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Application of new homotopy analysis method and optimal homotopy asymptotic method for solving fuzzy fractional ordinary differential equations
Get PDFPhysical phenomena that are complex and have hereditary features as well as uncertainty are recognized to be well-described using fuzzy fractional ordinary differential equations (FFODEs). The analytical approach for solving FFODEs aims to give closed-form solutions that are considered exact solutions. However, for most FFODEs, the analytical solutions are not easily derived. Moreover, most complex physical phenomena tend to lack analytical solutions. The approximation approach can handle this drawback by providing open-form solutions where several FFODEs are solvable using the approximate-numerical class of methods. However, those methods are mostly employed for linear or linearized problems, and they cannot directly solve FFODES of high order. Meanwhile, the approximate-analytic class of methods under the approximation approach are not only applicable to nonlinear FFODEs without the need for linearization or discretization, but also can determine solution accuracy without requiring the exact solution for comparison. However, existing approximateanalytical methods cannot ensure convergence of the solution. Nevertheless, to solve non-fuzzy fractional ordinary differential equations, there exist perturbation-based methods: the fractional homotopy analysis method (F-HAM) and the optimal homotopy asymptotic method (F-OHAM), that possess convergence-control ability. Therefore, this research aims to develop new convergence-controlled approximateanalytical methods, fuzzy F-HAM (FF-HAM) and fuzzy F-OHAM (FF-OHAM), for solving first-order and second-order fuzzy fractional ordinary initial value problems and fuzzy fractional ordinary boundary value problems. In the theoretical development, the establishment of the convergence of the solutions is done based on the convergence-control parameters. In the experimental work, the convergence of solutions is determined using properties of fuzzy numbers. FF-HAM and FF-OHAM are not only able to solve difficult nonlinear problems but are also able to solve highorder problems directly without reducing them into first-order systems. The developed methods demonstrate the excellent performance of the developed methods in comparison to other methods, where FF-HAM and FF-OHAM are individually superior in terms of accuracy
Kesediaan perubahan organisasi sebagai mediator terhadap hubungan antara kepimpinan distributif dan professional learning community
No full textProfessional Learning Community merupakan aktiviti pembangunan profesionalisme guru yang berteraskan konsep hubungan berkualiti dengan perkongsian kemahiran dan pengetahuan untuk meningkatkan kaedah pengajaran. Budaya PLC memacu kreativiti dan inovasi menerusi persekitaran pengajaran dan pembelajaran bermakna. Justeru, kajian ini dilaksanakan untuk mengenal pasti kesediaan perubahan organisasi sebagai mediator terhadap hubungan antara kepimpinan distributif dan PLC di sekolah menengah (harian biasa) Negeri Kelantan. Kajian ini juga meneroka sama ada dimensi kepimpinan distributive dan kesediaan perubahan organisasi merupakan peramal kepada pelaksanaan PLC. Kaedah gabungan digunakan menerusi instrumen Distributed Leadership Readiness Scale (Gordon, 2005) untuk mengukur amalan kepimpinan pengetua, Professional Learning Communities-Revised (Oliver & Hipp, 2010) bagi mengukur pelaksanaan PLC dan Organizational Readiness to Change (Shea, 2014) digunakan untuk mengukur kesediaan perubahan sekolah. Data kuantitatif dikutip menggunakan soal selidik yang melibatkan 371 orang guru manakala data kualitatif diperoleh melalui temu bual dengan empat (4) orang guru yang dipilih secara teknik bola salji. Data kuantitatif telah dianalisis menggunakan statistik deskriptif dan inferensi manakala data kualitatif dianalisis secara tematik. Dapatan kajian menunjukkan terdapat hubungan positif yang signifikan antara pengaruh kepimpinan distributif dan kesediaan perubahan organisasi. Kepimpinan distributif dan kesediaan perubahan organisasi merupakan faktor peramal kepada pelaksanaan PLC. Dimensi penetapan visi, misi dan matlamat merupakan dimensi peramal yang paling tinggi diikuti amalan kepimpinan dan perkongsian kepimpinan manakala budaya sekolah merupakan peramal yang paling rendah. Dimensi efikasi terhadap perubahan dan komitmen terhadap perubahan dalam kesediaan perubahan organisasi menunjukkan peramal yang tinggi terhadap tahap pelaksanaan PLC. Analisis data kualitatif mendapati lima (5) faktor utama menyumbang kepada pelaksanaan PLC berkesan, iaitu kerja berpasukan, sokongan pentadbir, perkongsian amalan terbaik, penetapan matlamat dan objektif, serta sokongan pemegang taruh. Kajian ini dapat dijadikan panduan tambahan untuk melaksanakan PLC berkesan serta dijadikan platform untuk meningkatkan pembangunan profesionalisme guru
The relationship between strategic leadership, organizational climate and quality management practices in Egypt public universities
