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Organizational Climate as an Indicator of Job Satisfaction among Public Sector Employees in Jammu & Kashmir Cements Limited
Full text linkEmployees are the most valuable asset in any organization, essential for the efficient and effective operation of all other organizational resources. In 21st century, more challenges are faced by organizations than ever before. These challenges are not limited to any particular organization or industry, but affect all organizations, no matter what they possess. Today, organizational climate in particular has always been challenging due to the changes affecting organizations. In order to survive and surpass their rivals, organizations are constantly seeking to improve their performance. Researchers found that organizational structure is even more important than ever because organizations must ensure that those who add to the organization will want to stay in the organization and continue to make their efforts in their work for the benefit of the organization. The purpose of this paper is to examine the nature of the organization (employees' perceptions of their workplace environment) and how it affects their job satisfaction and to investigate the effect of organizational climate on employee satisfaction. The population of the public sector cement company in Jammu & Kashmir is 610 of which 101 were selected as sample size. Convenient sampling method was used to collect data from the respondents. The survey data was collected using a structured questionnaire. For data analysis, Correlation and Regression tools were compiled to investigate the relationship between the organizational climate and how each relates to employee satisfaction. Research findings show that certain organizational dimensions such as empowerment, responsibility, adequacy of reward and career development have a positive association with job satisfaction. This means that public sector employees in the Jammu and Kashmir cements Limited were more satisfied with their work when the organization's goals and objectives were in line with the employees' personal beliefs. Based on the findings of the study, managers are encouraged to focus on articulating organizational policy but also to promote a stronger and higher sense of employee identification. Justice in conflict management, equity and transparency systems in compensation systems are equally recommended as acquisition strategies to promote and increase job satisfaction. A good work environment is essential to build good working relationships in the workplace and maintaining relationship between colleagues, management and the organization
A Proposal to Build a Knowledge Management System Based on the Service Approach in the Context of Academic Library Digitalization at Jazan University - Saudi Arabia
Full text linkIn the previous decade, most of the major universities and public library systems have switched over to computers. However, almost all these library systems follow traditional implementation approaches which make it very difficult for them to interact with other systems or migrate to emerging technologies. Also, while most of the library systems do provide online, remote and public access catalogues for knowledge but they have still not utilized the power of cutting edge technologies to take complete advantage of the resources of virtual world. The subject of digital library includes online catalogues, real-time databases etc, while being used extensively in many fields, are still relatively unexplored in the academic world. In order to create a system which provides integrative, normative, reliability and inclusiveness with latest features yet remains open for modifications and extensions. It is important to choose an implementation approach which supports interoperability, abstraction and loose coupling of components and resources. Towards this end, Service oriented architectural approach (SOA) has proved to be very successful in fulfilling these needs in several areas. The idea behind this study is to propose a complete digital library and information services based learning environment using the SOA approach to apply for the academic libraries resources of the Jazan University so that gaps in terms of knowledge management as well as other services needs can be fulfilled with a single centralized architecture and framework
The Effect of Organizational Culture and Work Motivation on Teacher Performance in Private Schools in Central Jakarta
Full text linkIn the current era, competition in the business world is growing. It also happens in the world of education, especially private education. This competition causes private educational institutions to survive and move forward. One thing that is the goal of improvement is the problem of the performance of members of the organization. Factors that influence performance include motivation and organizational culture. The aim is to analyze the influence of organizational culture on teachers' work motivation and performance in Central Jakarta private schools. Data collection is done by distributing questionnaires. Collected data were analyzed using path analysis to see the direct and indirect influence of culture on the teachers' performance. From the results of processing data from 100 samples, it was found that culture had a positive influence indirectly through motivation on teachers' performance. Organizational culture also directly affects performance, although the path coefficient is not as significant as work motivation. Likewise, work motivation has a positive effect on the performance of teachers. From these results, it can be said that organizations need to manage organizational culture well so that they have a positive influence on performance so that teacher performance increases
Efficiency of Working Capital Management by Firms Listed in BSE SENSEX
Full text linkWorking capital management assesses a company's short-term financial health by examining daily short-term assets and liabilities. Efficient working capital management involves planning and administration of current obligations and assets in such a way that excessive investments in current assets are avoided and also avoids the risk of meeting short-term commitments on time. Efficient working capital management entails a trade-off between profitability and liquidity risks and ensures that firms may have an optimum working capital that maximizes their value. The study is intended to analyze the efficiency of working capital management by firms listed in the BSE SENSEX. Correlation and regression analysis has been used to study the relationships between working capital efficiency, profitability and liquidity. One-way ANOVA has also been used to see that the means of components of working capital are significantly varying and Turkey’s HSD test has been used to see which component is varying significantly. The study's finding shows that employing the Working capital cycle does not provide any significant forecast of profitability. The relationship between DSO and CCE is not significant enough to predict the efficiency of management in converting its profits into cash. According to the study, profitability and liquidity are positively associated, but liquidity is inversely related to WCC. There is evidence that working capital management in companies listed in BSE SENSEX is poor. The study suggests that companies listed on the BSE SENSEX should focus on DPO to improve their working capital management efficiency and secure more credit from suppliers
Effects of Demographic factors on job stress level: Evidence from women bank employees in Tamil Nadu
