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The ability to extract and analyse correct precedent cases and court orders is critical because r... more The ability to extract and analyse correct precedent cases and court orders is critical because recommending correct court orders is of utmost importance in ensuring that every case is trialed accordingly.Currently, precedent cases and court orders are searched and extracted manually thus, causing backlog in juvenile delinquency trials.This paper discusses the development of a Juvenile Delinquency Legal Reasoning (JDLRes) Model that has the ability to imitate human reasoning in assisting probation officer to recommend court orders for juvenile delinquency cases.Rule-based reasoning (RBR) and case-based reasoning (CBR) are the techniques used to add consistency with flexibility when recommending court orders for new cases.The simulation model was developed to validate JDLRes Model.The comparison results between the model and human expert reveal the existence of generality aspect in the legal domain.Future work requires the study of precedent cases and court orders in different states...
E-commerce adoption is one of the means to remain competitive in the global market. Moreover, wit... more E-commerce adoption is one of the means to remain competitive in the global market. Moreover, with the growth of information technology and suitable infrastructure, e-commerce adoption is inevitable. However, the rate of e-commerce adoption differs from one country to another. There are many factors that affect the rate of adoption. Meanwhile, many studies have concentrated in the developed and industrialized countries. Therefore, this study proposed a conceptual model of e-commerce adoption that can be applied on both Iraq and Malaysia contexts.These two countries differ in terms of governmental role, facilities available and access to internet. However, both are emerging in the quest of e-commerce transaction. The study will be underpinned by two theories, namely Diffusion of Innovation Theory (DOI) and Resource Dependence Theory (RDT). Eight factors are chosen to represent organizational, technological and environment contexts. This study offers valuable insights to managers, and...
Penyelidikan secara eksperimen sering dilakukan dalam penyelidikan berkaitan pendidikan.Namun beg... more Penyelidikan secara eksperimen sering dilakukan dalam penyelidikan berkaitan pendidikan.Namun begitu kaedah ekperimen terdedah kepada isu yang melibatkan kesahan disebabkan faktor-faktor ekstranus yang memberi pengaruh kepada dapatan kajian.Pengkaji terdahulu telah menggariskan 12 ancaman yang melibatkan kesahan dalaman.12 ancaman ini telah dikategorikan kepada tiga pengaruh ancaman iaitu peserta kajian, rawatan dan prosedur.Artikel ini ditulis dengan tujuan untuk membincangkan bagaimana penyelidik menangani isu berkaitan dengan kesahan dalaman.Penyelidikan ini menggunakan pendekatan kuasi esperimen bagi melihat sejauh mana pengajaran dan pembelajaran secara atas talian melalui blended learning dapat memberi kesan kepada pembolehubah yang dikaji. Penyelidik juga turut menggunakan kursus pendidikan keusahawanan (ENT300) bagi semester Disember 2014 hingga April 2015 sebagai konteks kajian.Kesimpulan dan saranan untuk kajian akan datang juga turut dibincangkan di dalam kajian ini.
Purpose - The emergence of technology in ICT gives a huge impact to teaching and learning activit... more Purpose - The emergence of technology in ICT gives a huge impact to teaching and learning activities. The integration of ICT in education creates multi-modalities in learning and teaching approach such as blended learning using flipped classroom. According to Graham et al. (2013), the growth of adoption in blended learning will lead to the need of revising the strategy, structure, as well as support to strengthen the quality of learning and teaching in the universities.Therefore, issues such as research methodology (Ahmad & Buchanan, 2015; Arbaugh, 2014; Zainuddin, Kamaluddin, & Hassan, 2012), research design and data analysis(Arbaugh & Hwang, 2012; Halverson, Graham, Spring, Drysdale, & Henrie, 2014) in blended learning must be addressed.Nigel Bevan (1995b) in his article ‘Measuring usability as quality of use’ explained that the quality was not solely about product but also in the context of use that involve interactions of users, task and environment in the application.The result...