Get PDFEgypt’s Higher Education Vision was launched with a commitment to improving quality and sustainability in higher education. The quality management literature commonly cites the significance of leadership in higher education. However, the blending approach to quality management progress occurs at a slow pace in Egypt’s higher education and that requires a continuous effort of strategic leadership and a positive climate to implement quality management. Thus, this study aimed to identify the influence of strategic leadership (SL) and organizational climate (OC) on quality management practices (QMPs) in Egypt’s public university. In addition, the influence of organizational climate variable as mediator in the relationship between strategic leadership and quality improvement practices was also examined. The cross-sectional survey method was applied in the data collection process. A total of 429 respondents involving academic staff from Egypt’s public universities took part in this study. Quantitative data were analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) and SMART PLS software. The study established the validity of the survey for the measures through confirmatory factor analysis. The findings of the study indicated that strategic leadership had no significant impact on quality management practices. However, organizational climate had a direct impact on quality management practices, and strategic leadership impacted organizational climate significantly. This study also revealed that organizational climate had a comprehensive mediating influence on the relationship between strategic leadership and quality management practices. In conclusion, this study provides a new understanding of the importance of organizational climate to quality management practices. The study also contributes theoretical insights on organizational climate as one mechanism in which strategic leadership may associate with quality management practices. In addition, this study could contribute to visionary practices to enhance strategic leadership thereby creating a climate and quality management practices in the context of Egypt higher education
Exploring the concept and consequences of green campaign on social media platforms
Get PDFThe environmental damages have been caused by many factors and most of it is plastic waste. Countless policies have been created to limit the usage of plastic bags globally but still, it is very popular among consumers. Many green campaigns show ineffectiveness when the rate of recycling and plastic use is devastating. The research objective is to understand the concept of the green campaign among consumers and to analyze the consequences of the green campaign in Penang. This research emphasizes the types of social media to create awareness for the green campaign and also reasons to sustain green campaign in Penang Island. This research applied a qualitative research approach and semi-structured interviews with 16 informants in Penang. Each informant chosen using purposive sampling method and need to fill in the criteria such as: lived in Penang for the past 10 years, aware of the No Plastic Bag Campaign and have at least one social media account. This research used the Nvivo method to analyse the qualitative survey to finalize the result. The finding shows that policy plays an important role to ensure society to apply green behaviour such as not using plastic bags; however, lacking facilities is the one that needs to improve as it tends to demotivate them from starting recycling at home. The best social media platform is Facebook, Instagram and Twitter as the communication medium. The informant understand the concept of the green campaign as saving or taking care of the environment but mentioned how they tend to buy the charged plastic bag even with the awareness of what is the consequences of plastic bags to nature. This behavior shows the existence of Cognitive Dissonance theory as the extended theory in Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) that support the idea of why conflict happens in the behavior intention under the TPB model
Relationship of work overload, working environment, and workplace relationships towards job stress in the Royal Malaysia Police Officer
Get PDFStress has been regarded as a major issue in relations to law enforcement officers including police officers. This research aim‟s to explore the relationships between various factors and potential sources referred to as “Job Stressor” with job stress among Royal Malaysian Police (RMP) personnel. In this regard, this research
attempts to investigate the contribution of workloads, working environment, and workplace relationships factor which is known as primary work-related job stressors towards the relationships with job stress among Royal Malaysian Police (RMP) personnel. This quantitative study was conducted at Royal Malaysian Police and the populations were the police officers stationed at overall (RMP) police officers randomly. Data were collected and gathered using survey method and questionnaires are used as the survey instruments. A total of 250 questionnaires were distributed
