Kerelevanan Penggunaan Kaedah Penyelesaian Pertikaian Alternatif Timbang Tara Dalam Industri Pembinaan Di Malaysia

Timbangtara dilihat sebagai satu jalan penyelesaian terbaik dalam menyelesaikan sebarang pertikaian yang berlaku selain menyelesaikan masalah tersebut melalui undang-undang yang termaktub di mahkamah. Nowadays, arbitration seems to be one of the best alternative ways to settle any dispute within two different parties besides refer the dispute to the court process

Implementation of resource recovery practices among Malaysian construction stakeholders

Most of the construction stakeholders around the world especially in developing countries are not really aware of the Resource Recovery approaches in contemporary construction projects. Previous studies reported that Resource Recovery issues received less attention from the construction industry stakeholders compared to construction costs and time related issues. However, this trend has changed due to the depletion of non-renewable resources, greenhouse gas emissions and global warming with much effort now being directed to ‘build greener’ construction projects through proper application of the Resource Recovery approach. This study examined current application of Resource Recovery approach among Malaysia’s construction stakeholders. Primary data were gathered from 122 questionnaires returned by Malaysian construction stakeholders that included consultants, contractors and clients . The analysis revealed that the adoption of Resource Recovery was only mildly practiced by the Malaysian construction stakeholders

Clean production strategies adoption: A survey on food and beverage manufacturing sector

Clean production strategies are the continuous application of an integrated, preventive environmental strategies applied to process, products and services to increase overall efficiency and reduce risks to humans and the environment.This paper provides an analysis of factors influencing the adoption of clean production strategies among food and beverage firms in Peninsular Malaysia. The main purpose is to determine the relationships of three non regulatory factors with clean production strategies adoption. Three sets of interrelated factors leading to the widespread adoption of these technologies considered are: technology characteristics, technology performances and communication networks.This paper begins with an introduction and literature review, followed by the hypotheses statements. Pearson Correlation analysis was applied to examine these hypotheses. A sample of 76 Malaysian food and beverage firms was used for investigation, with one respondent for each firm. The results of the analysis indicated that technology characteristics, technology performances and communication networks are significantly influence the adoption of clean production strategies

The energy effectiveness and efficiency of green building in Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM)

Green building is a building which has an eco friendly environment and improves the safety and health of the people.It is also a building operating on green efficiency approaches which could have lower operations and maintenance costs. The development of green building in Malaysia is suitable because there are technologies which have been developed and they are compatible with the extreme weathers in Malaysia.Since there are previous studies done related to the energy efficiency and effectiveness of green building, this research aims to highlight the factors that make a building to be claimed as a green building and its effectiveness towards the users of the building as well as identifying the main factors which contributing the development of green building and how can green building helps in protecting the environment and the health of the people in the building. This study focuses on green buildings in Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM). The data was collected by a qualitative method by conducting an interview with senior assistant architect at Jabatan Pembangunan & Penyelenggaraan (JPP) UUM and field observation. The findings have shown that the development of green building in UUM starts with the implementation of the National Green Technology Policy (NGTP) in 2009 and Vice Chancellor inspiration to answer the government call towards implementing green practices.The reason why the building is effective and efficient are because of the conservation of energy cost effective and the design of the building. Green building can affect the productivity, performance and health of the occupants. Since this is a preliminary study, more researches need to be done to generalise the findings about other green buildings existed in Malaysia especially for any institutional or commercial buildings

Students’ Satisfaction towards UUM Wi-Fi Service Quality: Perception among Students in Inasis Yayasan Al-Bukhary, UUM

Technological change in an organization gives impacts towards its members. In educational institutions, for example, University Utara Malaysia (UUM), the introduction of a new technology affects students in many aspects. Wireless means the ability to transmit any type of data (text, video, picture or audio) through radio waves, infrared or microwaves instead of cables. As Wi-Fi is a fast growing technology, most the higher education institutions provide various internet facilities for their students to facilitate their learning processes. The researchers have studied the Wi-Fi usage to identify satisfaction towards UUM Wi-Fi Service Quality among students in Inasis Yayasan Al-Bukhary, UUM. The aim of this research paper is to look at the factors that contribute to the satisfaction level of UUM students toward UUM Wi-Fi network in Inasis Yayasan Al-Bukhary.and to measure the satisfaction level of UUM students. The data was collected by using quantitative method where the questionnaires were distributed to 60 students in Inasis Yayasan Al-Bukhary. The questionnaire was supplemented with research-related questions to achieve the objectives of the study. The questionnaire was divided into three sections, Part A is about respondent’s background, Part B is related to experience in using UUM Wi-Fi and Part C is asking about the level of satisfaction with UUM Wi-Fi, which were required to be completed by the respondents. The results of this study indicate that the differences signal strength affects the speed of Wi-Fi and the satisfaction level of students with the Internet WiFi provided in campus Inasis Yayasan Al-Bukhary, University Utara Malaysi

Keberkesanan kaedah pengurusan fasiliti dan penyumber luaran terhadap prestasi bangunan