The emergence of the internet encourages organizations to introduce web portal to enhance custome... more The emergence of the internet encourages organizations to introduce web portal to enhance customers’ services. By having the web portals, organizations can disseminate information to reduce the barrier between them and the customers. Generally, web portals are classified as either a commercial web portal or non-commercial web portals. The majority of previous studies have focused on commercial portals, leaving those in non-commercials struggling to understand the dimensions unique to them. Hence, this study attempts to determine the dimensions that are specific to the non-commercial users. The adapted questionnaire was administered to 310 students of Higher Learning Institutions in Malaysia. Using factor analysis, the result revealed five different dimensions of service quality web portals. These dimensions are identified as Usability, Responsiveness, Accessibility, Attractiveness and Overall Satisfaction. The finding provides a very useful tool for researchers and web administrator...
Journal of ASIAN Behavioural Studies, May 24, 2018
Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam: Malaysian Academy of SME and Entrepreneurship Development (MASMED), 2016
International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 2018
Contemporary Management and Science Issues in the Halal Industry, 2019
Knowledge management refers to the ability of organizations to create and transfer knowledge in t... more Knowledge management refers to the ability of organizations to create and transfer knowledge in the pursuit of achieving a sustainable competitive advantage.However, only few studies investigate the standing of public organizations in this area. The objective of this study is to capture the knowledge management aspect towards achieving the vision of becoming a knowledge driven organization.The study employs self administered questionnaires to 131 employees of a public organization in Malaysia.The result suggests significant relationship between management supports, employees collaboration and IT support in building a knowledge management organization. In addition, training which is also included as a moderator in this study provides an interesting suggestion to the managers especially those in public organizations.The paper concludes with a call for various entities to incorporate principles of learning organization in enhancing their competitiveness.
International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 2018
Contemporary Management and Science Issues in the Halal Industry, 2019
Halal does not rest on food and beverages alone, it covers all aspects of our life including the ... more Halal does not rest on food and beverages alone, it covers all aspects of our life including the way things are managed such as management of waqaf. Waqaf is one of the Islamic instruments for eradicating poverty and improving socioeconomic situations. There are various means of waqaf such as land, money, and property. This research was carried out to understand the problems and challenges faced by management in the waqaf institute pertaining to waqaf land. The research was conducted by reviewing literatures on waqaf management, analyzing waqaf documents and conducting discussion with Perlis Islamic Religious Council or known as Majlis Agama Islam Perlis (MAIPs) staffs. The scope of this research is land properties in Perlis that have been designated as waqaf lands by Majlis Agama Islam Perlis (MAIPs), an Islamic institution that managed all waqaf welfare in Perlis. This study have highlighted several issues on the inefficient management of waqaf land due to improper documentation of the land, inconsistent measuring standard of land between Malaysian and international standards and inaccessibility of records for such properties. These situations often lead to illegal intrusion to waqaf land and manipulation of waqaf information by disrespectful parties. In addition, most of these lands are left idle without any benefits gain from the properties. This is against the Islamic teaching of reaping rewards from waqaf land. Therefore, to address these problems, it is important to look into the capabilities of geographic information system (GIS), an integration of geographical functions in the information system in helping the administration of the waqaf land. This paper will discuss the development of GeoWaqaf application which integrate two types of databases which are nonspatial and spatial (map) databases. Nonspatial database contains records on land ownership and land use which are extracted from land title grant. The spatial (map) information like Mukim, Lot number or Land Office number and coordinates of land also were extracted from the same source but must undergo classification of land ID and coordinate uniform process into current cadastral coordinate system before they can be stored in the spatial (map) database. The ability of GeoWaqaf application to synchronize these data from two separate databases will enable waqaf administrators to obtain accurate query of waqaf land position quick and accurately. The ability to access accurate information of waqaf land and view the land position and its surrounding will helps in effective management of the waqaf land. In addition, waqaf administrator will be able to plan a new development strategy for the respective land thus fulfilling its capacity as the economic drivers for the country development.
