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A Historical Background of Some Basic ICT Tools Used in Counterfeit Drug Control
Get PDFCounterfeit drugs impose risk to human life and properties. Many organizations globally are involved in
campaigning for counterfeit drugs control. Almost all these efforts are focused on control at various stages of
production and supply chain, while less or rare efforts are invested at terminal intervention by the end users. In this paper, a historical background of some of the existing applications of ICT to counterfeit drug control is presented. These basically revolve round the Global System of Mobile Communication (GSM), mainly voice and text; Internet technology is faintly mentioned. The paper is expected to provide background resource for an efficient and effective information system capable of preventing and/or minimizing the risks resulting from counterfeit drugs. The ultimate goal is to develop products which will assist counterfeit drug control agencies and health information related agencies
The Effect of Implementation Integrated Management System ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 22000 and ISO 45001 on Indonesian Food Industries Performance
Get PDFThe purpose of this study was to determine the effect of the implementation of the Integrated Management System (IMAS) particularly the ISO 9001:2015 (Quality), ISO 14001:2015 (Environment), ISO 22000:2018 (Food Safety) and ISO 45001:2018 (Safety) on business Performance of Indonesian Food Industry. The research motivation is due to the inadequate research and works of literature on the impacts of ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015, ISO 22000:2018 and ISO 45001:2018 on business performance after their implementation in Indonesia. This research was conducted in several food industry companies in Indonesia as many as 426 respondents, who are the employees from 44 food industry companies that have implemented an Integrated Management System in their respective organizations for at least 3 years were recruited using Stratified Random Sampling. Data was collected via electronic questionnaires and analyzed using the Structural Equation Model (SEM) and Linear Structural Model (LISREL) version 8.70. The results of the analyses showed that the implementation of IMAS has significantly influenced the business performance of the selected companies. Interestingly, it is also found that IMAS has contributed to the increase of employee awareness, improvement of the company's image, improvement of quality and safety of the food products, the enlargement of new customers pool and facilitate access to new markets. Moreover, IMAS also has proven an important system that managed to increased customer satisfaction, contributed to the improvement of internal organizational, improve communication culture in the companies, increased employees' productivity as well as reduced the non-compliant products. This research novelty is essential as it outlines a strategic model that could be adapted and adopted by other industries in Indonesia or in other regions in improving their business performance through the implementation of Integrated Management System (IMAS) particularly the ISO 9001: 2015, ISO 22000, ISO 14001 and ISO 45001
AeU Insights - Webinar 2: online Doctoral Supervision
No full textIt is envisaged that e-learning shall constitute the main form of learning, including supervision for students and educators, from now and beyond the Covid-19 onslaught. This forum shall present an online postgraduate research supervision framework in the non-laboratory context, that will help to mitigate the issues of low success rate and the need for social distancing between supervisor and student in due to Covid-19 and the new normal
Factors Influencing Customer Loyalty in the e-Commerce Era: The Case Study of Pos Malaysia.
Get PDFPostal service is essential to the efficient functioning of the economy and society as a whole, with its extensive physical connectivity and network across the country. However, there is increasing competition from the threats of technological innovations. The aim of this study is to analyse what drives customer loyalty in the Malaysian postal sector in the e-commerce era. The study investigated the following constructs together with customer loyalty: service quality with dimensions according to SERVQUAL model, customer satisfaction in a mediator role, and transformation programmes and e-commerce as moderating variables. 315 post office customers were surveyed with a structured questionnaire using systematic sampling technique. This study revealed that customers are fairly satisfied with the services provided and considered post office personnel as professional, dependable, prompt, courteous and skillful. However, these customers are found to be not loyal enough. Data analysis supports the hypothesis that customer satisfaction mediates the relationship between service quality and customer loyalty. Without customer satisfaction, service quality alone is not sufficient to produce customer loyalty. Transformation programmes are found to be a moderator (despite providing an opposite direction effect) while the path relationship with e-commerce as a moderating variable is found to be not significant. From customers’ perspective, post offices’ lack of e-commerce technology requires action. It should be upgraded for customer convenience and operational efficiency (eg. online system, cashless payment). This research has provided an insight into the level of customer loyalty on the Malaysian postal organisation and the factors influencing it. These findings are vital in providing focus for a postal organisation to attain customer loyalty, which will be invaluable towards achieving profitability and success
The Mapping of Organizational Culture to Find Determinant Factors for Behavioral Intention to USe in IT Utilization Among Credit Unions in Indonesia
