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Factors Affecting Behaviour of Paying Zakat in Greater Jakarta Indonesia
Get PDFThe potential of Zakat and Zakat collected in Indonesia are very different. This gap occurs due to a lack of public awareness of the responsibility of Zakat, lack of trust in zakat institutions, lack of socialization of Zakat, and lack of acceptance and use of ideal technology to pay Zakat. This study's primary purpose is to determine the elements that
influence the intention to pay Zakat. This study creates a model by integrating aspects of integrated marketing communication and the use of technology as independent variables. Sampling was used to collect 400 respondents among zakat payers who met the set criteria. The findings reveal that the use and application of diverse technologies and integrated marketing communications are associated with outcomes. This study adds to the model specification repertoire. Therefore, this research approach is important to bring new insights into model specifications
Unfolding the Moving-in Experiences of International Students at a Malaysian Private Tertiary Institution
Get PDFThis paper focuses on the experience of international undergraduate students as they move into a university environment. Utilising a phenomenological approach with Schlossberg’s Theory of Transition as the framework, data was collected through semi-structured interviews with 19 undergraduate students, all enrolled in one private university. The study found that their moving-in experiences were influenced by their aspirations, feelings and expectations. Conflicting emotions accompanied their departure from their home country: sorrow and anxiety versus excitement for their new life. Aided by a relatively smooth immigration process, the students moved on to experience memorable moments where friendships were formed and exploration of the surrounding areas was acculturated. Challenges faced include those of physical nature (weather and food), academic, and perhaps the most serious of which, psychosocial: in the form of homesickness and feeling of foreignness
Factors Influencing the Success of Corporate Merger in Malaysia: The Case of Rothmans Pall Mall (Malaysia) Limited and Malaysian Tobacco Company Limited (MTC)
Get PDFRothmans of Pall Mall (Malaysia) Berhad was incorporated in the Federation of Malaya on 11 September 1961 with an authorised capital of RM20,000,000. The Company was the first Rothmans venture in Asia and became the first overseas
tobacco company to offer 50% of its holdings to the Malaysian public. On 31 October 1985, the company announced proposals for a restructuring of its equity in line with
the Malaysia's National Economic Policy (NEP). Revised in May 1986, the scheme increased the Bumiputera shareholding in the Company from 4% to 30% without departing from the equity partnership, whereby the company was 50% owned by
Rothmans International plc and 50% by local investors. Malaysian Tobacco Company Berhad (MTC) was incorporated in the Federation of Malaya on 28 September 1956 as Malayan Tobacco Company. It was converted into a public company in February 1962. The company's name was changed to Malaysian Tobacco Company Berhad on 17 March 1977. The company was formed to take over the business of Malayan Tobacco Distributors Ltd (MTDL), a subsidiary of British-American Tobacco Co Ltd. In 1979, MTC started a modernisation programme (completed in 1987) which has provided up-to-date manufacturing and processing facilities at both its Sungai Besi and Shah Alam factories. Given this background, the scope of this research are between two synergic companies; Malaysian Tobacco Company Berhad (MTC) and Pall Malls (Malaysia) Limited as British American Tobacco (Malaysia) Limited – BAT. The study primarily employs a PIE Model that encompasses three merger phases, i.e. pre-merger planning
(P), merger integration (I) and post-merger evaluation (E). As such, the study aims to shed light on the critical success factors in these three merger phases that will
contribute to the overall success of the merger between the two companies. Corporate mergers represent part of a corporate business strategy used by many firms to achieve various objectives. For example, mergers can be used to penetrate into new markets and new geographic regions, gain technical and or management expertise and knowledge, or allocate capital. In order to survive and grow, business
organisations often utilise mergers and acquisitions strategically. Nonetheless, many corporations worldwide utilise mergers as one of the most frequently selected
instruments for growth. Understanding the sources and or determinants of value creation or value loss is vital to comprehending the causes of success and failure of
corporate mergers. However repeated analyses by researchers, academicians, business gurus, management consultants and investment bankers have all reached the same conclusion: in the medium term, fewer than half of all mergers add value. The shareholders whose company is bought end up richer; the shareholders of the buyer seldom do. There is plenty of scope for failure. Indeed, the marvel is that any mergers
create value at all. Initially, many destroy it. Mergers suddenly throw together two teams of managers who have inevitably spent their working lives competing with each
other prior to the merger. Mergers also scare employees, who know that 'economies of scale' spell redundancy. They signal to competitors that customers, suppliers and good
staff are up for grabs. They wreck carefully nurtured corporate cultures. Historically, mergers and acquisitions have consistently been considered the domain of economists