Tujuan kertas kerja ini adalah untuk memberi pendedahaii awal kepada pembaca berkaitan dengan pem... more Tujuan kertas kerja ini adalah untuk memberi pendedahaii awal kepada pembaca berkaitan dengan pembelajaran kooperatif. Pembelajaran kooperatif merupakan kaedah sosial yang melibatkan pelajar bekerjasama untuk belajar dalam usaha mencapai matlamat pembelajaran dan meningkatkan pencapaian akademik mereka. Ianya berbeza daripada kaedah pengajaran tradisional dan cuba mengatasi kelemahan yang wujud dalam pengajaran secara tradisional. Terdapat banyak kaedah pembelajaran kooperatif yang boleh dilaksanakan di dalam bilik darjah dan jika kaedah-kaedah tersebut distrukturkan sedemikian rupa dengan mengambilkira elemen-elemen penting yang perlu ada, ianya mampu menghasilkan kesan-kesan positif sosial dan Iain-lain hasilan bukan kognitif.
Proceedings of the Second International Conference on the Future of ASEAN (ICoFA) 2017 - Volume 1, 2019
Waqf is one of the charitable trusts whereby the beneficiaries get the benefits not only as an in... more Waqf is one of the charitable trusts whereby the beneficiaries get the benefits not only as an individual but also as a community. This is aligned with the good Muslim attitude that is always promoted by Islam. However, the level of waqf participation in Malaysia is considered low. Past literatures suggested social culture, promotion, and awareness influence participation in consumer decision, including waqf. Also, attitude plays an important role as a moderator between determinants and consumer decisions. Therefore, this study aims to investigate the moderating impact of attitudes in the relationship among kinships, peers, waqf administrator, promotion, and awareness toward waqf participation. A set of questionnaires were administered to 200 people residing in Selangor. The data were analyzed using hierarchical multiple regression. The results revealed that awareness has a significant relationship with waqf participation. Also attitude moderates two of the relationships: determinan...
International Review of Management and Marketing, 2016
This article discusses the different types of growth (endogenous and exogenous; Schumpeterian and... more This article discusses the different types of growth (endogenous and exogenous; Schumpeterian and Smitiansky); analysed their relationship with innovation and the territorial distribution of institutions of higher education (for example, the UK, USA and Ghana). Attempt rapprochement Schumpeterian and institutional approach to understanding the nature and economic growth. It emphasizes the influence of innovation activity on the basis of the ideas of Schumpeter of “creative destruction” on economic growth; held idea that the ability to build and practical use of innovations, due to the level of scientific and technological progress in some countries, it is essential to ensure quality of economic growth. It argues that cross-country differences in economic growth, level of education and innovation activities are also responsible for increased inequality in the distribution of income / wealth between countries and within countries, and one of the negative trends becomes decrease in the...
Islamic human resource management observed the concept of tawheed and use Quran and sunnah in acc... more Islamic human resource management observed the concept of tawheed and use Quran and sunnah in accomplishing the human resource function. Thus, the integrity and ethics are very important in ensuring the functions are managed effectively. Previous studies on Islamic human resource have discussed on the functions and organization performance. As few have investigated on Islamic ethics, this study focused in determining the relationship between Islamic work ethic, performance and gender differences in performance management. The study was conducted in Malaysia among employees of Islamic organizations using self- administered questionnaires. Findings reveal that there is a significant relationship between ethics and performance management. In addition, the mean differences between genders is also significant. Several implications were discussed at the end of the paper.
Advanced Science Letters, 2017
IIUM Medical Journal Malaysia, 2018
Seaweed industry is important in several countries including Malaysia, Japan, Indonesia, and the ... more Seaweed industry is important in several countries including Malaysia, Japan, Indonesia, and the Philippines. The seaweed, Kappaphycus is widely used in a variety of food products as an excellent nutritional supplement. There are several stages in producing raw Kappaphycus for industry such as cultivation and harvest. Most of these steps follow a traditional way which has been practiced from one generation to another. As seaweed is part of the main ingredients in many final produce, its processing must incorporate cleanliness and quality aspect. Therefore, a focus on Halal is of utmost importance. Halal is a concept that stresses on shariah law and ensuring the utmost quality which benefits most producers especially in food and supplement products. However, the knowledge of Halal is still limited in marine production including seaweed. The seaweed process has gone through numerous stages yet none of them has been checked on its Halalness aspect. This study is to deliberate on the as...