Full text linkThe research study examined the job stress association with women employees working in the Indian banking sector – Tamil Nadu. The core objective of the study was to analyze the job stress of women bank employees and its level. The study was conducted in four zones consisting of 32 districts, and they were stratified. The samples were drawn under a stratified random sampling technique from each stratum. The aggregate population of the women bank employees in 32 districts was 17 865, in which 1008 respondents were selected as the sample population for the study. Descriptive and inferential statistics were employed in this study. The mean, standard deviation, Two-way analysis, ANOVA tables and Regression analysis were employed to examine the degree of stress on female workers at the bank and their associations. The diverse demographic variables were included in the study like age, education, designation, experience, salary, marital status, spouse occupation, number of dependents, and family system. The study's conclusion was that the regressions analysis co-efficient Beta value results were positively associated with stress level and all variables. The designation and number of dependents were negatively correlated
Students' Perceptions of Civic Engagement in ICT Skills-Based Citizenship Education Learning
Full text linkThe era of the 21st century today brings very rapid changes and has a significant impact on all aspects, including in the world of education, especially learning activity. The components and skills existing in the 21st century comprise critical thinking and problem solving, creativity and innovation, communication and collaboration, and ICT (Information and Communication Technology) skills. The goal of this research is to conceptually describe an overview of 21st century skills-based Civics learning using an ICT model to develop students' digital literacy skills in shaping aspects and civic competencies required in society, in this case student civic engagement. In addition, the purpose of this study is to see students' perceptions of ICT-based civic education learning skills. The method used is descriptive qualitative by conducting analyses and interpretations through literature studies, with the consideration that civics education is a compulsory subject which is taught in all schools and departments in Higher Education. Students' perceptions of Civics learning on the ICT skill variable show that most of them are in good category with a total of 61%. very good category by 22%, moderate category by 12%. Furthermore, the less category is 3%, the very less category is 2%.Therefore, it is necessary to include ICT skills in the design of the Civic Education learning model
Nursing Students’ English Language Learning Needs and Perceptions
Full text linkNursing students should learn English language courses which focus on a restricted range of skills required by them for their profession. Cognizant of this, the researchers in this study surveyed specific English language needs of undergraduate nursing students. The study used Hutchinson and Waters' (1987) approach to analyze nursing students’ needs of English language skills and sub-skills to study their field effectively, their level of proficiency in English language skills and their perceptions of the relevance of the courses offered to them. To collect data, questionnaire and interview were used. The results showed that students are more proficient in reading and writing about health related issues than speaking and listening. Students reported that they could read and understand medical texts, instruments and reports written by doctors. It was also found out that students could write patient history, prescriptions and medication procedures. The study concluded that the courses which nursing students are taking are irrelevant. There is need to design specific courses which improve their reading and writing skills in their field. Key words: field related courses, needs analysis, profession, read medical articles, writing about health related issues,
Validity of Conflict Resolution Education Model based on Sabilulungan Local Wisdom to Build Conflict Resolution Competency of Elementary School Students
Full text linkThis study entitled Development of Conflict Resolution Education Model Based on Local Wisdom Values of Sunda Sabilulungan, is intended to develop life skills in a moral frame as the basis for strengthening conflict resolution competence in elementary school students. The research method was carried out by Research and Development (R&D) from Dick and Carey with the ADDIE Model development design (Analysis Design Development Implementation Evaluations – PRK BKLS). The results of the research on the development of the PRK-BKLS model were declared to be very valid and suitable for use according to expert judgment. The results of the validation of Sociology and Conflict Resolution Learning experts are 92.4%, Cultural Literacy and Citizenship Experts 88%, Multiliteracy experts and Elementary Schools 96%, and the average achievement is 93.55%. The results of the validation of user 1 are 96%, user 2 94%, user 3 94%, the average achievement of teachers as users is 94.7%. The product of the resolution education model can be assumed to be applied as an education program to build life skills that enable students to resolve conflicts that are constructive in nature. The model can be used for a wider range of practitioners and adapted to the characteristics of students as users
Investigation of Student Difficulties in Physics Learning and Readiness to Implement Physics Learning Using Bifocal Modeling-Based Practicum in Indonesia
Full text linkA research has been carried out to obtain the overviews of difficulties faced by students in learning physics and readiness to implement physics learning using bifocal modeling-based practicum. It was done in a senior high school in Bandung, Indonesia. The research subjects were two physics teachers and seventy nine students enrolled in the academic year of 2020/2021. This research was a qualitative case study, in which the data was collected through questionnaires, observations, and interviews. The questionnaires were used to reveal students’ responses to physics learning and potential implementation of physics learning using bifocal modeling-based practicum. Observations were used to get overviews of physics learning process and school infrastructures. Interviews were used to reveal barriers faced by teacher in organizing physics learning and reveal difficulties faced by students in understanding physics concepts. Based on the data analysis, it was found that: 1) students are difficult to understand theoretical and mathematical physics concepts, 2) teachers face barriers to organize a physics learning due to several factors, i.e. limitation of time, abundance of curriculum teacher tasks, limitation of supporting facilities, 3) the infrastructures of the school are good enough to support the implementation of physics learning using bifocal modeling-based practicum
Proverbs as Ideological Weapon for Relegating Women: The Case of East Gojam
Full text linkBecause of the long-lived traditional patriarchal ideology, women in many countries particularly in developing ones like Ethiopia have been relegated in to the margins of society, culture, and history in male-dominated environment. Women have been marginalized in the socio-cultural, economic and political spheres. As part of the world, women in East Gojam are naturally considered inferior to men. Hence, the primary aim of this study was to examine how proverbs function as ideological weapon for relegating women in east Gojam. Interview, focus group discussion and document analysis were used as instruments to gather proverbs from informants obtained through purposive and snowball sampling techniques. The ethnographic design or interpretative approach was used to conduct this study. The result revealed that proverbs in east Gojam are used to relegate women drawing different negative images. Such images include women as hussy beings, unreliable and unpredictable, infirm, captious, deserving ill-treatments, source of danger and problems