and market strategists rather than the behavioral sciences. Within the terms of the rational economic model, the activity is conceptualized as exclusively an association
of financial and strategic convenience, which will lead to rapid and substantially increased profitability. Financial analysts frequently fail to recognize that the merger
or acquisition is an important human as well as financial activity.From the study conducted and from the findings obtained, it is made to understand that influencing the success of Corporate Merger in Malaysia. Other than
that, the outcome from the study is both purpose or objective as well as obtaining of reliable and valid information about the target were the most significant dimension in the pre-merger planning and both are equally important. The most important critical success factor in the merger integration process was the establishment of a sense of unity between the two merging firms. In addition, the identification of effective merger integration practices as soon as the merger deal is confirmed was the most crucial
dimension in the merger integration phase. Market share gains or losses was also identified as the highest-ranking factors in the post-merger evaluation process. To add, Value-Based Management (VBM) proved to have significant and popularity in evaluating performance gains in the corporate merger. Towards the case study, the significance of the study is to understand corporate restructuring and the factors that influence the success as well as the corporate
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Certainty Cognitive Map (CCM) for Accessing Cognitive Map Causality Using Certainty Factors for Cardiac Failure
Get PDFThis study aims to resolve existing problems, which is to resolve weaknesses that have both the certainty factor approach and the cognitive map approach in diagnosing cardiac failure, so that the Certainty Cognitive Map (CCM) approach is used to diagnose cardiac abnormalities, which is an approach of certainty factor modification and
Cognitive Map (CM) modification. The results of the study show that with the Certainty Cognitive Map (CCM) approach, it is able to form an intact cognitive map where a causal relationship is seen between the evidence with other evidence, and certainty cognitive map
is able to have one evidence value with other evidence, the causality value of abnormal cognitive maps include: causality value of E1 to E2 of −0.6, E2 of E6 of −0.6, E6 of E12 of −0.64, E1 of E13 of −0.64, E14 to E15 amounted to −0.85, E1 to E6 amounted to −0.6, E6 against E7 of −0.64, E7 of E8 of −0.85, E7 of E9 of −0.94, E9 of E10 of
0.25, E10 of E11 of −0.84, E8 of E3 of −0.94, E3 against E4 of −0.97, E4 of E5 of −0.93, E2 of Abnormal at −0.99, E12 of Abnormal at −0.24, E15 of Abnormal at 0.71,
E16 of Abnormal at −0.36, E11 against Abnormal at −0.69 and E5 against Abnormal at 0.93, while the normal cognitive causality map values are as follows: E1 against E2 of −0.8, E2 to E3 of 0.84, E3 of E4 of 0.6, E4 of E5 of 0.24, E3 of E4 of 0.6, E5 of E7 of 0.02, E7 against E8 of −0.95, E3 of E9 of 0.89, E9 of E10 of −0.84, E10 of E11 of −0.44, E11 of E12 of −0.13, E2 of E3 of 0.84, E3 to E4 of 0.6, E4 to E10 of 0.47, E10 to E13 of −0.66, E6 to Normal of −0.22, E8 to Normal of 0.77, E12 to Normal of −0.72 and E13 against Normal of 0.84
Fire Management of High-Rise Buildings: A Case Study in Hanoi, Vietnam
Get PDFFires can cause great damages to properties, injuries and even loss to human life. In high rises, they are mostly caused by accidents or deliberate act of arson. In most
countries government relies on policies incorporated into laws, rules and procedures to control fires and managed them through the establishment of specialist organization, such as the Fire and Rescue Department. This indicates that traditionally, control structure relies heavily on bureaucracy. Little has been
discussed about other control alternatives. This study was carried out to fill this void and seeks to answer three questions. First, what are the root-causes of accidental fires in HRB? Second, is bureaucratic control sufficient as a control mechanism? Third, what are the potentials that market or clan control has as an alternative control mechanism to reduce accidental fires in HRB, in Vietnam.The study was carried out as an in-depth case study of four accidental HRB fires
which occurred in Hanoi, Vietnam. Data was collected through in-depth analysis of the original reports and relevant documents such as current fire prevention
regulations, building by laws and related statute enforced by the VFPPD. Insights of fire incidences was gathered through detailed face to face interviews with relevant stakeholders and those directly affected by the four fire cases. The theoretical framework employed is rooted in the concept of Organizational Control. Data was
analyzed using content analysis and findings were framed for theory development based on the Grounded Theory approach.Results showed that bureaucratic control was inadequate to be the only mechanism of control in reducing fire incidences and damages, injuries and fatalities in fire situations. It was too technical and procedural in its approach, making it insufficient
as a mechanism to institute effective control. This is because guidelines or definitive legal requirements only provide parameters for rule-following and functions only as a structure to facilitate controls. It cannot guarantee obedience as people are inherently selfish. Procedures, rules and regulations abeyance happened only when those serve their self-interest. Clan control has the potential to enhance organizational control if blended with bureaucratic control. Market control is not
suitable because service performance cannot be exactly defined for performance evaluation purposes.