The ability to extract and analyse correct precedent cases and court orders is critical because r... more The ability to extract and analyse correct precedent cases and court orders is critical because recommending correct court orders is of utmost importance in ensuring that every case is trialed accordingly.Currently, precedent cases and court orders are searched and extracted manually thus, causing backlog in juvenile delinquency trials.This paper discusses the development of a Juvenile Delinquency Legal Reasoning (JDLRes) Model that has the ability to imitate human reasoning in assisting probation officer to recommend court orders for juvenile delinquency cases.Rule-based reasoning (RBR) and case-based reasoning (CBR) are the techniques used to add consistency with flexibility when recommending court orders for new cases.The simulation model was developed to validate JDLRes Model.The comparison results between the model and human expert reveal the existence of generality aspect in the legal domain.Future work requires the study of precedent cases and court orders in different states...
E-commerce adoption is one of the means to remain competitive in the global market. Moreover, wit... more E-commerce adoption is one of the means to remain competitive in the global market. Moreover, with the growth of information technology and suitable infrastructure, e-commerce adoption is inevitable. However, the rate of e-commerce adoption differs from one country to another. There are many factors that affect the rate of adoption. Meanwhile, many studies have concentrated in the developed and industrialized countries. Therefore, this study proposed a conceptual model of e-commerce adoption that can be applied on both Iraq and Malaysia contexts.These two countries differ in terms of governmental role, facilities available and access to internet. However, both are emerging in the quest of e-commerce transaction. The study will be underpinned by two theories, namely Diffusion of Innovation Theory (DOI) and Resource Dependence Theory (RDT). Eight factors are chosen to represent organizational, technological and environment contexts. This study offers valuable insights to managers, and...
Penyelidikan secara eksperimen sering dilakukan dalam penyelidikan berkaitan pendidikan.Namun beg... more Penyelidikan secara eksperimen sering dilakukan dalam penyelidikan berkaitan pendidikan.Namun begitu kaedah ekperimen terdedah kepada isu yang melibatkan kesahan disebabkan faktor-faktor ekstranus yang memberi pengaruh kepada dapatan kajian.Pengkaji terdahulu telah menggariskan 12 ancaman yang melibatkan kesahan dalaman.12 ancaman ini telah dikategorikan kepada tiga pengaruh ancaman iaitu peserta kajian, rawatan dan prosedur.Artikel ini ditulis dengan tujuan untuk membincangkan bagaimana penyelidik menangani isu berkaitan dengan kesahan dalaman.Penyelidikan ini menggunakan pendekatan kuasi esperimen bagi melihat sejauh mana pengajaran dan pembelajaran secara atas talian melalui blended learning dapat memberi kesan kepada pembolehubah yang dikaji. Penyelidik juga turut menggunakan kursus pendidikan keusahawanan (ENT300) bagi semester Disember 2014 hingga April 2015 sebagai konteks kajian.Kesimpulan dan saranan untuk kajian akan datang juga turut dibincangkan di dalam kajian ini.
Purpose - The emergence of technology in ICT gives a huge impact to teaching and learning activit... more Purpose - The emergence of technology in ICT gives a huge impact to teaching and learning activities. The integration of ICT in education creates multi-modalities in learning and teaching approach such as blended learning using flipped classroom. According to Graham et al. (2013), the growth of adoption in blended learning will lead to the need of revising the strategy, structure, as well as support to strengthen the quality of learning and teaching in the universities.Therefore, issues such as research methodology (Ahmad & Buchanan, 2015; Arbaugh, 2014; Zainuddin, Kamaluddin, & Hassan, 2012), research design and data analysis(Arbaugh & Hwang, 2012; Halverson, Graham, Spring, Drysdale, & Henrie, 2014) in blended learning must be addressed.Nigel Bevan (1995b) in his article ‘Measuring usability as quality of use’ explained that the quality was not solely about product but also in the context of use that involve interactions of users, task and environment in the application.The result...
