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Pembinaan indeks jenayah curi kenderaan dengan pendekatan berbilang kriterium dalam persekitaran kabur
Get PDFAn index is a measure of the performance of a situation that displays the value of the final score resulting from a combination of several criteria values mathematically. The existing index of vehicle theft is built on the assumption that all criteria are equally important and based on numerical data only without considering ambiguity aspect, particularly the causes of the crime. Moreover, there was no decision-makers involvement to assess the level of contribution of criminal criteria based on their knowledge and experience. Therefore, this study developed an improved InJeCK by considering the fuzziness. InJeCK also involves decision-makers in determining the degree of importance of vehicle theft crime criteria, in addition to numerical data analysis obtained from related agencies. The subjective weights in this study utilized Z-numbers through the level of contribution of the criteria evaluated in the representation of two triangular fuzzy numbers. Objective weights used the degree of uncertainty through entropy measurements. These two weights were aggregated to form an aggregated weight that balances the weaknesses of both subjective and objective weights. Next, InJeCK was computed based on the Technique for Order of Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution (TOPSIS) to rank 82 areas in Peninsular Malaysia. InJeCK values were visualized using color maps to be more informative. The results show that the criteria of car theft, higher education and unemployment are the three most influential criteria in vehicle theft crime based on the aggregated weights. The InJeCK values show that Kuala Lumpur is the riskiest area for vehicle theft cases. This study has contributed to the field of multi-criteria decision-making by considering fuzzy environment in the development of vehicle theft crime index. Besides, the findings of the study can also assist those involved in curbing vehicle theft in particular and property crime in general
Predicting the intention for waqf education among polytechnic staff in Malaysia
Get PDFWaqf education is a unique model and an innovation of the Islamic social finance system. It is considered a promising platform to overcome economic inequality and enhance the wellbeing of the people in many areas, including socio-economic, education, and health. Therefore, it is necessary to analyse the underlying factors that can influence waqf education contribution among the public. This research summarises the findings of a survey on the determinant’s factors of waqf education contribution intention from the perspective of Malaysian Polytechnic’s staff. The empirical factors found were attitude, subjective norm, perceived behavioural control, knowledge, and religiosity. Malaysian Premier Polytechnic were chosen as research population namely Polytechnic Premier Ungku Omar, Polytechnic Premier Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah (PSA) and Polytechnic Premier Ibrahim Sultan (PIS). A survey was conducted and data from 180 respondents from various backgrounds received. An analysis was carried out to test the relationship in between independent variables as well as leaning variables. The analysis was conducted using non-parametric tests namely Mann Whitney U-Test and Kruskal Wallis H-Test. Based on the obtained results, it is suggested that all independent variables, namely attitude, subjective norms, perceived behaviour control, knowledge, and religiosity, have significant relationships with the intention to contribute waqf education. In the conclusion, the author suggests several ideas for progressing waqf education in Malaysia
The quality of a mathematics teacher training programme at the specialised institute for professional training of teachers in Oman
Get PDFThe Ministry of Education (MOE) in Oman provides many in-service training opportunities to teachers in all subject areas. One of the educational institutions that provide teacher training programs in this country is the Specialised Institute for Professional Training of Teachers. This study investigates trainees’ perceptions of factors influencing the quality of mathematics teacher training programmes (context, administration, training design, training content, facilities, trainer’s competencies, trainees’ characteristics, delivery, trainer’s follow-up, and feedback, and perceived outcomes). This qualitative case study is guided by the CAIPO (Context, Administration, Input, Processes, and Outcomes) training evaluation model. Mathematics trainee teachers from public schools in the first and second cohorts at the SIPTT were recruited as research subjects. Twelve individual semi-structured interviews were conducted among 433 Mathematics trainee teachers from public schools in the first and second cohorts at the SIPTT who attended the programme. Data were analysed through coding and thematic analysis. The trustworthiness of the findings was enhanced by triangulation, quotes from participants, data recording, and member checking. The participants indicated that the Mathematics teachers training program was of quality in terms of supportive school environment and professional learning communities in the context theme, training design, training content, facilities, trainer’s competencies, trainees’ characteristics in the input theme, delivery, trainer’s follow-up and feedback in the process theme, and perceived positive outcomes. They also reported several policies and procedures challenges in the administration theme. This study advances existing research by determining key indicators of training programme quality using CAIPO’s training evaluation model. Practically, the findings provide decision-makers at the MOE in Oman with important insights on how to improve educational training programme quality, especially for mathematics teachers. Future research could consider the investigation of other factors in Omani school environment to identify its role in influencing SIPTT training quality
