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Kedai Buku Dalam Talian : Strategi Baru Dalam Pemasaran Buku, Siti Ezaleila Mustafa Jan 2002

Kedai Buku Dalam Talian : Strategi Baru Dalam Pemasaran Buku, Siti Ezaleila Mustafa

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Marketing is an important sector and should be given a lot of emphasis in the book trade-and in all types of business-because it is the nerve centre in the business environment and it can stimulate the flow of products co the targeted audience. With d1e advancement of information and communication technology, marketing without geographical borders and rime limits is now a possibility. The method is through the marketing of books in the internet using the web sites or on-line bookshops. The success of Amazon.com established by Jeff Bezos is the pioneer effort towards the the existence of on-line bookshops in …

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Modern Arabic Film : A Study Of Selected Works Of New Arab Expressionist Filmmakers, Mohamed Masoud Elmasmari Jan 2002

Modern Arabic Film : A Study Of Selected Works Of New Arab Expressionist Filmmakers, Mohamed Masoud Elmasmari

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Film reached the major cities of the Arab world within a matter of months of the first film showing in Paris, London, and New York, so the history of film exhibition and to some extent film production in virtually as long in the Arab world as in the West. The experience of the last thirty years has shown situation to be of enormous creative potential for an artist. In this study, attention is paid to the achievements of just a handful of notable filmmakers of the New Arab Cinema, even this choice is limited but not random, for all the …

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Sikap Dan Persepsi Masyarakat Terhadap Risalah Periklanan, Marziana Muhamad Jan 2002

Sikap Dan Persepsi Masyarakat Terhadap Risalah Periklanan, Marziana Muhamad

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Laporan penyelidikan ini membincangkan satu kajian di Seksyen 8, Shah Alam, Selangor Darul Ehsan tentang "Sikap dan Persepsi Masyarakat Terhadap Risalah Periklanan". Kajian ini dipilih kerana penyelidik merupakan salah seorang daripada penduduk yang menetap di Seksyen 8, Shah Alam dan daripada pemerhatian, didapati terlalu banyak risalah telah diedarkan ke dalam peti surat kediaman penduduk. Tujuan utama kajian ialah untuk mengetahui sikap dan persepsi penduduk terhadap risalah yang diedarkan kepada mereka. Di samping itu, kajian ini juga bertujuan untuk melihat kedudukan risalah mengikut pandangan dan penilaian para penduduk yang telah terdedah kepada pelbagai jenis dan bentuk iklan elektronik dan cetak. Hasil …

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Working Women In Malaysia : Past And Future Trends, Emilda Hashim Jan 2002

Working Women In Malaysia : Past And Future Trends, Emilda Hashim

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This study focuses on the level, stressors and symptoms of stress on bus drivers of ICB. This study was carried out at Intrakota Consolidated Berhad (!CB), Taman Tun Dr Ismail, Kuala Lumpur. A total of 138 respondents answered the questionnaires that have been distributed and 50 observations have been made thoroughly upon the ICB bus drivers within the area of Lembah Kelang. The findings of the study indicates that stress exist among the bus drivers. Most of them experienced low level of stress. The most dominant factor that contributes to stress is the structure of the road. Most of the …

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The Relationship Between Ownership Structure And Firm Value In The Financial Sector, Beng Yee Tan Jan 2002

The Relationship Between Ownership Structure And Firm Value In The Financial Sector, Beng Yee Tan

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Tahqiq Kitab Ghayat Al-Maram Mengenai Haji Dan Umrah Karangan Syeikh Daud Abdullah Al-Fatani, Nawi Mamat Jan 2002

Tahqiq Kitab Ghayat Al-Maram Mengenai Haji Dan Umrah Karangan Syeikh Daud Abdullah Al-Fatani, Nawi Mamat

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This dissertation is a study on manuscript of "Kitab Ghayat al-Mar'am" by Syeikh Daud bin 'Abdullah al-Fatani which is catalogued as MSS 2838 in Malaysia National Library. It is selected on the basis that there is no study yet in great depth in the Malay Language with regard to the haj and 'umrah pilgrimage. The analysis is made using the transliteration method. In this method, the original text is rewritten in romanised Malay, where the sentences arc restructured, important words are explained, problems are examined and the sources of the prophet's sayings (hadith) and recitations of prayer (doa) are confirmed. …

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Perdebatan Kaum Tua Dan Kaum Muda Di Minangkabau Dalam Beberapa Masalah Pemikiran Islam, Saidul Amin Jan 2002