The emergence of the internet encourages organizations to introduce web portal to enhance custome... more The emergence of the internet encourages organizations to introduce web portal to enhance customers’ services. By having the web portals, organizations can disseminate information to reduce the barrier between them and the customers. Generally, web portals are classified as either a commercial web portal or non-commercial web portals. The majority of previous studies have focused on commercial portals, leaving those in non-commercials struggling to understand the dimensions unique to them. Hence, this study attempts to determine the dimensions that are specific to the non-commercial users. The adapted questionnaire was administered to 310 students of Higher Learning Institutions in Malaysia. Using factor analysis, the result revealed five different dimensions of service quality web portals. These dimensions are identified as Usability, Responsiveness, Accessibility, Attractiveness and Overall Satisfaction. The finding provides a very useful tool for researchers and web administrator...
Journal of ASIAN Behavioural Studies, May 24, 2018
Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam: Malaysian Academy of SME and Entrepreneurship Development (MASMED), 2016
International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 2018
Contemporary Management and Science Issues in the Halal Industry, 2019
Knowledge management refers to the ability of organizations to create and transfer knowledge in t... more Knowledge management refers to the ability of organizations to create and transfer knowledge in the pursuit of achieving a sustainable competitive advantage.However, only few studies investigate the standing of public organizations in this area. The objective of this study is to capture the knowledge management aspect towards achieving the vision of becoming a knowledge driven organization.The study employs self administered questionnaires to 131 employees of a public organization in Malaysia.The result suggests significant relationship between management supports, employees collaboration and IT support in building a knowledge management organization. In addition, training which is also included as a moderator in this study provides an interesting suggestion to the managers especially those in public organizations.The paper concludes with a call for various entities to incorporate principles of learning organization in enhancing their competitiveness.
International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 2018
Contemporary Management and Science Issues in the Halal Industry, 2019
Halal does not rest on food and beverages alone, it covers all aspects of our life including the ... more Halal does not rest on food and beverages alone, it covers all aspects of our life including the way things are managed such as management of waqaf. Waqaf is one of the Islamic instruments for eradicating poverty and improving socioeconomic situations. There are various means of waqaf such as land, money, and property. This research was carried out to understand the problems and challenges faced by management in the waqaf institute pertaining to waqaf land. The research was conducted by reviewing literatures on waqaf management, analyzing waqaf documents and conducting discussion with Perlis Islamic Religious Council or known as Majlis Agama Islam Perlis (MAIPs) staffs. The scope of this research is land properties in Perlis that have been designated as waqaf lands by Majlis Agama Islam Perlis (MAIPs), an Islamic institution that managed all waqaf welfare in Perlis. This study have highlighted several issues on the inefficient management of waqaf land due to improper documentation of the land, inconsistent measuring standard of land between Malaysian and international standards and inaccessibility of records for such properties. These situations often lead to illegal intrusion to waqaf land and manipulation of waqaf information by disrespectful parties. In addition, most of these lands are left idle without any benefits gain from the properties. This is against the Islamic teaching of reaping rewards from waqaf land. Therefore, to address these problems, it is important to look into the capabilities of geographic information system (GIS), an integration of geographical functions in the information system in helping the administration of the waqaf land. This paper will discuss the development of GeoWaqaf application which integrate two types of databases which are nonspatial and spatial (map) databases. Nonspatial database contains records on land ownership and land use which are extracted from land title grant. The spatial (map) information like Mukim, Lot number or Land Office number and coordinates of land also were extracted from the same source but must undergo classification of land ID and coordinate uniform process into current cadastral coordinate system before they can be stored in the spatial (map) database. The ability of GeoWaqaf application to synchronize these data from two separate databases will enable waqaf administrators to obtain accurate query of waqaf land position quick and accurately. The ability to access accurate information of waqaf land and view the land position and its surrounding will helps in effective management of the waqaf land. In addition, waqaf administrator will be able to plan a new development strategy for the respective land thus fulfilling its capacity as the economic drivers for the country development.