Critical Success Factors of Lean Six Sigma Deployment in a Semiconductor Manufacturing Firm: A Case Study
Get PDFThe research is to study what is the Critical Success Factor (CSF) that makes a Multinational Company (MNC) in Malaysia successfully deploys Lean Six Sigma 4.0 (LSS 4.0) for its business excellence. The study examines the three major categories and their CSFs to assess what are the most important factors that succeed in the deployment. The CSFs are grouped into three major categories and apply the Fuzzy Analytic hierarchy process (AHP) to analyze the collected data from 30 internal practitioners and consultants. This research revealed that the management initiative category is important in the LSS deployment, followed by involvement and engagement, which involves various parties in the transformation process. In contrast, technology and knowledge are the least critical category. The important CSFs are customer focus, communication, and understanding of the tools and techniques. This research further explores the adoption of IR4.0 in the LSS framework, which is named LSS 4.0, though the result shows it is the least important factor. The study disclosed that CSF prioritization varies by job function; it might depend on the subject’s job requirements and working environment. This research guides managers in semiconductor industries on continuous improvement deployment and transformation by integrating LSS and IR4.0 to plan and design the framework with the important CSFs. It shares the deployment strategy of respective important CSFs in the company as a reference and proposed a guideline for the execution of different CSFs
Determinant of employee engagement at the workplace: A review on herzberg’s two factor theory
No full textThis research examines the relationship between motivation factors and hygiene factors with employee engagement among support staff in KPJ Ampang Puteri Specialist Hospital. This study aims to identify whether there is any relationship between motivation factors and hygiene factors with employee engagement among the chosen population. In this study, a quantitative approach was conducted, in which primary data were collected through an online questionnaire. The collected data through the questionnaire recorded 212 respondents from the KPJ Ampang Puteri Specialist Hospital support staff. The healthcare organisation was chosen to be the main focus of this study in which the sample consists of the organisation’s support staff. For the questionnaire, the researcher used a seven-Likert scale with the intention to measure the degree of motivation factors, hygiene factors, and employee engagement. This study used descriptive statistics, reliability tests, Pearson's correlation analysis, and Multiple Regression analysis to analyse the relationship. Based on the result obtained through this analysis, for the independent variable, motivation factors and hygiene factors have a significant relationship with employee engagement. Moreover, this study has also presented a great number of past studies proving the relationship with all variables along with the effectiveness of Herzberg’s two- factors and employee engagement. The success of this research includes a positive impact as well
Behavioural approaches to safety management practices among oil & gas workers
Get PDFThe current study is concerned with the evaluation of a behavioural approaches to safety management practices within oil & gas workers stationed in one of the Floating, Storage and Offloading (FSO) operations. In particular, the study addresses the strengths and weakness of behavioural approaches to safety management practices and identifies both current and future potential individual and organisational learning. Employees from FSO industry in Peninsular Malaysia were participated in the study. Several methods were utilised to gather the data in relation to the study objectives including reviewing safety performance records and questionnaires. Findings from the questionnaire indicates a positive commitment to behavioural safety and safety management practices within the study organisation. Also, safety performance records of the organization recorded zero incident from quarter 1 until quarter 2 of the year 2022. The investigation findings are discussed in relation to existing theoretical frameworks of behavioural approaches and safety management practices for
organizational work improvement
Knowledge, attitude, awareness and communication towards safety compliance among faculty laboratory staff in a public university
