Judul: The Correlation between Leadership Communications and Good Governance with The Apparatus Performance of Village Government (Case: Wilayah Kelurahan Babakan, Kecamatan Bogor Tengah, Kota Bogor)
Abstrak: Komunikasi kepemimpinan merupakan kemampuan interaksi secara verbal seorang pemimpin yang dapat dipahami oleh bawahannya sehingga sikap dan perilaku bawahannya dapat dipengaruhi untuk mencapai kinerja organisasi. Kinerja aparatur juga erat kaitannya dengan good governance yang menjadi nilai dan pedoman yang dapat menentukan perilaku aparatur dalam mencapai hasil kerja. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis komunikasi kepemimpinan dan good governance yang memiliki hubungan dengan kinerja aparatur pemerintahan kelurahan. Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan kuantitatif melalui metode survei dengan kuesioner yang didukung oleh data kualitatif menggunakan teknik wawancara mendalam dan studi literatur dengan responden sebanyak 39 orang. Hasil penelitian yang diperoleh menunjukkan bahwa terdapat hubungan nyata antara komunikasi kepemimpinan dengan kinerja aparatur, adanya hubungan nyata antara komunikasi kepemimpinan dengan good governance, dan hubungan yang nyata antara good governance dengan kinerja aparatur.
Keyword: good governance, leadership communication, performance

Judul: The Role of Organizational Communication for the Performance Level on Village Government
Abstrak: Komunikasi organisasi memiliki peran vital dalam berjalannya suatu pemerintahan, tak terkecuali dalam Pemerintahan Desa. Ditetapkannya UU Desa menjadi titik baru bagi Desa untuk mengembangkan wilayahnya dengan pemahaman dan kinerja aparatnya dengan baik. Komunikasi organisasi memiliki peran yang penting dalam tingkat kinerja aparatur desa secara maksimal, begitupun dengan komunikasi organisasi yang berjalan dalam Pemerintahan Desa Bakung Kidul dan Desa Bojong Wetan. Penelitian ini memiliki tujuan untuk mengalisis peranan komunikasi organisasi terhadap pemerintahan desa terhadap kinerja aparatur pemerintahan desa di Desa Bakung Kidul dan Desa Bojong Wetan, Kecamatan Jamblang, Kabupaten Cirebon. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode kuantitatif dengan kuesioner sebagai alat pengumpul data dengan responden sebanyak 35 orang yang juga didukung oleh data kualitatif yang bersumber dari wawancara mendalam bersama dengan informan. Penelitian menunjukkan bahwa terdapat hubungan signifikan antara komunikasi organisasi pemerintahan desa dengan tingkat kinerja aparatur pemerintahan desa., Organizational communication has a vital role in the running of a government, including Village Government. The enactment of the Village Law is a new point for Villages to develop their areas with good understanding and performance of their officials. Organizational communication has an important role in maximizing the level of performance of village officials, as well as organizational communication that runs in the Bakung Kidul Village and Bojong Wetan Village Governments. This research aims to analyze the role of organizational communication in village government on the performance of village government officials in Bakung Kidul Village and Bojong Wetan Village, Jamblang District, Cirebon Regency. This research uses a quantitative method with a questionnaire as a data collection tool with 35 respondents which is also supported by qualitative data sourced from in-depth interviews with informants. Research shows that there is a significant relationship between village government organizational communication and the level of performance of village government officials.
Keyword: organizational communication, performance, village government, UU Desa

Judul: Macroalgae development as feeding stimulants for the adult sea urchin (Tripneustes gratilla Linnaeus 1758)
Abstrak: Development of artificial feed for somatic growth and gonad quality is one of the focus of research on sea urchin aquaculture activities. Palatability is important factor when developing artificial feed for aquaculture diets. This study investigated the effects of macroalgae (Sargassum polycystum, Gracilaria lichenoides, and Ulva reticulata) as feeding stimulants to artificial diets consumption and gonad profile for the adult sea urchin Tripneustes gratilla, by three feeding trials. Previously starved T. gratilla were held in replicated (3X) 50 L aquaria with recirculation water system (in the first feeding trial) and flow through water system (in the second and third feeding trial). In the first feeding trial, preference of T. gratilla for dried macroalgae was assessed in choice feeding experiment. T. gratilla displayed significant preference for the agar containing dried U. reticulata at 20% agar weight over nine other diets treatment when they were offered simultaneously. Total protein, energy and the ratio of protein to energy in the dried macroalgae had no correlation on agar consumption by T. gratilla. Three artificial diets were made by incorporating one of each of these dried macroalgae at 5% feed weight used in the second feeding trial. Although no significant difference in artificial diets containing dried macroalgae, urchins fed diets containing dried macroalgae consumed more than basal diet when they were offered as single diet. These results indicate that dried macroalgae added to the artificial diets act as feeding stimulants and increasing the acceptability of artificial sea urchin diets. The third feeding trial used dried U. reticulata as feeding stimulant to artificial diet. Data suggest that artificial diet containing 10% dried U. reticulata boosting feed consumption and significantly increasing nutrient accumulation, gonad index, egg diameter and fix gonad color.
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