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PENGGUNAAN GOOGLE TRANSLATE SEBAGAI MEDIA PEMBELAJARAN BAHASA INGGRIS PAKET B DI PKBM SURYANI
Authors: Bayu Krisna
Published: January 2020

Penelitian ini ditujukan untuk membuktikan apakah Google Translate membantu warga belajar dalam meningkatkan kemampuan penterjemahan mereka atau tidak. Penelitian ini dilakukan di PKBM Suryani yang bertempat di Desa Jelegong Kecamatan Kutawaringin Kabupaten Bandung, Jawa Barat. Google Translate merupakan salah satu media yang dapat memudahkan seseorang untuk menerjemahkan teks dari berbagai bahasa ke dalam bahasa yang diinginkan, termasuk dari bahasa Indonesia ke dalam bahasa Inggris. Media tersebut dapat dimanfaatkan untuk menerjemahkan teks, baik secara per kata, frasa, klausa, kalimat, dan bahkan wacana. Namun demikian, seringkali menemukan kesalahan dan kejanggalan dalam penerjemahan teks yang dimasukkan. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk menganalisis keefektifan Google Translate sebagai media pembelajaran bahasa Inggris di Paket B PKBM Suryani. Penelitian ini dilatarbelakangi oleh fakta rendahnya kosa kata yang dikuasai oleh warga belajar Paket B PKBM Suryani. Landasan teori yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah teori penerjemahan dan teori media pembelajaran. Metode penelitian yang digunakan adalah pendekatan deskriptif kualitatif dengan menggunakan wawancara dan studi kasus. Hasil dari penelitian ini adalah bahwa warga belajar Paket B PKBM Suryani sangat terbantu dengan adanya aplikasi google translate sebagai media pembelajaran. Walaupun ada kekurangan dari aplikasi ini, warga belajar tetap memiliki persepsi positif terhadap penggunaannya. Mereka meyakini bahwa hasil terjemahan akan tetap akurat selama masih bisa mencocokkan dengan konteks.
Employees First, Customers Second: Turning Conventional Management Upside Down
Authors: Kulkarni Savitri
Published: January 2020

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Private Sector in Indian Healthcare Delivery: Consumer Perspective and Government Policies to promote private Sector
Authors: Shah Utkarsh
Published: January 2020

This research paper attempts to collate literature from various sources, in an attempt to answer three pertinent questions related to healthcare in India. Firstly, what is it meant by â€˜private sectorâ€™ in healthcare delivery system of India, secondly how has the private sector evolved over the decades and what has been the role of the government in propelling the growth. Finally, the paper tries to highlight some of the factors that have promoted the growth of private sector in India with specific reference to quality of medical care. The paper explicitly indicates that the deficiencies in the public health delivery system of India, was the key to growth of private infrastructure in healthcare. The shift of hospital industry for â€˜welfare orientationâ€™ to â€˜business orientationâ€™ was marked by the advent of corporate hospitals, supported by various policy level initiatives made by the government. Today, there are over 20 international healthcare brands in India with several corporate hospitals. However, a large section of the â€˜private healthcare delivery segmentâ€™ is scattered and quality of medical care continues to remain a matter of concern. This paper tracks the various government initiatives to promote private investment in healthcare and attempts to explore the reasons for preference of the private sector. Surprisingly, in contrast to contemporary belief, quality of medical care doesnâ€™t seem to be the leading cause for preference of the private sector. Except for a few select corporate and trust hospitals, quality of medical care in private sector seems to be poor and at times compromised.
Transforming Human Resources into Human Capital
Authors: Zakaria Sabarudin
Published: January 2020

Human resource refers to the stock of productive skills and technical knowledge embodied in labor. It is tangible in nature. Many early economic theories refer to it simply as labor, one of the three factors of production, and consider it to be a fungible resource -- homogeneous and easily interchangeable. The goal of human resource management is to help an organization to meet strategic goals by attracting, and retaining employees and also to manage them effectively so that they deliver productive outputs. The key word here perhaps is "fit", i.e. a HRM approach seeks to ensure a fit between the management of an organizationâ€™s employees, and the overall strategic direction of the company. Human capital instead, refers to the intangible aspect of human resources. It enhances the value of employees by striking a win-win goal for employers and employees. It focuses on the intrinsic value of each employee, where any expenditure on employees is regarded as an investment rather than an expense. The varying talents and motivations of employees are given cognizance so that incentives and working arrangements can be created to enhance each employee's contributions to organizational performance. This paper distinguishes human capital from human resources and how human resource may be transformed into human capital.
The Impact of Assets Size and Profitability on Funded Status of Employee Retirement Benefits by Quoted Firms in Nigeria
Authors: Oluwatoyin Sule Kehinde , . Emerole Gideon Ahamuefula
Published: January 2020

