksa menanggung segala kerugian yang dialami disebabkan tidak dapat beroperasi selama beberapa hari dan menanggung segala kos kerosakan dan pembaikan yang terlibat semasa bencana banjir. Manakala dari aspek punca berlakunya banjir bagi kawasan perindustrian adalah disebabkan oleh sistem pengaliran yang tidak terurus
Leadership development and sustainable leadership among TVET student
Leadership has become a key component of an organization, management and administration of educational organizations and systems, and this development is reflected in both academic and educational policy statements throughout the English-speaking countries and world over. Governments are investing substantial sums in leadership development because they believe that it will produce better leaders and more effective school system. Individuals are also contributing their own professional development because they think that it will enhance their career prospects and make them better leaders. Without leadership, things will be very difficult and we would have not been here today. Technical and vocational education is one of the organizations that have been enjoying leadership of different types. The importance of leadership in technical and vocational education cannot be overemphasizing, because without proper leadership in TVET programs, the goals which are to prepare people to be self-reliance will not be possible. Therefore, the need for good and perfect leadership has become imperative in TVET development. Effective school leadership has become a dominant theme in contemporary educational reform. Effective leaders are needed to sustain innovation and are the heart of capacity building for school improvement most especially in technical and vocational education and training (TVET) programs that need sustainability for its development
Sistem pengurusan bencana di Malaysia: Kajian kes banjir
Tujuan kertas kerja ini dihasilkan ialah untuk membincangkan isu berkaitan sistem penyampaian bantuan oleh pihak berkuasa terhadap mangsa banjir di Malaysia. Sistem pengurusan bencana negara yang ditadbir urus oleh Majlis
Keselamatan Negara (MKN). Kejadian bencana banjir di Kedah digunakan sebagai kajian kes untuk menentukan kecekapan sistem pengurusan bencana. Justeru pengalaman dan pandangan mangsa banjir di 12 daerah di negeri Kedah dengan sample kajian seramai 534 keluarga mangsa banjir daripada populasi
kajian 3,674 keluarga mangsa banjir (atau 15 peratus daripada populasi kajian) telah diperolehi melalui survei dan temubual kumpulan sasaran (TKS) secara bersemuka dengan mangsa banjir untuk menilai sistem penyampaian bantuan
yang dipratikan oleh pihak berkuasa apabila berlaku bencana. Berdasarkan penganalisisan yang dijalankan, dapatan kajian menunjukan bahawa mangsa banjir berpuashati terhadap keseluruhan sistem penyampaian bantuan yang
dilaksanakan oleh pihak berkuasa
Carbon-based Nanomaterials for Energy Storage and Sensing Applications
This chapter reviews carbon-based nanomaterials and their potential applications in energy storage
and sensing. Several methods of synthesizing carbon nanomaterials have been developed over the
years. They include exfoliation, thermal decomposition, chemical vapor deposition, chemical-based
techniques (including Hummer’s method), laser abrasion, and arc-discharge method. There are
several synthesis methods developed over the years for carbon nanomaterials. There are mainly three
different approaches to the chemical vapor deposition (CVD) technique, namely, atmospheric
pressure CVD, low pressure CVD, and plasma enhanced CVD (e.g., microwave plasma enhanced
CVD). Chemical-based techniques are the chemical extraction of graphene films from graphite,
unlike the liquid phase exfoliation technique. Laser ablation relies on the laser exfoliation or ablation
of amorphous graphite, and is sometimes called pulsed laser deposition. In the field of materials
science, electrochemical energy storage has become a big challenge due to the rising need for
portable electronic devices and systems
Komitmen organisasi, kepuasan kerja dan prestasi kerja dalam kalangan pensyarah universiti di Kota Batam Indonesia
Universiti adalah salah satu tempat bagi meningkatkan kualiti sumber manusia.
Pembangunan pendidikan dalam peringkat universiti di Kota Batam khususnya telah
melibatkan pelbagai pihak iaitu pensyarah, universiti, masyarakat serta pelbagai
organisasi pendidikan lain. Pencapaian prestasi sebuah universiti merangkumi
prestasi para pensyarah mahupun pihak pentadbir yang terdapat di universiti dan
menjadi penting untuk diperhatikan. Kurangnya kajian mengenai komitmen,
kepuasan kerja dan prestasi kerja dalam kalangan pensyarah di peringkat Universiti.
Kajian yang ada biasa ianya dilakukan di sektor syarikat sahaja, sehingga kajian ini
perlu dilakukan dalam kalangan pensyarah di peringkat universiti. Objektif dalam
kajian ini bagi memastikan hubungan dan sumbangan komitmen organisasi,
kepuasan kerja dan prestasi kerja pensyarah. Data dikumpul menggunakan instrumen
soal selidik melibatkan sampel kajian seramai 179 orang pensyarah universiti di
bandar Batam, Indonesia iaitu Universiti Putera Batam, Universiti Batam dan
Universiti Riau Kepulauan. Data-data kajian dianalisis menggunakan SPSS. Hasil
kajian didapati bahawa, komitmen dan prestasi kerja, komitmen dan kepuasan kerja,
kepuasan kerja dan prestasi kerja, komitmen dan kepuasan kerja terhadap prestasi
kerja mempunyai hubungan positif dan signifikan. Hasil dapatan kajian dapat
digunapakai sebagai acuan bagi keperluan institusi, akademisi, dan praktisi dalam
membuat standar evauasi. Selain itu, bagi pihak universiti ianya perlu mengambil
kira hubungan komitmen organisasi dan kepuasan kerja, kepuasan kerja dan prestasi
kerja, serta komitmen organisasi dan prestasi kerja. Selain itu perlu pula mengambil
kira hubungan komitmen organisasi dan kepuasan kerja terhadap prestasi kerja, dan
faktor lain diluar kajian yang dijalankan seperti faktor demografi, kepengurusan,
kepimpinan, budaya organisasi dan lain-lain