Judul: The influence of competency on employee’s performance of pt asuransi umum bumiputera muda 1967
Abstrak: Karyawan adalah aset yang penting bagi perusahaan yang digunakan untuk mencapai semua tujuan perusahaan. Pertumbuhan perusahaan tidak dapat lepas dari peran karyawan, dan yang paling penting dengan memiliki sumber daya manusia yang baik dan didukung dengan pengelolaannya yang baik. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk menganalisis bagaimana pengaruh kompetensi terhadap kinerja karyawan tetap non manajerial divisi pemasaran PT Asuransi Umum Bumiputera Muda 1967. Metode analisis yang akan digunakan adalah Partial Least Square (PLS). Penelitian yang dilakukan menggunakan evaluasi pengukuran dan struktural menghasilkan kesimpulan bahwa kompetensi mempunyai pengaruh positif dan signifikansi nyata terhadap kinerja pegawai PT Asuransi Umum Bumiputera Muda 1967. Indikator terbesar yang mempengaruhi kompetensi terhadap kinerja adalah karakteristik pribadi. Pengaruh dan signifikansi dapat dilihat dari nilai beta konstruk kompetensi terhadap konstruk kinerja pegawai sebesar 13,15 di mana nilai beta tersebut lebih besar dari 1,96., Employees are important assets for a company to achieve the company’s objectives. Employees have role the company’s growth, and the should have supported by good human resources and good management. The purpose of this research was to analize the Influence of competency to non-managerial employees in marketing division of PT Asuransi Bumiputera Muda 1967. The analytical method to get the result was using Partial Least Square (PLS). The result of this research has tested by the Inner Model and Outer Model lead us to the conclusion that competency has a positive effect and obvious significancy to PT Asuransi Umum Bumiputera Muda 1967’s employee’s performance. The biggest indicator that had influenced the competency is traits compared with motives, skill, knowledge, and self concept. How much it bulid the influence can be seen from the beta value of competency construct to the performance construct where the value of 13.15 beta is greater than 1.96.
Keyword: kompetensi, kinerja, karyawan

Judul: Analisis Pengaruh Kompetensi Sumber Daya Manusia Terhadap Kinerja Karyawan (Studi kasus PT Mitra Excellent Indonesia)
Abstrak: PT. Mitra Excellent Indonesia is one of the companies engaged in heavy equipment maintenance services. Heavy equipment maintenance services business has been progressing quite well, but the needs of human resources shortage and competency maintenance services of heavy equipment to face difficulties in obtaining suitable labor resulting in complaints from customers due to delays in the implementation of the customer's operations due to equipment maintenance heavy equipment is less optimal than PT. Mitra Excellent Indonesia. The study has two main objectives that include the following: (1) Identifying HR competency needed in PT. Mitra Excellent Indonesia, Jakarta and South Kalimantan. (2) to analyze the effect of HR competency performance to employment in PT. Mitra Excellent Indonesia, Jakarta and South Kalimantan. The study was conducted at PT. Mitra Excellent Indonesia Graha Mas Pemuda Blok AD 16 Jl. Pemuda Kav.1 Pulogadung, East Jakarta. Data collection was conducted from July to August 2012. The data used are primary data and secondary data. Primary data obtained from interviews and questionnaires distribution. Secondary data were obtained from the literature and the internet. This research analysis tool using linear regression. Identification of human resource competency needed in PT. Mitra Excellent Indonesia is the action orientation, communication, creativity/innovation, critical judgment, customer orientation, interpersonal skill, leadership, teamwork and technical skill/functional. Overall, respondents' perceptions of competence has a frequency value of 73.7%, while the respondent's perception of performance has a frequency value of 73.8%. Overall, the effect of variable competency of HR performance to employment is 62.3%. While the competency of the nine variables that significantly affect the performance of the employees there are only three variables, the variable creativity/innovation, leadership variables and technical skill/functional variables. While the other six variables are action orientation variables, communication variables, critical judgment variables, customer orientation variables, interpersonal skill variables and teamwork variables not significantly influence performance employment. Managerial implications that can be done is to conduct a variety of training for employees in each work unit such as active learning, conduct training need analysis, advanced leader training, basic mechanic systems, engine systems and maintenance, trouble shooting machine, and training overhoul.
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Judul: Kebiasaan makanan ikan botia (Chromobotia macracanthus) di daerah aliran sungai Musi, Sumatera Selatan
Abstrak: Ikan botia (Chromobotia macracanthus) merupakan salah satu spesies ikan air tawar dari DAS Musi yang menjadi promadona ekspor Indonesia. Ikan botia atau lebih dikenal dengan nama clown loach yang mempunyai warna indah dan gerakan lincah yang menjadi daya tarik sebagai ikan hias.
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