This study assesses the impact of quoted companiesâ€™ assets size and profitability on employee retirement benefits in Nigeria. In line with the objective, a hypothesis was formulated. The population of the study is 182 firms quoted on the first- tier market of the Nigerian Stock Exchange and ten (10) quoted firms selected as sample size based on judgmental sampling. The study utilized data from secondary source. Data were obtained from the annual accounts and reports of the (10) quoted firms that made up the sample of the study. The time frame for the study is ten years, covering the period of 1998 to 2007. The technique of analysis used in the study was Multiple Regression Analysis. The study established that the ability of quoted firms to fund their pension costs has direct relationship with their assets sizes and respective profitability. The study recommended an effective monitoring/supervision and enforcement of the provisions of the Pension Reform Act, 2004, in addition to effective implementation of the penalties provided by the Act on non-compliers regardless of their status or origin. The study calls the Government to create conducive and enabling environment for smooth implementation, compliance and application of the Pension Reform Act, 2004 by firms and other players in pension administration. While, regulatory authorities must encouraged research and activities geared towards developing not only accounting policies that would ensure full compliance with Statement of Accounting Standards 8 (SAS 8) but strategies that would ensure optimum investments that enhance net worth and earnings of firms.
Performance Appraisal System and Its Practices in Local Private Business Organizations of Bangladesh
Authors: Ali Taskina
Published: January 2020

This present paper focuses on the performance appraisal practices of local private organizations in Bangladesh. Here, the researchers found that, almost all the organizations have formal performance evaluation systems. Though there is variation in their methods, frequency of occurrence and parties involved in evaluation system. In terms of method majority (16%) of the organizations prefer Management by Objective (MBO) method. Concerning the frequency of performance appraisal 69.23% local organizations evaluate their employees annually. It is also observed that majority of the employees are satisfied with present performance appraisal systems. The researchers also recommend a comparative analysis between the performance appraisal practice of local private business enterprises of Bangladesh and performance appraisal practice of multinational business enterprises.
GDP and Economic Well-being: New Evidence from Selected Developed Countries
Authors: Samimi Ahmad Jafari
Published: January 2020

GDP per capita often used in judgment about countries economic well-being, but any judgment based on it ignores some issues, therefore argues that a better index of economic well-being is IEWB (Index of Economic Well-being). Stevenson and Wolfers (2008), and Osberg and Sharpe (2001), mentioned that there is a positive relationship between GDP per capita and IEWB .in this paper we study a causal relationship between them; to this purpose we use the data of selected high income countries during 1980-2007.Finding shows that GDP is granger causal of IEWB except Norway that there arenâ€™t any causal relationship between GDP and IEWB.
Analysis of Financial Sector Reforms and Impacts: Reflections from Pakistan
Authors: Raza Ali , . Muhammad Usman , . Muhammad Akram
Published: January 2020

The purpose of this paper is to examine all efforts made by the Government of Pakistan in order to uplift the efficiency of financial sector through financial restructuring institutions such as banks, as well as to recognize the impact of these reforms on various financial indicators. Results of this study suggested that financial sector performance was very much better after the completion of first generation reforms but many new reforms are still required for macroeconomic stability and economic growth of Pakistan. This was the first attempt made by researcher in which detailed discussion was provided about financial sector reforms and it will help out the policy makers while developing policies for future and it will enhance the knowledge of economists and all other beneficiaries as well. Moreover, discussion for further reforms and gap for future studies was also provided.
Marketing Strategies of Imported Herbal Cosmetic Products in Thailand
Authors: Rojanadilok Rojanadilok , . Bunchapattanasakda
Published: January 2020