Perdebatan Kaum Tua Dan Kaum Muda Di Minangkabau Dalam Beberapa Masalah Pemikiran Islam, Saidul Amin

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This dissertation studies the debate between "Kaum Tua" ( traditionalist moslem group) and "Kaum Muda" (modernist moslem movement) in Minangkabau, West Sumatera, Indonesia in the early decades of twentieth century. Some Islamic thought problems are discussed, such as tariqah, tawassul and wasilah, rabitah, ijtihad and modernization of Islamic thought. Kaum Tua was known to be very tolerant in practicing their Islamic beliefs and was able to combine it with original Minangkabau's culture and customs which were influenced by some teachings of animism, dynamism and hinduism. They also accepted and practiced sufism doctrines and rejected the ijtihad and modernization of Islamic …

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Becoming A Learning Organization : A Case Of Malaysian Financial Institutions, Elaine Ning Young Low Jan 2002

Becoming A Learning Organization : A Case Of Malaysian Financial Institutions, Elaine Ning Young Low

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The immense changes in the economic environment caused by globalization and technological advancement, have forced organizations to make significant transformation in order to adapt and survive in this new world. Many organizational behaviourists suggest that business organizations must be a learning organization, or one need to adopt organizational learning to be able to increase their organizational effectiveness and competitiveness. In line with the call of Malaysian government to transform its economy from the existing production base to a knowledge base, this research paper attempts to examine the readiness of the local financial institutions in meeting this high-level demand of the …

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Analisis Kandungan Buku Teks Mata Pelajaran Teras Tingkatan Lima (Kbsm) : Kajian Terhadap Aspek Persembahan Penulisan, Rosmawati Jamaluddin Jan 2002

Analisis Kandungan Buku Teks Mata Pelajaran Teras Tingkatan Lima (Kbsm) : Kajian Terhadap Aspek Persembahan Penulisan, Rosmawati Jamaluddin

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Kajian ini memberi tumpuan terhadap aspek persembahan penulisan buku teks sebagai salah satu bahan penerbitan yang terpenting dalam sistem pendidikan. Persembahan penulisan yang diberi tumpuan khusus ialah penggunaan kaedah alat-alat penulisan yang terpilih, iaitu penakrifan, penamsilan, pencerakinan, percontohan, perbandingan, penjejakan, pengelasan, petikan, anekdot dan satira dalam empat buah buku teks mata pelajaran teras Tlngkaan 5 (KBSM), laltu Bahasa Melayu, Sains, Sejarah dan Pendidikan Moral. Kajian ini terdapatnya usaha darlpada penulis untuk memasukkan pelbagai kaedah alat penullsan sama ada dalam keseluruhan bab atau unit mahupun dalam setiap perenggan. Kekerapan dan kepelbagaian penggunaannya pula bergantung kepada panjang atau pendek sesuatu bab atau …

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Analisa Kritis Pemikiran India : Kajian Kes Ke Atas Sistem Astika Darshana, Rajaretnam Vejayan Jan 2002

Analisa Kritis Pemikiran India : Kajian Kes Ke Atas Sistem Astika Darshana, Rajaretnam Vejayan

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Secara naluri, dalam hati sanubari setiap manusia terdapat keinginan bagi metafizik iaitu untuk mengetahui dan memahami apa yang wujud di luar misteri dan tabir ilusi alam semulajadi dan dunia material ini. Keinginan manusia ini merangkumi semua manusia dari orang gasar kepada masyarakat yang berperadaban tinggi. Falsafah India klasik yang bermula pada sejak zaman veda tidak sahaja melatih pengikutnya untuk melihat kebenaran metafizik, ia menawarkan satu cara pemikiran yang membolehkan seseorang untuk memahami secara rasional realiti yang telah dialami oleh tokoh-tokoh yang terkabul dan sempurna,' dengan itu ia memimpin manusia untuk menyedari kebenaran. llmu kebenaran yang terkandung di dalam sistem astika …

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An Econometric Analysis Of The Relationship Between Public Expenditure And National Income In Malaysia, Yin Wai Tung Jan 2002

An Econometric Analysis Of The Relationship Between Public Expenditure And National Income In Malaysia, Yin Wai Tung

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The purpose of this study is to analyse public expenditure growth in Malaysia for the period of 1970-2000. This paper investigates the existence of a long-run relationship between national income and various categories of public expenditure as proposed by Wagner's Law. In Wagner's framework, public expenditure can be treated as an endogenous factor that suggests that public expenditure grows as a result of growth in national income. Causality is expected to run from national income to public expenditure. This contradicts the famous Keynesian doctrine that treats public expenditure as an exogenous factor. As opposed to Wagner's Law, it implies that …

