Judul: TheEffectof Motivation and Competence Factor For Improving Patent Examiner Employee Performance
Abstrak: The human resources who have motivation and competence are success determinant in achieving organizational goals, and those goals will be achieved if the employees demonstrate high performance at work. Several factors that affect performance are motivation and competence. The performance of Patent Examiners at the Directorate General of Intellectual Property DGIP – Ministry of Law and Human Rights tends to decline. The purpose of this study is to analyze the effect of motivation and competence on improving the performance of Patent Examiners in the Directorate of Patent, Layout Design of Integrated Circuit, and Trade Secret – DGIP. There were 92 Patent Examiners as respondents, and the method used in this study was sampling technique using proportional random sampling. The data analysis were descriptive analysis of respondents, validity and reliability tests, and Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) analysis with Partial Least Square (PLS). The variables are motivation, competence, and performance. The results of the study show that motivation and competence variables are factors that affect the performance improvement of Patent Examiners in the Directorate of Patent, Layout Design of Integrated Circuit, and Trade Secret – DGIP. The results of this study comprises : 1) motivation has influence on the performance of Patent Examiners, 2) competence has influence on the performance of Patent Examiners, 3) motivation affects the competence of Patent Examiners, 4) competence influences the motivation of Patent Examiners, 5) motivation and competence together affect the performance of Patent Examiners, 6) the main priorities on improving the performance of Patent Examiners are training and quality development of the employees.
Keyword: Competence, Motivation, Performance, Performance Improving, Patent Examiner Employees

Judul: Analisis Pengaruh Faktor – Faktor Motivasi Terhadap Kinerja Kerja Karyawan PT ExsaMap Asia
Abstrak: There are many ways to support company performance to be sustained, one of them is to take care the employees performance productivity. Employees work productivity will always be stable when employees have high motivation in work. There are many considerations to become parameter in measuring employees motivation levels so we can understand the impact of the motivation to performance work company.This research aims to (a) Study the condition of employees motivation work at PT ExsaMap Asia; (b) Identify motivation factors that influencing performance work at PT ExsaMap Asia; (c) Analyse the level of influence motivation factor that have an effect of the performance work employees at PT ExsaMap Asia; and (d) Study the condition of employees work motivation base on difference level of job at PT ExsaMap Asia. The relationship between motivation factor and performance of the employee will be analysis by using Rank Spearman Correlation and Multiple Regression. The analysis of the studies based on the condition of employees work motivation on difference level of job at PT ExsaMap Asia using Chi-Squared analysis. Rank Spearman Correlation examines three variabels from extrinsic factors that have relationship with performance, they are work friends relations variable, work place condition variable and supervision variable. From intrinsic factors there are two variables that have relationship with performance there are responsibility variable and development variable. Multiple Regression examines eleven variables that have influence to performance work employees at PT ExsaMap Asia there are development variable show the level of influence equal to 0,205 unit, regulation and policy of company variable show the level of influence equal to 0,176 unit, work friends relations variable show the level of influence equal to 0,157 unit, relation work between employees to superior variable show the level of influence equal to 0,152 unit, responsibility variable show the level of influence equal to 0,142 unit, work status variable show the level of influence equal to 0,138 unit, work place condition variable show the level of influence equal to 0,133 unit, work conducted variable show the level of influence equal to 0,128 unit, achievement variable show the level of influence equal to 0,122 unit, supervision variable show the level of influence equal to 0,118 unit and compensation variable show the level of influence equal to 0,102 unit. Chi-Squared analysis examines that at high management level show very high motivation equal to 25% and very high performance equal to 25%. At medium management level show very high motivation equal to 17,9% and very high performance equal to 32,1%. At low management level show very high motivation equal to 10,6% and very high performance equal to 34%.
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Judul: Embriogenesis ikan buta (Astyanax fasciatus)
Abstrak: Ikan buta Astyanax fasciatus adalah spesies ikan unik dari famili Characidae yang menempati perairan dalam gua di Wilayah La Cueva Chica-San Luis Potasi-Mexico. Ikan ini memiliki mata yang tereduksi (Blind Cavefish) dan warna kulit merah muda, pucat serta mengkilap.
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