This research investigated the factors that influence marketing strategies of imported herbal cosmetic products in Thailand. The study is qualitative research using in - depth interview to collect primary data and use content analysis to analyze the obtained data. The facial herbal cosmetics products using in this study were moisturizer, whitening lotions, creams, powder, toner, make up cleansing, mask, cleansing oil, soap bar, anti-aging lotions and creams which imported from Australia and the USA. Findings from the study found that product A positioned itself as a premium biodynamic natural plus innovation technology product using the greenhouse concept. The shops were decorated using recycle woods. The productsâ€™ packaging give customers a sense of the source, herb images grow around the boxes and bottles, whilst the text grows with the image, creating a sense of energy. Product A conscious of the environment and strive to source and use the most environmentally aware materials where possible. The retail price strategy depends on local marketing promotions. It has the stand-alone shops plus day spa and counters in department stores. The advertisement media strategies focus on magazine, direct mail, social network advertisement; facebook. Product B sets the position as an innovative organic beauty solution using pure certified organic ingredients without paraben, petroleum, and silicones. Recycled materials were used to make packaging and printed using soy ink. It has shop online and 12 counters in department stores. The local price strategy is discount on vocation. The promotion strategies focused on premium product and cash discount. The advertisement strategies of product B focused on magazines, direct mail, social network advertisement; facebook and popular brand ambassadors. Product C set position as ancient herbal product. The productâ€™s formulations have made with the unique natural ingredients, effective botanical extracts with the latest innovations from around the world since a 160 years old formula. The products avoid using of preservative and perfume. It has 8 counters in department stores and used the recyclable packaging so that product C concentrate the efforts and cost on the substance and quality of products which reflex selling price. The advertisement strategies focused on brochure and social network advertisement (facebook and twitter) while selling promotion strategies of the product are free premium sampling, customers refer friends, and 28 days satisfaction guarantee for refund.
The Impact of Leverage Levels on Firmâ€™s Performance and Profitability: a case of Pakistani Industries
Authors: Rasool Waqas , . Farheen Kayani , . Mohsin Zafar
Published: January 2020

This paper examines the relationship between the leverage levels, performance and profitability of the 19 Pakistanis firms with in three sectors, commercial banking, cement and fertilizer sector starting from 2004 to 2010. The purpose was to check the trends which are being followed by these industries and how much their capital structure policy is dynamic and relating to their sale, earnings, performance and stock values. Arithmetic Mean (A.M), standard derivation (S.D) were used to check the trend of data and then correlation was used sector wise to check the relationship of dependent and independent variables. At the end Regression test was employed on data .Study finds that there is relationship between leverage ratio i.e. DTCM (independent variable) and its determinants i.e size, tangibility, return on asset and RET except cash. A debt does not represent a suitable form of financing with value-enhancing investment projects of the firms, as an alternative, such firms issue equity. On the other hand, when there is a lack of profitable projects, a firm prefers issuing debts and increasing dividends. Management can increase the performance and profit indicators just by changing the debt equity structure.
The Relationship between Organizational Commitment and Quality of Public Budget Preparation
Authors: Liu Z-John
Published: January 2020

The study explores the relationship between organizational commitment of workers in public sectors and the quality of budget preparation. Through questionnaire survey, the study is conducted on people working on budget planning and preparation. The multi-layer regression analysis method implemented on empirical evidence finds that organizational commitment and task uncertainly each have significantly positive and negative effect on the quality of budget preparation, respectively, while under a high task uncertainty, the retrospective effects of independent variables have significant effect on quality of budget preparation. Based on the above findings, the study proposes that an enhancement on organizational commitment of budget preparers will help to increase the quality of budget preparation.
The Impact of Foreign Retail and Wholesale Stores on Traditional Wholesale Stores in Nonthaburi Province, Thailand
Authors: Cheevapruk Supitcha
Published: January 2020

The entrance of foreign retail and wholesale businesses in Thailand started some ten years ago and led to the closure of many Thai wholesale stores. The objective of this study is to determine the needs of Thai wholesalers in the Nonthaburi area and to identify suitable strategies for relevant managers to be able to compete with contemporary commercial strategies of the foreign enterprises. A total of 114 of the 120 Thai traditional wholesale stores in Nonthaburi were surveyed by questionnaire and results were analyzed by statistical means. It was found that low price strategy, location of store and full cycle service strategies were the principal approaches employed by the managers of the foreign wholesale and retail stores. Tesco Lotus was the foreign venture with the greatest impact on the Thai environment. With respect to managerial approach, it was found that Thai traditional wholesale stores should try to build stronger relationships with customers and regularly search for new markets. Employee performance should also be taken into consideration to some extent. Other issues of importance included the presentation of the store and visual merchandising, as well as transparency in management systems and the need for wellâ€“organized financial and accounting systems and their proper control.
Analysis of the Frequency of Academic Staff and Students` Use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in Katsina State College of Education
Authors: A.E. Mbaba
Published: January 2020