Get PDFOccupational injuries and diseases due to hazards exposure can occur if the aspect of safety management is neglected in the laboratory. This study investigated the relationship between Knowledge, Attitude, Awareness, Communication towards Safety Compliance among faculty laboratory staff in a public university. A total of one hundred and three laboratory staffs were selected from Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Malaya. A validated questionnaire was distributed among the respondents. This study employs quantitative design field study with cross-sectional time frame. The analysis of data collection was performed by statistical tool Statistical Program for Social Science (SPSS) version 27. Results shows for Pearson correlation analysis, attitude, awareness and communication have a significant relation to compliance (p=0.001; p=0.000; p=0.001). However, knowledge (p=0.149) did not have significant to compliance. Based on the results in Multiple Regression analysis, it shows that there is significant association on the awareness (β = 0.292; t=2.445; sig=0.016) and communication (β = 0.246; t=2.387; sig=0.019) to compliance. Whereas for knowledge (β = -0.185; t=-1.376; sig=0.172) and attitude (β = 0. 148; t=0.890; sig=0.376) showed no significant association to compliance. In conclusion, awareness and communications had substantial impacts on the compliance towards safety rules and procedures
Pengaruh efikasi kendiri dan kepuasan kerja guru sebagai mediator terhadap hubungan iklim sekolah dengan komitmen guru di Kelantan
Get PDFGuru dianggap sebagai agen perubahan yang penting untuk meningkatkan pencapaian pendidikan secara holistik. Bebanan tugas guru dan pencapaian akademik murid yang kurang memuaskan sedangkan peruntukkan perbelanjaan adalah tinggi sering dipersoalkan. Pelbagai persoalan berkaitan iklim sekolah, komitmen guru, kepuasan kerja guru dan efikasi kendiri guru. Kajian-kajian lepas juga menunjukkan wujudnya percanggahan dapatan yang tidak konsisten terhadap pemboleh ubah tersebut. Tujuan utama kajian ialah untuk mengenal pasti pengaruh antara iklim sekolah terhadap komitmen guru dan peranan efikasi kendiri guru dan kepuasan kerja guru sebagai mediator bagi hubungan tersebut. Rekabentuk kajian menggunakan pendekatan kuantitatif secara keratan rentas dan menggunakan instrumen soal selidik bagi pemboleh ubah berkaitan. Responden yang terlibat adalah seramai 360 orang guru. Pemilihan sampel dibuat secara rawak dan dianalisis menggunakan IBM SPSS versi 28. Dapatan kajian menunjukkan kesemua pemboleh ubah berada pada tahap yang tinggi. Analisis terhadap iklim sekolah dengan komitmen guru adalah signifikan dan lemah. Hubungan iklim dengan kepuasan kerja guru juga adalah signifikan dan lemah. Dapatan terhadap hubungan iklim sekolah dengan efikasi kendiri guru menunjukkan signifikan dan lemah. Seterusnya, hubungan efikasi kendiri dengan komitmen guru adalah signifikan dan kuat. Dapatan bagi hubungan kepuasan kerja guru dengan komitmen guru juga menunjukkan signifikan dan kuat. Pengaruh iklim sekolah terhadap komitmen guru pula adalah tidak signifikan. Sebaliknya pengaruh iklim sekolah terhadap komitmen guru adalah signifikan dan kuat dengan kehadiran kepuasan kerja dan efikasi kendiri. Dapatan kajian ini juga menunjukkan kedua–dua pemboleh ubah mediator bertindak sebagai mediator dan signifikan. Kajian ini memberikan bukti empirikal untuk menyokong aplikasi Teori Kognitif Sosial bagi menerangkan bagaimana iklim sekolah berhubungan dengan tingkahlaku guru. Pada masa akan datang, kajian yang melibatkan populasi guru diseluruh Malaysia boleh dijalankan bagi mendapatkan data yang lebih menyeluruh. Dari segi praktis pula, pihak yang berkenaan perlu mengambil berat faktor kepuasan kerja guru dan efikasi kendiri kerana ia memainkan peranan penting dalam memastikan guru komited dalam kerja mereka
The relationship between mental health, job burnout and pay satisfaction towards turnover intentions among staff nurses at Institut Jantung Negara Sdn Bhd (IJNSB)
Get PDFEmployee turnover provide direct and indirect indicator towards mental health, job burnout and pay satisfaction. There are many elements contribute to turnover in organization. The purpose of this study is to assess the level of turnover intentions among the staff nurses in Institut Jantung Negara Sdn Bhd (IJNSB). The survey of this research involved 500 respondents among staff nurses in IJNSB. Self-administrative question was applied for data collection among respondents. The raw data was analyzed by SPSS version 22 and descriptive and inferential analysis was conducted to fulfil the objective of the research. Regression analysis revealed that there is a significant relationship towards turnover intention among staff nurses in IJNSB which is mental health, job burnout and pay satisfaction. It is hope this research will support to identify other HR Practices features contributing to turnover intention among staff nurses in IJNSB. Future research should include a large number of staff nurses in other private healthcare hospital in Kuala Lumpur area
Factors influencing employees job satisfaction in foreign banks’ data processing centres
Get PDFThis research was conducted to determine the factors that influence employees job satisfaction in foreign banks’ data processing centres at Kuala Lumpur. 304 respondents from three prominent foreign banks’ data processing centres involved in this study. The results of the study indicated that promotion opportunities, compensation and benefits, relationship with immediate supervisor and working environment positively predict job satisfaction, while relationship with co-workers negatively influence the job satisfaction however, when all the five independent variables combined has strong positive significant relationship with employee job satisfaction. It was identified that promotion opportunity is the most influential variable of employee job satisfaction in selected foreign banks’ data processing centres. Thus, employers need to consider enhancing the promotion opportunities by take a personal interest in employees’ career goals, promote training and development of employees and rotate employee roles in order to increase employees’ job satisfaction