Tujuan kertas kerja ini adalah untuk memberi pendedahaii awal kepada pembaca berkaitan dengan pem... more Tujuan kertas kerja ini adalah untuk memberi pendedahaii awal kepada pembaca berkaitan dengan pembelajaran kooperatif. Pembelajaran kooperatif merupakan kaedah sosial yang melibatkan pelajar bekerjasama untuk belajar dalam usaha mencapai matlamat pembelajaran dan meningkatkan pencapaian akademik mereka. Ianya berbeza daripada kaedah pengajaran tradisional dan cuba mengatasi kelemahan yang wujud dalam pengajaran secara tradisional. Terdapat banyak kaedah pembelajaran kooperatif yang boleh dilaksanakan di dalam bilik darjah dan jika kaedah-kaedah tersebut distrukturkan sedemikian rupa dengan mengambilkira elemen-elemen penting yang perlu ada, ianya mampu menghasilkan kesan-kesan positif sosial dan Iain-lain hasilan bukan kognitif.
Proceedings of the Second International Conference on the Future of ASEAN (ICoFA) 2017 - Volume 1, 2019
Waqf is one of the charitable trusts whereby the beneficiaries get the benefits not only as an in... more Waqf is one of the charitable trusts whereby the beneficiaries get the benefits not only as an individual but also as a community. This is aligned with the good Muslim attitude that is always promoted by Islam. However, the level of waqf participation in Malaysia is considered low. Past literatures suggested social culture, promotion, and awareness influence participation in consumer decision, including waqf. Also, attitude plays an important role as a moderator between determinants and consumer decisions. Therefore, this study aims to investigate the moderating impact of attitudes in the relationship among kinships, peers, waqf administrator, promotion, and awareness toward waqf participation. A set of questionnaires were administered to 200 people residing in Selangor. The data were analyzed using hierarchical multiple regression. The results revealed that awareness has a significant relationship with waqf participation. Also attitude moderates two of the relationships: determinan...
International Review of Management and Marketing, 2016
This article discusses the different types of growth (endogenous and exogenous; Schumpeterian and... more This article discusses the different types of growth (endogenous and exogenous; Schumpeterian and Smitiansky); analysed their relationship with innovation and the territorial distribution of institutions of higher education (for example, the UK, USA and Ghana). Attempt rapprochement Schumpeterian and institutional approach to understanding the nature and economic growth. It emphasizes the influence of innovation activity on the basis of the ideas of Schumpeter of “creative destruction” on economic growth; held idea that the ability to build and practical use of innovations, due to the level of scientific and technological progress in some countries, it is essential to ensure quality of economic growth. It argues that cross-country differences in economic growth, level of education and innovation activities are also responsible for increased inequality in the distribution of income / wealth between countries and within countries, and one of the negative trends becomes decrease in the...
Islamic human resource management observed the concept of tawheed and use Quran and sunnah in acc... more Islamic human resource management observed the concept of tawheed and use Quran and sunnah in accomplishing the human resource function. Thus, the integrity and ethics are very important in ensuring the functions are managed effectively. Previous studies on Islamic human resource have discussed on the functions and organization performance. As few have investigated on Islamic ethics, this study focused in determining the relationship between Islamic work ethic, performance and gender differences in performance management. The study was conducted in Malaysia among employees of Islamic organizations using self- administered questionnaires. Findings reveal that there is a significant relationship between ethics and performance management. In addition, the mean differences between genders is also significant. Several implications were discussed at the end of the paper.
Advanced Science Letters, 2017
IIUM Medical Journal Malaysia, 2018
Seaweed industry is important in several countries including Malaysia, Japan, Indonesia, and the ... more Seaweed industry is important in several countries including Malaysia, Japan, Indonesia, and the Philippines. The seaweed, Kappaphycus is widely used in a variety of food products as an excellent nutritional supplement. There are several stages in producing raw Kappaphycus for industry such as cultivation and harvest. Most of these steps follow a traditional way which has been practiced from one generation to another. As seaweed is part of the main ingredients in many final produce, its processing must incorporate cleanliness and quality aspect. Therefore, a focus on Halal is of utmost importance. Halal is a concept that stresses on shariah law and ensuring the utmost quality which benefits most producers especially in food and supplement products. However, the knowledge of Halal is still limited in marine production including seaweed. The seaweed process has gone through numerous stages yet none of them has been checked on its Halalness aspect. This study is to deliberate on the as...