The paper analyze the frequency of academic staff and students use of information and communication technology {Ict} in Katsina State College of Education, it explore the ability of staff and students in computer application 114 academic staff and 1995 students were engaged in the study. A survey research design was used; the data collected was analyzed using percentage to present the responses. 4 point Likert-scale was used, while a mean of 2.50 was adopted to determine the higher and lower participation in the use of ICT and ability in computer application. The finding show that the use of ICT in the College is high [m=2.78 higher than m=2.50]. The study also indicated that the academic staff are more competent in the use of wide range of computer applications than students are [m=3.08and 2.56 respectively] the study reveals that the staff and students actually engaged in the use of ICT almost on a daily basis for both school learning and individual use. The researchers therefore recommend that this study should be carried out in all the tertiary institutions in Nigeria to clarify the uncertainty of the frequency of ICT use in Nigeria schools.
Leadership Behaviours and Academic Performance in Iraqi Public Universities: A Review
Authors: Almayali Hakim Hsoonee
Published: January 2020

In line with the â€œNational Strategy 2009-2013â€ launched by the Iraqi Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research (MOHESR), this study proposed to investigates the behaviour of university leaders (transformational leadership or transactional leadership behaviour) in enhancing academic performance of Iraqi public universities (including teaching, research, service, and staff satisfaction). A review of the literature suggests that there is positive relationship between leadership behaviour and academic performance in higher education; however, there is a dearth of studies investigating this relationship. The results are expected to show that leadership behaviour has positive relationship on academic performance in Iraqi HEIs. (98 words)
Being Dissimilar: Religious Dissimilarity, Gender Dissimilarity, Value Dissimilarity and Job Satisfaction
Authors: Ullah Irfan , . Abdus Sattar Niazi , . Muhammad Farooq , . Waheed Afzal , . Muhammad Asif Khan
Published: January 2020

The aim of this research is to study the impact of religious dissimilarity, and gender dissimilarity on job satisfaction. Religious dissimilarity and sexual dissimilarity definitely exaggerated supposed value dissimilarity, which in line, detained a pessimistic relationship with job satisfaction. These properties are capable, though, by a considerable religious difference, religious personal identity relations such that, for people whose religious values are a vital element of who they are, becoming religiously dissimilar in the place of work robustly impact their supposed value dissimilarity.
Electronic Payment Systems Evaluation: A Case Study in Iran
Authors: Zokaee Shiva , . Mostafa Ghazizadeh
Published: January 2020

As moving businesses from face-to-face trading, mail order and telephone order to electronic commerce over open networks such as the Internet, there be an exponentially growth in electronic payment transactions. Therefore, monitoring and evaluating the current electronic payment systems greatly affects the efficiency of money transactions, trades and, finally, the overall economy of the countries. In this paper, the Iranian e-payment systems are examined as a special case. The aim is to examine and evaluate the current epayment systems, and rank they based on the experts opinions. Considering the nature of the gathered data, the analytic hierarchy process (AHP), as a decision-making method, is used to evaluate the data. The findings of this research are intended to be useful for both academic researchers and companies planning to adopt or to improve an electronic payment system.
Towards the Efficient Communication of Political Messages in Thailand: An Empirical Investigation
Authors: Laohakosol Wilaiporn
Published: January 2020

Models of consumer behavior generally posit an eclectic paradigm in which diverse elements may have an influence on an individual consumption decision. These elements might include personal experience, bias, the influence of family members and peer groups. This understanding of human behavior has been relocated from the commercial realm to the political realm with a view to helping to understand how the formation of people is voting intentions might take place and how it might be influenced. Since politics consists of a series of competing ideologies contending for the scarce resource of votes with a view to aligning state policies and the distribution of state resources along the lines of the manifesto on which a party is fighting, it follows that politicians will wish to use communication strategies to encourage as many eligible individuals as possible to vote for their policies. To date, in Thailand, most forms of political communication have been based on establishing personal contact and, hence, a form of personal relationship based on personality rather than policies. This situation is beginning to change, there is a need for those involved in determining the nature, and extent of political communications to understand which channels are appropriate for which groups of voters and which voters will not be influenced by any medium or message. Using a quantitative sample of 400 voters in four provinces of Thailand, this paper provides evidence to show that the degree to which people pay attention to political communications and to different channels varies in reasonably predictable fashions. This will enable political institutions and parties to work together to determine good and effective means of communicating their policies to the public in ways which will strengthen democratization in the country.
Institutional Ownership and Discretionary Accruals: Empirical Evidences from Pakistani Listed Non-Financial Companies
Authors: Shaikh Abdul Mateen , . Syed Zulfiqar Ali Shah
Published: January 2020

