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The Effect of Work Ethics and discipline on Performance that is intervening by The Commitments of State Civil Organizations (A Case Study of Educational Laboratory Staff at Padang State Polytechnic)
Get PDFThis study aims to determine the effect of work ethic and discipline on performance that is intervening by the organizational commitment of Educational Laboratory Staff (ELS) at Padang State Polytechnic. This study was motivated by the undisciplined, the lack of responsibility and work ethic of ELS towards the regulation relating to functional positions as ELS at Padang State Polytechnic, so that the work time and performance of ELS at Padang State Polytechnic is wasted. Research method with a quantitative approach with path analysis method. Data collection techniques with questionnaires, observation and interviews. The respondents of this study were 40 of ELS at Padang State Polytechnic. The sampling method uses a total sampling method where in the entire population in this study is used as the research sample. Hypothesis testing is calculated by IBM Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) program version 21.0.The results of this study found that work ethic has significant effect on organizational commitment, work discipline has significant effect on organizational commitment, organizational commitment has significant effect on performance, work ethic has significant effect on performance, work discipline does not have significant effect on performance, indirectly, work ethic through organizational commitment have a significant effect on performance and indirectly work discipline through organizational commitment has a significant effect on performance of ELS at Padang State Polytechnic
Bank Loans as a Source of Financing Small to Medium-Sized Enterprises in Western Balkans.The Kosovo Case Study.
Get PDFIt is accepted worldwide that a healthy banking system play a crucial role in the economic development of a country. Also, the role and importance of the banking system in developed and developing countries (including Kosovo) is unquestionable. This is evident especially in financing business needs of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), which generate income and employment. However, financing SMEs’ needs by banks, often is accompanied with problems and various challenges.The aim of this paper is to highlight the role and importance of banks on financing business needs of SMEs, identify problems which arise, by giving recommendations on solving the aforementioned, which would be beneficial for both parties. Hence, this paper offers important implications for banks, SMEs, as well as for policymakers
The Factors Affecting Customer Behavior of Choosing Products in Mandiri Shariah Banks in Pariaman City
Get PDFThis study aims to determine the factors that influence customer behavior in choosing products at Bank Syariah Mandiri in Kota Pariaman, which is limited to cultural, social, personal and psychological factors. The population in this study is customers of Bank Syariah Mandiri Kota Pariaman with a sample size required in the analysis of 50 people, where the sampling technique used was accidental sampling. Hypothesis testing, performed t test, f, and r. The results showed cultural and personal factors had a positive influence on customer behavior in choosing products at Bank Syariah Mandiri in Pariaman City, while social and psychological factors did not have an influence on customer behavior in choosing products at Bank Syariah Mandiri in Pariaman City
Financial and Legal Obligations that appear from Internet Traffic - Technology of Information and Communication Kosovo Case
Get PDFIn this case study we have presented the comparison of the calls made by the clients to the telephone operator Y and the calls which have been transferred to the company responsible for the quiz through telephone calls. During this analysis we gathered calls from the Composite Call Data Record (CDR), the CDR partition is divided in two part, the CDR Originating part and the part of the CDR transit part.The part of the CDR Originating are as the showed following: Calling Party Number, Called Party Number, Date Fort Start Of Charge, Time For Start Of Charge, Time For Stop Of Charge and Chargeable Duration. The part of the CDR Transit part contains completely the same data that must be identical because it is the same call that additionally contains other information such as the name of the incoming route from which the call and outbound route or where the call came from is addressed by identifying its name. The data has been decoded by the hexadecimal system in the decade system to compare the numbers of calls, duration calls and time of calls. From the analysis that is done in this case study has come out there is a difference from the number of calls as well the duration of the calls that have been on the part of the customers to the operator Y and the calls directed by the operator Y in the contracting company X
Cost Economies for an Airline: An Analysis of Airlines’ Operating Costs
Get PDFThis study focuses on analyzing the variables affecting the average operating cost per aircraft movement. Since airlines around the world are operated on thin profit margins and with increasing competition from Low Cost Carriers it will be important for an airline to get a complete understanding about their operating cost structure. The aim of this study is to suggest an airline of actions to reduce their operating cost and will differentiate the cost structures of Low Cost Carriers and Full Service Carriers. This study was conducted for 20 airlines which were operating in Asia Pacific region. Published financial and statistical data were used for analysis and a parametric approach was used. The results of this study do not suggest economies of scale for the airline, which is to have higher number of aircraft to reduce cost
The influence of Organizational Climate and Organizational Socialization on Knowledge Management: An empirical study in banking sector of Pakistan
Get PDFThe basic objective of the empirical study is to identify the influence of organizational socialization (OS) and organizational climate (OC) on knowledge management (KM) among the banking sector of Pakistan. The above said sector is selected as population of the current research. By using the simple random sampling technique, different branches of public banks and private banks are selected as a sample. 270 questionnaires were circulated to top level managers and middle level managers. 240 questionnaires were filled by employees and used for analysis. The overall response rate was 89%. Different statistical techniques i.e. Pearson’s correlation analysis, multiple regression analysis and reliability analysis are applied on collected data. The results of Pearson’s correlation analysis shows that there is positive relationship between organizational climate (OC), organizational socialization (OS), knowledge management (KM), its dimensions i.e. knowledge sharing (KS) and knowledge application (KA). Moreover, regression analysis’s results explain that organizational socialization is strong predictor of knowledge management as compare to organizational climate. From the management point of view, the results give clear clue to Pakistan’s banking sector must understand the importance of organizational socialization, organizational climate for the purpose of knowledge management. In future researches, data may be collected to other sectors like telecom industry, textile industry and education sector etc. for more generalizing the results. Moreover, researches some other variables like social interaction, perceived organizational support, and perceived supervisor support may also be conducted.