whereby only 164 questionnaires were successfully retrieved. The findings of this study resulted in acceptance on some of the hypotheses formulated for this study. The research findings indicated that workloads and poor supervisory support have positive and significant relationships with the police officers job stress whereas work overloads, working environment, workplace relationship was found to have no significant relationships with job stress. Hence, the findings of this study contribute to the limited existing literature on policing occupational work stress and also had to some degree, added to the comprehension of understandings and enrich the knowledge regarding policing job stress and job stressors within the landscape of Malaysian policing
Peranan badan bukan kerajaan (NGO) di dalam menangani masalah pelarian Rohingya di Malaysia
No full textConflict and strife in Rakhine has been a major factor in the movement of Rohingya refugees to Malaysia. Although Malaysia did not sign the 1951 Refugee Convention and the 1967 Protocol, the government still accepted the entry of Rohingya refugees based on humanitarian grounds. However, by doing this, the government has borne a heavy burden to help Rohingya refugees in Malaysia, thus the third sector parties can play a role to help the government on this issue. Therefore, this study examines the role of third sector parties, namely NGOs established by local civil society (Local NGOs) and Rohingya refugees (Rohingya Refugee Organization, PPR) in Malaysia. This study uses qualitative methods involving triangulation techniques for primary and secondary data collection as well as using interviews with senior government officials from MKN, ATM, PDRM, representatives of Local NGOs and PPR, academics and representatives of Rohingya refugees. The analysis of this study found that among the roles that can be played by Local NGOs and PPR are related to the economic issues, health, education, advocacy, human rights, legal aid and conducting research related to Rohingya refugees. However, Local NGOs and PPRs also need to liaise and cooperate with other actors such as the government and UNHCR. This is as emphasized by the Theory of Civil Society and the Theory of Grouping which is the close relationship and cooperation between each actor with the actor of civil society as the main executor. It is also the idea of multi-tracks approach in solving Rohingya refugees crisis. This approach is about social mobilization and empowerment of Local NGOs, PPR, UNHCR as the complementary efforts to the government roles in managing the Rohingya refugees issue. This study concludes that the involvement of Local NGOs and PPRs has the potential to assist in addressing the problem of Rohingya refugees in Malaysia. However, efforts to address the problem of Rohingya refugees need to be done continuously as this issue is not only related to human rights but involves national security and sovereignty
Norma eufemisme dalam novel Ramlee Awang Murshid.
Get PDFPenggunaan bahasa terlarang seperti perkataan kesat, lucah dan negatif dalam penulisan novel boleh mengundang perasaan kurang senang dalam kalangan pembaca. Sehubungan dengan itu, penulis novel di Malaysia digalakkan untuk menggunakan bahasa halus khususnya eufemisme dalam penulisan novel bagi mengelakkan kesan negatif terhadap pemahaman pembaca. Kajian lepas menunjukkan bahawa penelitian eufemisme lebih terarah kepada aspek terjemahan dan media. Manakala, pengkajian eufemisme dari aspek gaya bahasa dan pragmatik pula dikesampingkan. Hal ini
menyebabkan wujudnya jurang dalam pendekatan penelitian eufemisme secara terperinci. Kajian ini mempunyai tiga objektif iaitu, (i) mengenal pasti jenis norma dan kaedah eufemisme, (ii) menghuraikan eufemisme norma, kaedah dan fungsi serta (iii)
merumuskan pertalian antara norma eufemisme, perspektif kaedah dan fungsi dengan kesantunan bahasa. Kajian ini berbentuk kualitatif berdasarkan kaedah analisis teks dengan menjadikan 10 buah novel karya Ramlee Awang Murshid sebagai data kajian. Pendekatan Allan dan Burridge (2006) dan prinsip kesantunan Leech (1983) dijadikan sebagai tunjang kajian. Dapatan menunjukkan bahawa norma kematian paling kerap digunakan, iaitu sebanyak 23.57%, diikuti dengan norma perasaan sebanyak 22.34%, norma seksual sebanyak 17.25 %, norma kepercayaan sebanyak 13%, norma ketakutan sebanyak 11.24%, norma penyakit 6.47% dan anggota badan
sebanyak 6%. Selain itu, kaedah konotasi paling banyak digunakan, iaitu sebanyak 59% diikuti dengan penggantian sebanyak 33%, kiasan 7.39%, pinjaman 4.77% dan singkatan 0.154%. Hasil kajian juga menunjukkan bahawa sebanyak 110 maksim bertepatan dengan prinsip tersebut dan maksim kebijaksanaan paling tinggi digunakan
iaitu 74%. Kesimpulannya, penggabungan eufemisme dari aspek gaya bahasa dengan aspek pragmatik dapat memantapkan lagi dapatan berkenaan norma eufemisme dan membuka ruang dalam memahami unsur eufemisme dengan lebih terperinci. Selain itu, kajian ini juga dapat menyumbang dalam memperkaya khazanah ilmu berkaitan penggunaan eufemisme
Hubungan di antara tret personaliti, motivasi selamat dan tingkah laku selamat dalam kalangan anggota kesihatan jabatan kecemasan Hospital Seri Manjung