Current study empirically investigates the impact of institutional ownership on discretionary accruals; we took a sample size of 68 listed non -financial companies from a population of 652 companies listed on Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE). This data was gathered for the period of 5 years, starting from 2006 up to 2010. Modified Jones Model was employed for this study to quantify discretionary accruals while institutional ownership measured by dividing number of shares kept by institutions from total number of shares outstanding. The fix effect model showed that the magnitude of discretionary accruals in Pakistani listed firms tends to significantly decrease for the firms where institutions hold a decent amount of share of that particular firm. Thus the findings of this study are in consensus with our hypothesis, which proposes that institutional ownership is quite an effective tool in aligning insider management and administration to take the right decision for value maximizing of the companies, and thus shareholders.
Identifying the Factors Affecting Entrepreneurial Attitude of Athlete & Non-athlete University Students
Authors: Kazemi Reza Mohammad
Published: January 2020

Considering entrepreneurship as a state of mind, we have to admit that nowadays, apart from business and economy, any person can think and act in an entrepreneurial manner. Hence, not only the â€œentrepreneurship enhancingâ€ policies should not be confined to higher education levels, but also they have to be included in elementary and non-athlete programs. In this study, the level of entrepreneurial attitude, and the effect of some demographic variables on it were investigated among a group of 406 university students in Tehran. The main tool used in this study was the translated Athydeâ€™s ATE questionnaire (attitude towards entrepreneurial business initialization) which was tested for reliability by a pretest and computation of Cronbachâ€™s Alpha coefficient for the main study and all its components. The results showed that the level of entrepreneurial attitude was above average among athlete students, in all of the investigated aspects and components. They also showed that variables such as gender, having a self-employed father, employment status of mother, and the type of university (athlete &non-athlete) have no significant impact on the level of entrepreneurial attitude in students.
Shrinking Employees Turnover Intention by applying Tools of Job Embeddedness (Used as a Mediator)
Authors: Khattak Faiz Ullah , . Qaiser Mehmood , . Aamir Mumtaz , . Ijaz Ur Rehman , . Kashif Ur Rehman
Published: January 2020

The current research study examined the association among the HRM practices through job embeddedness (as a mediator) and employee turnover intentions. In this study, the researchers used new construct i.e. job embeddedness to explore its mediating impact on the relationship between employee turnover intentions and HRM practices such as training, compensation, career planning, performance appraisal and supervisor support. Job embeddedness was studied in terms of fit, links, and sacrifice organization. Job embeddedness plays a crucial role to reduce turnover. If organization applies these HRM practices in true letter and spirit, then their employees will be more satisfied, committed, and loyal to that organization. If employees are more embedded to the organization in a positive manner, so that employees are more committed, satisfied and impacts their performance.
The Effect of Organizational Culture and Organizational Learning towards the Competitive Strategy and Company Performance (Case Study of East Java SMEs in Indonesia: Food and Beverage Industry)
Authors: Wanto Hary Sastrya
Published: January 2020

Organizational culture and learning organizations are the major topics of discussion in corporate world. It is well realized that to become learning Organization is to agree a set of attitudes, values and practices that support the process of constant learning within the organization. A learning culture can be developed in an Organization only when the top management and executive is committed and deeply involved. â€œLearning Cultureâ€ should be a Corporate Goal and stated at the highest level of objectives in order that it is cascaded down to the organizations employees and becomes a part of every employeeâ€™s personal, annual goals. It is necessary to establish the relation between culture, learning climate and strategic performance, in order to provide effective direction to the modern organizations. A study has been initiated to analyze the organization culture and organization learning effects toward the Competitive Strategy and Company Performance From the 615 Small and Medium-sized Enterprises in East Javas population, the sample are 143 from the three biggest cities in East Java Indonesia (Surabaya, Malang and Kediri) as the location of this research. This research conducted to apply the Explanatory Research with the Organizational Culture, Organizational Learning, Competitive Strategy and Company Strategy as a Research Variables. Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) was the appropriate tool to examine and to analyze the data. The results of this research showed that Organization Culture has significant effect towards company Competitive Strategy, Organization Learning has significant effect towards Competitive Strategy, but it did not have significant effect towards Company Performance. Moreover, Competitive Strategy has a significance effect towards Company Performance.
Exploring the Relationship between Human Resource Management Practices and Organizational Commitment: Empirical Evidence from the Banking Sector in China
Authors: Ghazanfar Faheem , . Muhammad Siddique , . Mohsin Bashir
Published: January 2020

The purpose of this paper is to measure the impact of human resource management practices individually and as a system on organizational commitment. Data were collected from 304 respondents from banking sector of China. A questionnaire survey for this purpose was conducted in different cities of China. Correlations and multiple regression statistics analysis were used to explore the relationship between the variables involved in the study. The findings of the study provide support for the variables (selection, training, performance appraisal, promotion, performance based rewards, information sharing, job security and human resource management system) and are confirmed by the results of the previous studies. The findings of the current study support the notion that the HR practices relates to organizational commitment, individually and as a system as well. These findings provide important avenues for the banking sector of China and for the debate regarding convergence of the human resource management practices regionally as well as internationally.
The Extent of E-Business Usage and Perceived Cumulative Benefits: A Survey on Small and Me-dium-Sized Enterprises
Authors: Mohamad Rosli
Published: January 2020