The Impact of Fiscal Deficit on Inflation Rate - Empirical Evidence Case of Eurozone
Get PDFThe purpose of this working paper is to investigate if determinants have an impact on inflation rate in Eurozone Countries by using times series data for 17 countries from year 1997 to 2017, in yearly basis in total 375 observations. The study used quantitative research approach and secondary data and is analyzed by using linear regression model measures: Inflation rate as a dependent variable, and five independent variables such us: GDP to growth rate, Deficit to GDP rate, Public debt to GDP rate, Government bond interest rate and Unemployment rate. Linear regression model was applied to investigate the impact of GDP to growth rate, deficit to the GDP rate, Public debt to the GDP rate, Government bond interest rate, and Unemployment rate to the dependent variable Inflation rate. From the Linear Regression Model coefficients for inflation rate as a dependent variable shows that three of five variables have a significance one with negative significance and two positive significance. The empirical result shows that the three of five ratios that we mentioned above have a strong influence on the Inflation rate
The Evaluation of Leadership Development at a State Owned Enterprise in South Africa
Get PDFThe study was sparked by concerns in the Human Resources Department at Denel, a State Owned Company/Enterprise in South Africa, regarding the state of leadership in the organization. The concerns were primarily that the leadership style in general, was ‘command and control’ - autocratic, bureaucratic and lacking the necessary commercial mindset and emotional intelligence needed to deal with employees from a motivational and employee-engagement perspective. The purpose of the research was to conduct an investigation into leadership at Denel and to analyse the perceptions, opinions and concerns of all stakeholders in the company. A qualitative research methodology was used and the findings confirmed that leadership styles at Denel were indeed traditional command and control, autocratic, lacked a commercial mindset and lacked emotional intelligence. Furthermore, the existing repertoire of leadership development programmes lacked work-based application relevance and the leadership development approaches were haphazard, with no proper focus and direction. Furthermore, there was no measurement of the impact of the leadership development interventions in the company to determine the return on investment. The recommendation is that leaders at Denel should create a culture of talent optimization, be transformed into business leaders and ensure employee motivation and engagement levels are enhanced within the company
Leadership Practice of Elementary school Heads as Determinants of teachers’ Morale in Davao Region ,Philippines
Get PDFDetermining the leadership practice and work commitment of elementary school heads as determinants of teachers’ morale in Davao Region is the main objective of the study. There were 400 elementary school teachers chosen as respondents employing stratified random sampling technique. The study utilized non-experimental study using descriptive correlational technique. Mean, Pearson r, Multiple regression were used in the treatment of the data. Findings revealed that the level of leadership practice, work commitment, and teachers’ morale yielded very high results. Leadership practice and work commitment of school heads showed significant relationships with teacher’s morale. The combined and singular influence of leadership practice of school heads and working commitment towards teachers’ morale provided significant results. Keywords: leadership practice, work commitment, elementary school heads, determinants, teachers’ morale, Davao region, educational management, Philippine
The assignments and functions of the Financial Service Authority in disputes related to the Legal Protection for the Consumers in Indonesia
Get PDFThis article aims to describe and examine the problems of how the Financial Services Authority’s assignments and functions in disputes related to legal protection for consumers. This research is a normative legal research that is prescriptive. Secondary data types include primary and secondary legal materials.The primary datas is collected from many regulations about financial, financial service authority, consummen and banking. Data collection techniques used are library studies and cyber media, and the analytical techniques are deductive by syllogism methods. The research result shows that the Financial Services Authority in carrying out its duties and functions of consumers protection was carried out with three forms of action, namely, loss prevention measures, consumers complaints services, and legal defense actions. The three tasks and functions must be carried out maximally by applying the basic principles of the implementation of the OJK’s duties so that it can accommodate the protection of consumers and society