No full textKajian ini bertujuan untuk melihat hubungan dan pengaruh di antara tret personaliti, motivasi selamat dan tingkah laku selamat dalam kalangan anggota kesihatan Jabatan Kecemasan Hospital Seri Manjung. Di dalam kajian ini terdapat dua pemboleh ubah tidak bersandar iaitu tret personaliti dan motivasi selamat manakala tingkah laku selamat adalah pemboleh ubah bersandar. Kajian ini melibatkan seramai 118 orang responden. Kajian ini menggunakan borang soal selidik sebagai medium untuk pengumpulan data. Borang soal selidik diedarkan kepada responden secara perkongsian pautan kepada ‘Google Form’ untuk memudahkan pengumpulan data. Borang soal selidik terdiri daripada empat bahagian iaitu bahagian demografik,
bahagian tret personaliti, bahagian motivasi selamat dan juga tingkah laku selamat. Item yang digunakan untuk bahagian tret personaliti adalah soalan daripada Keirsey Temperament Sorter II (KTSII) yang memiliki 35 item soalan untuk mengetahui tret personaliti responden berdasarkan 4 kumpulan temperamen. Manakala untuk soalan motivasi terdiri daripada 6 item soalan dan tingkah laku selamat mempunyai 12 item soalan yang menggunakan skala likert 5 aras. Data yang diperolehi dianalisis menggunakan statistik deskriptif iaitu (min dan sisihan piawai) dan juga statistik inferensi iaitu ujian korelasi ‘pearsons’ untuk mengukur tahap hubungan pemboleh ubah dan juga ujian regresi berganda untuk mengukur pengaruh pemboleh ubah tidak bersandar terhadap pemboleh ubah bersandar. Hasil dari ujian regresi berganda menunjukkan pemboleh ubah tidak bersandar mempengaruhi sebanyak 67% terhadap pemboleh ubah bersandar iaitu tingkah laku selamat. Dapatan Kajian juga menunjukkan pemboleh ubah tidak bersandar iaitu motivasi selamat lebih mempengaruhi tingkah laku selamat berbanding dengan tret personaliti. Hasil daripada dapatan ini adalah disyorkan kepada pihak pengurusan Jabatan Kecemasan Hospital Seri Manjung untuk memberikan perhatian kepada motivasi selamat anggota kesihatan
yang bertugas di jabatan ini supaya prestasi keselamatan sentiasa berada di tahap yang baik bagi memastikan kemalangan dan jangkitan penyakit berjangkit dapat diminimumkan sebaik mungkin
The influence of employee development in increasing organizational productivity
Get PDFThe purpose of this study is to investigate the influence of employee development in improving the productivity of the organization, with a specific focus on the Nigeria Breweries. This study aim is on the employee training and development strategies at the Nigerian breweries, and how it helps to improve the productivity of the company. The study adopted a descriptive research design in analyzing, interpreting, and presenting data.
This method was the best for this study because it helped describe how employee development influences organizational productivity at the Nigerian Brewery. A self-designed questionnaire is used to get data from respondent, with focus on a total of 387 employees of the Nigerian brewery, using the multi-stage sampling techniques. For the purpose of data analysis and presentation, this study used descriptive statistics of simple percentage, mean and standard deviation. The study explored the influence of employee's development on productivity at the organization. The study concluded that there exists a positive relationship between employee development and employee performance and employee development significantly influences organizational productivity.
The study recommends that organizations should use employee development and career development as strategy to improve on organizational productivity, with more focus on training and mentoring of new and existing staffs for increased organizational productivity
An exploratory study on shariah non-compliance income in Tawarruq home financing in Malaysia
Get PDFThe purpose of this study is to explore the factors that contribute to the SNCI in tawarruq home financing. Tawarruq-based home financing has been implemented by 10 out of 16 Islamic banks in Malaysia. This study uses the document analysis method from sources that may include previous studies, papers, journals, reports, and books that are related to the topic, as well as semi-structured interviews methods with three respondents—two practitioners and one academic—who all came from different institutions and held different positions that took part in the interview session. The data was then manually analyzed. The finding of the study show that every factor; the sequence of sale contract, contract disclosure, possession and delivery, wakalah agreement, ta’widh, renewal of financing, and purpose of financing can cause an SNC event that contributes to SNCI due to failure to comply with Shariah compliance, triggering the negative effect in Islamic banks, thus all these seven variables contribute positively to the SNCI. Furthermore, the finding of the study can also pinpoint the root causes that contribute to SNCI cases, which include people, systems, and processes. Finally, and perhaps importantly, this study offers some suggested recommendations that should be put into practice based on these 3 root causes