Internet-based application (e-business) is well-recognized as a useful mean to extend business efficiency. Owing to the idiosyncratic nature of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs), considerable works have been initiated to explain why firms within this sector embrace e-business. Despite extensive research to identify factors that explain the firmâ€™s e-business practice, works are still limited to examining as to what extent the e-business assimilates into business operation. Furthermore, firms would experience varying degrees of benefits by deploying e-business. Therefore, this paper reports intensity of ebusiness usage across various business processes and its relationship with cumulative benefits. A survey of 140 SMEs has revealed the diversity of e-business usage across business processes. A cluster analysis has further proposed three distinct profiles of firms based on the intensity of their e-business usage. Finally, the empirical evidence obtained has also ascertained positive association between the intensity of e-business usage and cumulative e-business benefits. Despite limitations highlighted, this paper provides evidence on the current state of e-business usage across firm operation and its likely impact to the firm operation.
Participant Observation in a Case Study on Web Design Process of E-retail Website
Authors: Rashid Rashdan Bin
Published: January 2020

Studies on developing models for e-retail implementation for consumer co-operative business are very scarce. Co-operative businesses appear to be anxious about going into online retailing since Malaysian Internet shopping is still new, customers are not very familiar and skeptical towards online shopping. Consequently a case study (participant observation) will be undertaken in this study to accomplish main aim in implementation Content Management System (CMS) in developing design process of consumer co-operative website. Web design process model by Kiatruangkrai et al. (2010) and Goi(2007a) have been the foundation guideline in designing the website. Package selection web based application has been used in design stage which can easily help non professional web developer to design their online shopping website. As a conceptual paper, this research is limited to literature and prior research. It offers the benefit to new direction for further research on web design process model. This paper provides researcher with a proposed model of web design process. The proposed model should also be tested in relation with e retail business.
Investigation and Design of Mobile OPAC Services (MOS) for Non-Smartphone Users
Authors: Vasudavan Hemalata
Published: January 2020

This research focuses on providing Online Public Access Catalog services to university students via mobile phone in order to enhance the traditional library walk in services and online library access using a computer. This research comprises of three main findings in relation with mobile OPAC services. First, it investigates studentâ€™s perception in using mobile phone to access OPAC services in the educational environment. Next, it identifies and adopts mobile content design guidelines in the development of Mobile OPAC Services (MOS) prototype application. Third, it develops MOS prototype Application for NonSmartphone users. Quantitative and qualitative data analysis techniques conducted to identify studentâ€™s uses and needs for mobile library services access. The survey derived 73% of the students prefer to access the Online Public Access Catalog (OPAC) via mobile phone. The reason being is that OPAC provide major services of the library such as searching for learning materials, new titles in the library, reservation list and other related services. By conducting the survey, we discovered 71% of the students are using non-smart phone because they are still studying and unable to buy a smart phone which is expensive. Based on this finding we design a Mobile OPAC Service (MOS) prototype application for university students to access Online Public Access Catalog services via non-smart phones. The mobile OPAC services will bring libraries one step ahead in the wireless information technology world in meeting their patrons needs and providing quality education resources.
A Study on Knowledge Quality and Job Performance of Knowledge Workers by Analyzing Content of Social Network Sites Using Sentiment Network Analysis
Authors: Justin Renn Aun , . Tong-Ming Lim
Published: January 2020

The importance of knowledge quality has become a key research area in recent research works. Many organizations realize that benefits of knowledge creation and sharing cannot be obtained unless quality of knowledge is achieved. This research investigates the perception of knowledge workers that uses social network sites as a means for social interaction, collaboration and knowledge sharing. The entries posted by these knowledge workers on the social network sites are gathered and studied with the presence of the element of sentiment such as emotion using sentiment network analysis. Based on the analysis, the results investigate the relationship between sentiment and quality of knowledge shared among knowledge workers on social networking sites and individual job performance. This research will analyse the improvements of employeesâ€™ job performance through the quality knowledge using interview, questionnaire survey, and text analysis to look for conversational patterns and element of sentiment. This research will investigate a number of knowledge driven companies that use social network sites. Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) is used to analyse responses collected from survey data.
A Conceptual Framework for Antecedents and Consequence of Organizational Learning Capability
Authors: Hashim Azharuddin
Published: January 2020