In sum, for controls to be effective in the context of fire controls in Vietnam, the need to follow rules must be supplemented by innate sense of shared responsibility
as a responsible citizen, and not only by their fear of the consequences of non-rules following. As such, this study suggests, in controlling HRB fires, residents must be educated and trained to enhance their fire prevention and fighting skills and to subconsciously develop a common belief that, collectively, they can prevent and
reduce the risks of fires to their residential and workspaces
The Adoption of E-Procurement on Performance Impact: Malaysian Contractors' Perspectives
Get PDFProcurement has become a significant research area since the e-Procurement became prominent just over two decades ago. Researchers have studied and proposed theories and
models of e-procurement usage and value creations in order to predict and explain technology acceptance. Each theory or model proposed with different sets of determinants. Most of them developed in advanced countries. Therefore, questioned whether the theories
and models related to e-Procurement technology investment that have been developed, modified, and extended in the advanced countries are relevant to developing countries. It also questioned whether there might be other determinants play important roles in this specific environment. Thus, this perception study examined the factors determining e�Procurement usage and its influence on contractors’ performance in the Malaysian
Construction Industry (MCI). In seeking empirical evidence of e-Procurement usage and its implications, the Multidimensional model was developed. The Multidimensional model assessed the drivers of e-Procurement usage by considering the congruence among
performance expectancy, effort expectancy, social influence and facilitating condition, as suggested in the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) model and effect on performance, and attitude towards e-Procurement. The questionnaire survey
method was utilized in collecting primary data. Samples selected using stratified random sampling yielded 250 usable questionnaires. The structural equation modeling method was employed to evaluate the model. In observing the relationship among variables in predicting
contractors’ performance, all the pairs were found to have significant relationships except for only usage that was found to have a not significant influence on the contractors’ performance (p-value > 0.05). The relationship between UTAUT and usage, usage with satisfaction, usage with performance impact, satisfaction with performance impact and anxiety with resistance had positive relationship. Five pairs of variables (satisfaction with anxiety, usage with anxiety, satisfaction with resistance, resistance with performance impact and anxiety with performance impact) found to have significant (p-value 0.05). Instead, the indirect effects of User Satisfaction
are significant (p-value < 0.05). In other words, satisfaction is important for practitioners to achieve performance impact. Next is the incorporation of user anxiety into the multidimensional model. All of four relationships that related to anxiety were found to have
significant influence. Usage and satisfaction found to have negative significant influence on anxiety. In addition, anxiety was a threat to performance, and it also has positive significant effect on resistance. It hoped that this study would narrow down the gaps in knowledge area and furnish useful guidelines that could trigger e-Procurement usage in the Malaysian
Construction Industry. In order to reap the maximum benefit of e-Procurement, more attention should be focused on enhancing the effect of positive factor of satisfaction. Only through satisfaction, usage of e-procurement will give a performance impact. At the same
time, preventive act needs to be taken to curb the problems in e-procurement usage as it appeared to be a threat to performance via satisfaction
Stakeholders' Attitudes and Beliefs Towards the Bilingual Pedagogy of Islamic Studies in a Malaysian International Islamic School
Get PDFThe bilingual pedagogy of the Islamic studies subject is commonly practiced in most private and international schools worldwide. This subject is most often taught and learned in Arabic and one other language. In Islam, Arabic is the language of the normative sources, the Qur'an, and the Sunnah (prophetic tradition), and a large part of the classical tradition of Islamic education. A challenging problem for many students is limited proficiency in Arabic and the other language used to teach the subject. The common other language used is often English. Some international schools advocate the bilingual teaching of Islamic studies using Arabic and English to address this problem. This study investigates the attitudes and beliefs of the stakeholders (the school principal, Islamic studies subject teachers, students of Islamic studies subject, and their parents) towards the bilingual pedagogy of Islamic studies. A case study approach has been adopted whereby a private international Islamic school in Kuala Lumpur has been selected as the study site. The study comprises two phases: (1) A survey questionnaire distributed among the school principal, the subject teachers, students of Islamic studies, and their parents, and (2) Interviews were conducted with the school principal and teachers teaching Islamic studies subjects. The questionnaire's statistical data analysis and the content analysis of the interview protocols contributed to the study's findings. It revealed that all stakeholders had positive attitudes and beliefs towards the bilingual pedagogy of Islamic studies subject. Future research can address and support language policies and practice on bilingual education for Islamic studies subject
Myth of European Dark Age (5th-15th Century) Scientific Knowledge Stagnation: Critical Studies of Scientific Idea Interactions between the Late Medieval Theologian and Early Modern Philosopher