Intense competition, higher wages, economic factors and the lack of internal labor, force organizations to look for alternatives to reduce costs and at the same time still maintaining existing performance. Similarly, the facility management of a building, especially involving government-owned buildings face the same phenomena.One popular method being used to overcome these phenomena is via outsourcing.Many organizations nowadays prefer to adopt outsourcing rather than internal contract practice.This resulted from the changes in the business environment that is focused towards effective operations

Kefahaman dan amalan prinsip 5S dalam kalangan staf COB UUM

Konsep amalan 5S telah mula diperkenalkan di Malaysia pada tahun 1980 an.Konsep ini mula dipraktikkan dalam sektor industri dan perkhidmatan yang bertujuan untuk meningkatkan kualiti dan produktiviti.Unit Permodenan Tadbiran dan Perancangan Pengurusan Malaysia (MAMPU) melalui kerajaan Malaysia telah memperkenalkan amalan 5S (Sisih, Susun, Sapu, Seragam, dan Sentiasa Amal) bagi meningkatkan kualiti perkhidmatan awam.Namun begitu, kesedaran tentang amalan 5S dalam sesebuah organisasi masih lagi berada di paras tidak memuaskan.Hal ini kerana bagi mencapai amalan 5S yang berkualiti memerlukan komitmen semua pihak dalam satu unit organisasi.Kajian ini memberi fokus terhadap kefahaman dan amalan 5S dalam kalangan staf UUM. Kes kajian merupakan staf UUM di pusat pengajian perniagaan (COB) UUM.Hasil kajian menunjukkan tahap pelaksanaan amalan 5S di pusat pengajian UUM melebihi tahap sederhana dan menjurus kepada tahap yang lebih baik

Pengurusan keselamatan dan kesihatan pekerja di tapak pembinaan: Perspektif kontraktor

Akta Keselamatan dan Kesihatan Pekerjaan (AKKP) 1994 telah diperkenalkan di Malaysia untuk memupuk, merangsang dan meningkatkan mutu keselamatan dan kesihatan di tempat kerja terutamanya di tapak pembinaan.Tujuan utamanya ialah untuk meningkatkan sikap keprihatinan majikan atau organisasi terhadap keselamatan dan kesihatan para pekerja mereka, selain menitikberatkan langkah-Iangkah keselamatan pekerjaan yang berkesan.Bagaimanapun, kadar kemalangan dalam sektor pembinaan dilihat berada ditahap yang sangat membimbangkan kebelakangan ini. Hal ini kerana industri pembinaan merupakan industri yang unik dengan kerja yang berbagai bidang dan perlu disiapkan dalam masa yang terhad. Kajian ini membincangkan mengenai amalan, masalah, dan strategi yang dijalankan dalam pengurusan keselamatan dan kesihatan pekerjaan mengikut perspektif kontraktor.Kajian ini menggunakan kaedah kualitatif.Satu temubual telah dijalankan di sebuah syarikat kontraktor area Alor Setar, Kedah yang berpengalaman dalam industri pembinaan untuk mendapatkan maklumat kajian.Hasil kajian ini mendapati terdapat beberapa amalan keselamatan dan kesihatan pekerjaan yang dilaksanakan seperti dasar keselamatan, mesyuarat keselamatan dan kesihatan, pendidikan dan latihan, pemeriksaan keselamatan tapak, dan peralatan perlindungan peribadi (PPE).Masalah yang dihadapi seperti sikap pekerja dan tahap kesedaran yang rendah di kalangan para pekerja.Beberapa strategi telah dilakukan seperti membuat pemeriksaan secara kerap, serta pendidikan dan latihan yang lebih berkesan

Measuring the impact of inventory control practices: A conceptual framework

Inventory control provides method to manage the flow of materials or goods in the supply chain. Since controlling inventory is not the only mechanism to ensure an adequate inventory levels, it is also able to reduce inventory related cost. The manufacturing sector holds large inventories with quite complicated process and policy related to inventory control, especially when involving external party whether they are supplier or customer The manufacturing companies always confront with issues related to inventory management, which includes bullwhip effect on demand, increase of inventory cost, late delivery, and inventory shortage. Therefore, a key challenge for manufacturing company is to determine how to control the inventory flows effectively as to get the best overall inventory performance. Since inventory control manages to cover a wide range of aspects, it is chosen to focus on specific element such as inventory monitoring and ordering; control limits; and replenishment decisions.Lacking of an inventory control practices that normally occurred among manufacturing companies had lead this paper to propose a framework on inventory control practices to acquire that knowledge

The progress of guarded and gated housing community towards trend to improve quality of life

Gated community is one of the efforts taken by the authorities to reduce public fears and to restore the confidence of people to live safely in their neighborhood. When an individual feels safe and safety is assured, it will affect their quality of life. Quality of life is said to be directly proportional to the comfort and harmony of the individual. The population in Malaysia was concerned about their quality of life especially in terms of safety. The whole study was conducted to determine whether residential gated community in Kedah an 'urban village' can develop a favorable settlements and so provide a sense of security and to improve the quality of life of the residential community. Methodological approaches such as observation, distribution of questionnaires, and interviews of residents and relevant agencies will be carried out to obtain the data needed to answer the research objectives