Get PDF—Measurement of IT acceptance at the organizational level is no more sufficient if only based on individual acceptance factors. There is an attempt to measure
IT acceptance in organizations by considering organizational culture as a determinant factor. Competitive Value Framework is used to determine the position of the credit union organizations. This study used an organizational culture which derived from the Organizational Culture Assessment Instrument (OCAI) and used the value that influences the chosen quadrant as a determinant factor for behavioral intention to use IT. The result showed that Credit Union (CU) in Saluampak placed in Hierarchy quadrant. This result identified four factors: timelines, efficiency, uniformity, and consistency as a value that will use as a determinant of behavioral intention to use IT in CU. The most significant point is that this mapping creates cultural, organizational principles extracted from the hierarchical quadrant and is used as a determinant of conduct purpose to use IT in a CU context
Influence of Political, Social, Historical, and Natural Resources on Conflicts and Economic Devastations in Mogadishu, Somalia
Get PDFThis research investigated the influence of political, social, historical, and natural resources in conflicts and economic devastations in Mogadishu, Somalia. The study employed the Conflict Theory, the Elite Theory of Power and the New War Theory. The conceptualisation focused on politics, social characteristics, natural resources, historical factors variables, and their effect on conflict and economic devastation in the country. The research site was sixteen (16) administrative districts located within Mogadishu, the capital city of Somalia. A sample size of 320 participants was recruited from the selected districts. Probability-sampling techniques were employed to minimise biases. Primary data was collected through structured questionnaires and interviews. The data collected during fieldwork was subjected to both quantitative and qualitative analysis techniques using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) tool and thematic analysis, respectively. The findings indicate that politics in Somalia have led to civil wars and protracted violent conflicts and that ethnic manipulation, political exclusion, chronic marginalisation and neglect, and manipulation of state resources are risk factors inciting ethnic violence in Somalia. Further, on examining the social characteristics, the findings have shown a correlation value of -0.322, and the significant value was 0.000, which is less than 0.05, translating that any negative change in social characteristics of areas most affected by war would escalate conflicts and economic devastation in Somalia. The study found a relationship between Somalis' natural resources and conflicts and economic devastation in Somalia as shown by a correlation value of -0.212, the significant value was 0.001, which is less than 0.05, and this reveals that any negative change in the role of various natural resources would escalate conflicts and economic devastation in Somalia. On the other hand, a correlation coefficient was recorded on historical factors leading to conflict and economic devastations in Somalia as shown by a correlation value of -0.212, the significant value was 0.001, which is less than 0.05, and this reveals that any negative change in historical factors leading to conflict would escalate conflicts and economic devastation in Somalia. Based on the study findings, the study concludes that Somalia is the epitome of a politically fragile state, which poses a major challenge to the Somali government and the international community. Historical divisions along clan lines and competition for political and clan leadership positions have resulted in violent conflicts among the Somali people. Scarcity and in-abundance of natural resources significantly contribute to violent conflict, based on the political and socio-economic conditions at play, deterioration of social amenities, mainly in areas most affected by war, reduced average economic growth and increased state fragility in Somalia. There is a need to promote political stability in the region in order to ensure economic growth in Somalia; the government of Somalia needs to focus on not only ending violence but also removing the root causes of instability and creating the conditions necessary for peace. Given that historical and cultural sensitivity plays a significant role in ensuring economic growth in Somalia, the Somali government needs to consider the important unifying role of clannism. There is also a need to institute policies that govern the country's exploitation of natural resources and trade
Next-Generation Leadership Development: A Management Succession Perspective.
Get PDFPurpose – This research study focusses on the succession challenges in small-medium outboard marine businesses of Malaysian Chinese family ownership. The founder-owners face challenges in convincing the next-generation memberstoestablishtheircareerswithinthefamilybusinessandtoensuresuccessionsarein place to safe guard the family’swealth.Agapexistsintheresearchliteraturesconcerningsuchfamilybusiness owners; and their experiences would provide valuable information to other Malaysian Chinese family businesses planning to start the succession journey. Design/methodology/approach – An exploratory case study methodology to research five Malaysian Chinese family businesses cases in Klang Valley, Selangor, Malaysia, is used in this study. The primary qualitative data were obtained through in-depth, semi-structured interviews and observations. The research data lead to the identification of the following themes:generational change affects thesurvivalofsmall-medium Malaysian Chinese family-owned businesses; the founder-owners’ intention and desire for business to pass to the next generation give rise to the imperative of