Get PDFWithin common historical context, most historians consider the European renaissance age as age of origins of modern scientific knowledge, also, they assume European Medieval Age (5th-15th centuries) as age full with scientific knowledge ignorant. This research paper gives important historical review about interactions of scientific idea between the late medieval theologian and early modern philosopher. However, most previous research was more emphasized on scientific knowledge development during the age of renaissance and age of enlightenment without considering the contribution of early medieval age theologian. By examining this historically event with critical review, I do give some clarification to such pervasive myth by using qualitative research methodologies, which involving analyst of historical facts from primary resources and secondary resources such as archives, journals, book chapters, and published research paper. This research challenges the argument that scientific knowledge development only happened since renaissance age. In the comparatives studies, I found out that early medieval theologian, from William of Ockham to Gabriel Biel, who did played an important role of influencing early modern philosopher, Rene Descartes to David Hume, with scientific ideas. Such finding does give a significant clarification to the myth of medieval Europe scientific knowledge stagnation in modern
historical debate
Paradox of ‘Work from Home’ in Institutions of Higher Learning: The ‘APA’ (Atrophy Performance Assessment) Perspective
Get PDFThis paper offers two capsulated acronym-approach to understanding the new normal phenomenon of “Work from Home” (WFH) during the blanketed prohibitions of COVID-19 pandemic in institutions of higher learning, particularly private ones, in Malaysia. It does not neglect, however, public ones where similar WFH prohibitive circumstances and inhibitive restrictions stifle the full and vibrant articulations of expressive and interactive face-to-face academic engagements, formal or otherwise within and outside the campuses. In this context, therefore, the first acronym ‘PARADOX’ which represents Perspective, Action, Reality, Agenda, Disruption, Omnipresence and Xenophobia is tendered to capture the essential elements-content on how they collectively instigate, intentionally or insinuatingly, a milieu of cynicism among the academic community specifically and the interested public generally about ‘work from home’ and its impact on their lives and livelihood. Circumscribing the ‘PARADOX’ contextual enunciations, is the second acronym ‘APA’ representing Atrophy, Performance and Assessment tendered as a 3-prong evaluation-approach on the impact of confusing Covid-19 sets of ambiguous-solution pronouncement in order to stimulate a recall of Shakespeare’s ‘Comedy of Errors’ without magnifying the subtle cynicism of a cascading public outcry for business-survival and individual-despair assistance. In essence, WFH is a new normal work-culture with limited options to behave otherwise like before COVID-19 lockdowns that must be cultivated based on a stoical but not necessary fatalistic orientation and nurtured with tenacious resolute values that accepts in good faith a propensity to adapt and change as necessary a disrupted before-lifestyle and values that are increasingly depreciated. The new knowledge and experiences, together with the paradoxical insights of caustic criticisms, should now provide emerging platforms on new learning-learnable curricula for education-training providers and purveyors respectively in the institutions of higher learning, both private and public, without the bureaucratic forbearance of Ministry authority. In conclusion, offered as a dualistic combination of an enigma and axiom manifested in the contention of a ‘paradox’ and ‘oxymoron’ dualism about our lives under the restrictive inhibitions of the COVID-19 pandemic and its ravaging mutations of deadly Delta (and probably more hydra species to spawn), the antilogy of this paper rests on a tongue-incheek approach to the lexicon-interpretation application in viewing the analysis of the COVID-WFH relationship at the macro-level and the WFH-IHE (institutions of Learning) oxymoron relationship at the micro-level, without the benefit of any judgmental wisdom. The aetiology discovered but prescriptive solutions are far from permanent resolutions … yet
Exploration of Entrepreneurship Education and Innovative Talent Training Model: New Economic Perspective
Get PDFIn recent years, the network economy marked by e-commerce has developed rapidly, spawned a series of new business models and industrial firms, which have also promoted the development to some extent of the real economy. Especially the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic crisis in 2020，internet entrepreneurship through the e-commerce platform and we-media marketing has become the main trend of entrepreneurship under the new normal. This study analyzed the effects of entrepreneurship education (EE) on innovative talent training model, the quantitative data of 400 senior undergraduates from 3 universities in China were collected by questionnaires, the PLS-SEM was adopted to do the proposed data analysis. This study applied the Triple Helix Model of Innovation theory to show the important relevance of government, university, and industry in the innovative development of the new economy. The results showed that the two dimensions of entrepreneurship education: institutional environment and supporting infrastructure have a significant impact on innovative talent training. The findings revealed that the students acquired entrepreneurial capital from university entrepreneurship education programs are very important for the cultivation of innovation capability. and practice-oriented innovative entrepreneurship education should be encouraged to enhance in the new normal economic environment