In extension of organizational learning study, the concept of organizational learning capability had emerged which stress on the importance of the facilitating factors for organizational learning or the organizational propensity to learn. Despite its recognized importance in the literature, little research has been devoted to the research centered on the related factors that could contribute to its development. Factors such as human resource management practices and leadership are identified as the strong predictor of organizational learning. There are also little attention has been given to relate organizational learning with organizational commitment, thus more research is required to analyze the relationships between organizational learning and issues concerning employees, such as organizational commitment. Thus this paper proposed the integration of human resource management practices, servant leadership, organizational learning capability and organizational commitment in a conceptual framework for future research.
Book Review: The Meltdown Years: The Unfolding of the Global Economic Crisis
Authors: Srinivasan Shiva Kumar
Published: January 2020

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Workplace Bullying and Intention to Leave: The Moderating Effect of the Organizational Commitment
Authors: Rasool Faheem , . Ali Hasan , . Arslan Rafi , . Abdul Rauf Kashif
Published: January 2020

The main reasoning of this study is to figure out the relations among workplace bullying and turnover intention of the employee treating organization commitment as a moderating variable. Workplace bullying have a positive impact on intention to leave which reveals the widespread impact that bullying can have on targets in that still less rigorous types of bullying are coupled with victims intention to leave the workplace (e.g. department), the organization or the job. Workplace bullying are more relevant to systematic flaws in the organization and less to employeesâ€™ performances while person-related bullying is related more to the personal characteristics of the victims, so irrespective of their commitment, exit from the organization in such circumstances happens to be the preferable alternative for the victim. This study provides an insight that the harmful effects of workplace bullying could be handled effectively through the moderating effects of organizational commitment on the relation between workplace bullying and intention to leave. It therefore, required conducting a further study on the join effects of organizational commitment and bullying in terms of some other variables such as in-role job performance, which are vital to the working of the organizations.
Investigating Factors that affecting the Continued use of Internet Banking: Case Study of Libya
Authors: Rfieda Ali
Published: January 2020

After technological progress and in particular the development of internet, internet banking service has intensified the competition between banks as well as allowed customers to easily compare the services that provided by different banks. While the goal of any business entity in the long term is to increase its productivity and maximisation of the profits, customer retention becomes an important component of banking strategy in todayâ€™s increasingly competitive environment to foster customer relationship management. In order to achieve this, it is important to concentrate on the consumerâ€™s continued use of a service rather than solely on their acceptance of the service (Adapa, 2011). Therefore, understanding the importance of consumersâ€™ continued use is the key element to maximise customersâ€™ retention in internet banking services.
A Markov Switching Vector Error Correction Model on Oil Price and Gold Price Effect on Stock Market Returns
Authors: Phoong Seuk Wai , . Siok Kun Sek
Published: January 2020

Stock market index represent a country growth and always as an interest for economist and statisticians. In this paper, the effect of oil price and gold price on stock market index on Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Indonesia are investigated and a two-regime Markov Switching Vector Error Correction model is used to examine the nonlinear properties model. Moreover, a two regime mean adjusted Markov Switching Vector Error Correction model is used in the study to capture the filtered and smoothed probabilities of the time series sequence in the economic model. Results found that the oil price and gold price affect the movement of the Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Indonesia stock market index and there is an asymmetric cycle since 97% of the total sample size is recorded in the growth state.
The Determinants of Capital Structure: Empirical evidence from Thai Banks
Authors: Allen David E. , . Robert John Powell
Published: January 2020

The aim of this study is to examine the determinants of the capital structure of Thai banks. The data spans a ten year period from 1999 â€“ 2008. The differentiation point of this study is that, whereas most studies on capital structure focus predominantly on internal bank variables, this study, in addition to internal variables includes market-based risk variables. A range of market-based default and value at risk variables were considered which were then narrowed down to improve the model. Fixed effects panel data analysis is employed, with both market and book leverage used as dependent variables. The Thai bank study is benchmarked to Japanese and Malaysian banks. The study found that the significance of the market-based variables is greater for market leverage than for book leverage. The results can assist regulators and banks in understanding the impact of different market and internal variables on capital.
The Use of Influence Tactics in Politicized Organizations: A Look from Gender Perspective
Authors: Bodla Mahmood A.
Published: January 2020

