Judul: The soft system methodology approach for smes development in center of fish and shrimp crackers processing industry
Abstrak: Industry competition currently require the small and medium enterprises (SMEs) have competitive advantage. The study aims to formulate a policy alternate for SMEs development of center of fish and shrimp crackers processing industry in Indramayu by soft systems methodology (SSM) approach and new institutionalism in economics and sociology (NIES) with the specific purpose are: to analyze the main problems that occur, to formulate institutional framework, and to develop strategy for SMEs. Considering any problematic situation that needs to be improved, then used three-level analysis of the level of institutional macro, meso, and micro which based on the NIES, and using the SSM-based action research as a methodology. Based on the analysis of the competitiveness of SMEs obtained that the center is low, due to some problems faced at the macro level, (1) organizing, and (2) programs, activities, and budget; the meso level: the role of cooperative institution and associations, and at the micro level, (1) the capacity of human resources, (2) capital compliance, and (3) adequacy of raw material. The NIES framework using for SMEs development in the three levels of overall institutional framework shows (1) regulation, (2) the role of cooperatives institution and associations, and (3) internal constraints/problems in supporting the achievement of competitiveness of the center. These interrelationships form a synergistic relationship in three levels based on the competitiveness of the institutional framework, as follow (1) relationship in a top-down (macro-to meso and micro); and (2) relationships in a bottom-up (micro-to meso to macro). Development strategy for SMEs are improving capacity of the center which competitive supported by appropriate policies from the central and local government, through the strategy as follow (1) the establishment of the secretariat/working group for SMEs development to manage duties and functions; (2) mechanism to accommodate by the aspirations of the community; (3) increasing role of cooperatives institution and associations as a facilitator for SMEs interest in micro level, (4) increasing the capacity of human resources; (5) fulfillment of capital, and (6) adequacy of raw materials.
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Judul: Peran Penerapan Organisasi Pembelajar Untuk Meningkatkan Daya Saing Dalam Menghadapi MEA Pada Usaha Kecil dan Menengah Di Kota Bekasi
Abstrak: Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) are businesses that become one factor of Indonesian economic advancement that needed to improve their competitiveness in order to compete with the ASEAN Economic Community. This condition made SMEs to become the learning organization in order to survive in the competition. This study used the learning organization theory of Senge (2006), which were five disciplines/pillars: mental models, systems thinking, shared vision, personal mastery and team learning. This study aims to analyze to what extent the implementation of learning organization in the SMEs by testing the effect of the learning organization to the performance and the competitiveness improvement. This study was conducted in Bekasi involving 50 respondents from 25 SMEs. Purposive sampling technique was used in this study. Fifty respondents which were the business owners, workers and related department were chosen from five clusters. Ishikawa Diagram and Structural Equation Model (SEM) based on SMART Partial Least Square with four laten variable which were competence, learning organization, performance and competitiveness were used in this study to analyze the data. The result of the analysis showed that (1) directly competence didn’t affect significantly to the performance but indirect relationship of competence and performance through learning organization were significant, (2) competence had positive effect on learning organization, (3) learning organization had positive effect on performance, (4) learning organization didn’t affect significantly on competitiveness but indirectly affecting significantly on through performance, and (5) Performance had positive effect on competitiveness. The low competitiveness of the SME category of human resources and methods. The five clusters studied were cluster doll, convection, santadoges (slipper, bag, wallet, belt), handycraft, and embroider have limited human resources. Although low competence but it have high performance to produce quality products with online marketing systems and overseas marketing. The learning organization implementation by team learning an increase in knowledge, skills and production capabilities so as achieve of the organization vision. Although the learning organization indirectly affecting on competitiveness but improve competitiveness on through performance.
Keyword: competency, performance, mental models, capability, ishikawa diagram, SMEs

Judul: Leukemia pada kucing
Abstrak: Leukemia pada kucing adalah suatu penyakit yang sangat patogen, disebabkan oleh sejenis virus. Virus ini dikenal sebagai Feline Leukemia Virus atau FeLV. FeLV ini oleh beberapa ahli dikatakan hanya bersifat ganas pada hewan kucing. Penularannya bisa secara horizontal maupun congenital. Kucing pada semua tingkat umur dapat terserang oleh FeLV ini. Khusus pada bentuk "thymic leukemia", virus ini hanya menyerang anak-anak kucing berumur diba- wah 1 tahun. Kucing-kucing liar atau yang tidak terpeli- hara jarang sekali terinfeksi FeLV. Selain dari serangan virus FeLV itu sendiri, maka penyakit leukemia ini bisa disebabkan oleh beberapa fak- tor yang sudah ada dalam tubuh hewan dan sangat menunjang perkembangan penyakit ini, yaitu antara lain tumor, agen toksik, cedera oleh kecelakaan dan gangguan hemopoiesis. FeLV menyerang sel-sel darah dalam tubuh hewan se- hingga pembentukan darah berjalan tidak normal. Terlihat sel-sel darah yang belum dewasa sudah beredar dalam sir- kulasi darah. Bentuk dan jumlahnya tidak lagi seimbang dalam tubuh hewan kucing tersebut. Gejala klinis antara lain kekurusan, ikterus, anemia, lemah, anoreksia, dyspnoe, sulit menelan, batuk, dan membran mukosa pucat. Selain itu kelenjar pertahanan tubuh juga membengkak, kemudian terjadi hepatomegali, spleenomegali dan pembengkakan pada ginjal. Terbentuk massa tumor pada beberapa tempat. Secara biopsy pada sumsum tulang akan terlihat be- berapa perubahan. Sumsum tulang berwarna merah tua atau abu-abu. Konsistensinya lunak dan terdapat banyak sekali memproduksi sel darah putih. Melalui gambaran darah leukemia ini lebih mudah didiagnosa. Jumlah retikulosit rendah sekali. PCV 8-15%, hemoglobin menurun, sel darah putih (WBC) meningkat, lim- fosit meningkat, Alfaglobulin juga ada peningkatan, dan banyak eosinofil yang belum dewasa beredar dalam darah…dst
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