succession; the founder-owners’ motive and goals, family context and the business nature would determine a large part to how the succession plans are carried out and theupbringing,expectationandobligationswoulddeterminehowthenextgenerationsofchildrenwouldview the prospect of taking over the family business. From this, a succession model that detailed an inclusive approach to succession planning process between the two generations is established. Research limitations/implications – A small purposive sample is included, and it is recommended that a larger and more diverse sample be collected in future studies. This study follows a nuclear family structure of parents and children. If more Chinese family businesses are selected based on a wider set of family members such as uncles and cousins, the findings may differ. Social implications – This researchstudy could alsofacilitateother Malaysianfamily businesses to rethink and refocus on the importance of undertaking an inclusive approach to succession planning and also help potentialnext-generationsuccessorsinunderstandingandworkingtowardsattainingthequalitiesthatfamily firms look for in future leaders. Originality/value –Theresearchersummarizesthestudyfindingsintoamanagementsuccessionmodel.An inclusive succession approach is needed to overcome these challenges and would enable sustainability, continuity and longevity of the family business. This would help the family business to understand that successionisnotasingleeventbutaprocessthatneedstobeplannedtogetherwiththenext-generationfamily members over a certain period of time
Modifikasi Kaedah Hierarchical Clustering Analisis Corak Tingkah Laku dan Interpersonalitas Pelajaran Dalam Pembelajaran Talian
Get PDFTesis ini membentangkan kaedah baru untuk memproses kluster data dengan menggunakan algoritma gabungan ALDID (average linkage dissimilarity increment distribution) dengan GCSS (global cumulative score standart). Algoritma ini telah menunjukkan dapat meningkatkan hasil penyelesaian kluster melalui peningkatan dalam kriteria pengasingan kluster. Algoritma ini dapat mengatasi masalah fleksibiliti antara kluster dengan menganalisis kenaikan perbezaan antara corak dan triplet jiran terdekat. Corak ini digabungkan dengan kriteria global berdasarkan kenaikan progresif dalam tahap kedekatan kumulatif dalam setiap kelompok. Menggunakan algoritma gabungan ALDID-GCSS dapat meningkatkan nilai validasi cophenetic correlation coefficient (CPCC) dan silhouette coefficient (S) dalam 5 dataset sebenar, iaitu Iris, Wine, SAD, WDBC#1 dan WDBC#2 berbanding dengan hasil dari penyelidikan sebelumnya yang menggunakan algoritma LSS-GCSS. Algoritma ALDID-GCSS juga telah diuji pada 14 dataset dengan pelbagai jenis data dari machine learning repository iaitu Arrhythmia, Auto-mpg, Echocardiogram, Glass, Haberman, Hepatitis, Horse-colic, Ionosphere, Libras Movement, Seeds, Perfume Data, Sales Transactions Weekly, Mturk, Absenteeism. Dari hasilnya, ia menunjukkan bahawa algoritma ALDID-GCSS terbukti dapat berkumpul pelbagai jenis senario pengelompokan dengan skor tinggi dalam pengukuran nilai korelasi dan nilai siluet. Algoritma baru ini juga telah berjaya dilaksanakan dalam menganalisis tingkah laku pelajar dalam talian dan model interpersonal dengan 5 data yang diproses dari data pelajar Open and distance Learning (ODL) University di Malaysia iaitu "submission", "course modul", "discussion", "course view", "observe". Kaedah ALDID-GCSS yang dicadangkan telah menghasilkan 8 model corak tingkah laku iaitu "initiator", "contributor", "facilitator", "knowledge elicitor", "vicarious acknowledger", "complicator", "closer", "passive learner". Dan 13 model corak interpersonal pelajar, iaitu "support", "disclosure", "appraisal", "humor", "inquiry", "inform", "opposition", "other", "chastisiment", "advocacy", "sarcasm", "ask", "reserve". Sumbangan utama dalam tesis ini ialah algoritma gabungan ALDID-GCSS ini telah terbukti dapat menangani jurang dalam pengukuran jarak antara pokok kluster dalam sub-kluster dan kelompok utama. Di samping itu, algoritma baru ini dapat memperoleh koleksi objek perwakilan yang lebih kecil, yang menyokong penerapan panjang keterangan minimum dan algoritma baru ini dapat mengatasi masalah fleksibiliti. antara kluster. Hasil pemodelan kluster corak tingkah laku dan interpersonal pelajar yang boleh digunakan sebagai rujukan berharga untuk universiti atau sekolah dan guru yang menerapkan sistem pembelajaran pembelajaran dalam talian untuk menentukan strategi yang tepat untuk pelajar supaya mereka boleh diarahkan ke dalam strategi yang sesuai dengan ciri-ciri setiap pelajar
Marketplace Affiliates Potential Analysis Using Cosine Similarity and Vision-Based Page Segmentation.
Get PDFOne success factor of an online affiliate is determined by the quality of the content source. Therefore, affiliate marketplaces need to do an objective assessment to retrieve content data that will be used to choose the right product in the appropriate product filter. Usually, the selection is not made using a good and measured system so that the selection of product content is only based on parts that are not in accordance with what is seen or subjective. However, if analyzed using a good and measurable system will produce an objective product content and can have a positive impact on users because the selection is based on factual data. The purpose of this research is to analyze the potential of the affiliate marketplace by combining cosine similarity with vision-based page segmentation. This is a new breakthrough made for optimization to get the best content in accordance with the required criteria. This work will produce a number of product recommendations that are appropriate for publication and then made use of for comparison that matches the required criteria. At the limited evaluation stage, the performance of the proposed model obtained satisfactory results, in which 5 queries tested were all as expecte