The politics is one of the unavoidable constituent of organizational climate in all types of business organizations. Antecedents and consequences of organizational politics and use of influence strategies are very important to consider in an organizational setup when allocating resources and satisfying the interdependencies. However, little is known about the differences among males and females how they use these influence tactics. In this review, the authors have proposed a model which explicitly elaborates the view how the gender differences interact with perceptions of organizational politics when it impacts on job performance. The previous literature supports the fact that males and females differ significantly on perceptions of politics and work performance relationship. The proposed theoretical model for research in multiple dimensions, i.e. power and politics, influence tactics and political behavior may unveil the playersâ€™ behaviors in politicized organizations.
Innovation to Enhance Blended Learning Experience: Applying Google Sites in Higher Education
Authors: Harsanto Budi
Published: January 2020

Internet has influences numerous aspects in our life, including our learning process. Interest in the internet as a media to enhance learning experience in education operations has increased over the last decade. The recent web era termed as web 2.0. In web 2.0 era, users have the convenience to design their own website without need of learning complicated programming language. Combination between offline and online learning is known as blended learning. Innovations related with blended learning are emerging. The purposes of this paper are to elaborate the features of Google Sites that are useful for blended learning and to share users experiences from utilize Google Sites as tools of blended learning program at Faculty of Economics and Business University of Padjadjaran (FEB Unpad), Bandung, Indonesia. Users are often inhibited in creating or maintaining a website because of the complexity challenge. Google Sites, known for its tag lineâ€œcreate, collect and controlâ€, offers ease of use in this regard. Faculty member and student can use this tool to interact. Users experience survey was conducted involving 84 users (78 students and 6 faculty members) to elaborate response of users, both faculty members and students. Results suggest that highest agreement rate was attained that Google site is helpful in share information. The lowest aggrement rate was found in â€œGoogle site useful for online discussionâ€.
Statistical Models for Mobile Telephony Growth in Oman
Authors: M.I. Ahmad , . Almamri A.
Published: January 2020

This study examines the growth of mobile telephony in Oman and investigates the determinants of this growth. The growth rates were estimated by fitting four statistical models namely, Logistic, Gompertz, Exponential and Autoregressive to fifteen years of data on annual numbers of mobile subscribers. The in-sample and out-of-sample forecasting performance of these models was assessed by Mean Absolute Deviation (MAD) and Mean Square Error measures. Based on this criterion it was observed that the Gompertz model outperformed the other models under consideration and gave the minimum forecast error. This model was then used to estimate the speed of diffusion which was regressed on potential factors that could affect the growth of mobile telephony. The factors considered were fixed line service, prepaid service, per capita income, consumer price index and the number of operators. All these factors were found to have significant effect on the speed of diffusion of the mobile telephony in Oman.
How does learning keep a small company afloat?
Authors: Hundermark Genevieve
Published: January 2020

Small and medium enterprises in South Africa experience one of the highest failure rates in the world with approximately 90% failing in their first ten years, suggesting that few are sustainable entities. In order to be sustainable, organisations should be learning ones. Sengeâ€™s (1990) ground-breaking model of a learning organisation, previously researched in large global companies, was used as the basis of researching a small company in South Africa. The study explored whether by being a learning organisation, the company could sustain itself. Sengeâ€™s model includes five disciplines, with embedded adult learning theories. An ethnographic case study attempted to identify whether the company drew on these learning theories in its operations, and if this contributed to its development as a learning organisation. The study revealed an interesting blend of a business management concept with adult education principles that gave insight into developing the small company as a learning organisation.
Qualitative and Quantitative Picture of Innovation in Russia
Authors: Guzikova Liudmila
Published: January 2020

In the paper the general characteristic of innovative activity in Russia is given, the factors of innovation are identified; the performance indicators of innovation are determined; the qualitative relations between the factors and performance indicators of innovation are identified; the models of quantitative analysis of relation between the factors and performance indicators of innovation are proposed; the proposed models are applied to receive quantitative characteristics; the current state, prospects and development priorities of innovation in Russia are assessed.
A Theoric Study About Management and Measurement of Intellectual Capital
Authors: ARI Nazmiye ÃœlkÃ¼
Published: January 2020

With the winds of global competition, individual and mass improvements that experienced in the transition to the information society caused occurence of many concepts. In the other words, the improvements in the communication and information technologies caused strong fundamental changes by affecting organizationsâ€™ structures, functioning and competitiveness. With these changes, new formations occured and intellectual capital are started to be considered. All these improvements and changes connected the future of todayâ€™s organizations to intellectual capital which has been known as the capability and power of producing the knowledge and converting it to a source of wealth. In todayâ€™s information age, to have the intellectual capital is so important. It became more important with management improvement of it and becoming more visible as it gives an advantage of competition and an increase of market value to the organizations. Fort this purpose, in this study, the concept of intellectual capital and management and measurement of intellectual capital have been defined as a theoretical perspective. The change and development of the point of view to intellectual capital concept has been defined.