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Linkages Between The Malaysian And Other Selected Stock Markets Before And After The 1997 Financial Crisis : Evidence From Cointegration Tests, Ai Ting Foo Jan 2002

Linkages Between The Malaysian And Other Selected Stock Markets Before And After The 1997 Financial Crisis : Evidence From Cointegration Tests, Ai Ting Foo

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A lot of focus has been placed on the interdependence of stock markets over the last two decades in view of the trend towards market deregulation and globalization of economies. Therefore, this paper attempts to examine the linkages among the stock markets pre- and post-1997 financial crisis. This paper analyzes the linkages between the Malaysian stock market with the United States of America (US), Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea, Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia and Philippines using pairwise cointegration. The study uses weekly data from January 1994 to Jun 2001. Johansen and Juselius (JJ) ( 1990) co integration approach is used to …

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Estimation Of The Equilibrium Exchange Rate In Malaysia, Ying Foong Yoong Jan 2002

Estimation Of The Equilibrium Exchange Rate In Malaysia, Ying Foong Yoong

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In this study, we examine the long-nm relationships of the exchange rate of ringgit Malaysia through three difference methods. Firstly, we estimate the ringgit Malaysia with a simple Big Mac index. The results show that the ringgit Malaysia is undervalued since 1993. Secondly, we used the co-integrating techniques to examine the long-run relationship of the exchange rate of ringgit Malaysia against United States dollar vis-a-vis other Asian currencies, namely Japanese yen and Singapore dollar against United States dollar. The short-term impact of these variables are also estimated by an error-correction model. Our results show that the Purchasing Power Parity does …

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Analisis Kesan-Kesan Kemasukan Pelaburan Langsung Asing (Fdi) Ke Atas Ekonomi Malaysia, Zuriyati Ahmad Jan 2002

Analisis Kesan-Kesan Kemasukan Pelaburan Langsung Asing (Fdi) Ke Atas Ekonomi Malaysia, Zuriyati Ahmad

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Peranan pelaburan langsung asing (FDI) sebagai pemangkin kepada pertumbuhan ekonomi Malaysia tidak dapat dinafikan semenjak dari tiga dekad yang lepas. Ia telah memberi banyak sumbangan dan faedah kepada pembangunan negara Malaysia. Malah FDI turut menjadi satu fenomena ekonomi yang penting terutamanya di era globalisasi. Menyedari hakikat ini, kajian yang dilakukan adalah bertujuan untuk melihat kesan­kesan yang dihasilkan oleh kemasukan FDI di Malaysia secara ekonometrik. Kajian selama tiga dekad ini (1970-2000) lebih menumpukan ke atas kesan-kesan kemasukan FDI melalui 3 saluran utama seperti sektor benar (pelaburan swasta, penggunaan swasta, eksport dan import), sektor kewangan dan output pengeluaran. Di samping itu, faktor­faktor …

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Persistence Of Profits : Intra-And Inter-Sector Comparisons, Liew Toh Peng Jan 2002

Persistence Of Profits : Intra-And Inter-Sector Comparisons, Liew Toh Peng

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The dynamics of the competition in a market economy is expected to function continuously to eliminate the profit differentials among different firms or industries in the· long run. The persistence of profit rates differentials was estimated with an autoregressive model for a sample of firms listed in 9 sectors of the Main Board of Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE). We applied the methodology proposed by lm et al. ( I 997) to test for the persistence of profits in a panel data structure. A few specifications were considered and the autoregressive model without a lagged difference term was the best …

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An Empirical Analysis Of The Relationship Between Training And Organizational Commitment : A Study Of Organizations In Malaysia, Raida Abu Bakar Jan 2002

An Empirical Analysis Of The Relationship Between Training And Organizational Commitment : A Study Of Organizations In Malaysia, Raida Abu Bakar

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Internet Usage Among Medical Doctors In Malaysia, Surendran Jaganathan Jan 2002

Internet Usage Among Medical Doctors In Malaysia, Surendran Jaganathan

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In Malaysia, there were 20,000 Internet subscribers in 1996, 1.5 Million in 2000 and it is predicted to reach 4.5 Million in 2004. Malaysia is experiencing an explosive growth of Internet users. There is also a growing importance of "e -health businesses" as shown in the existing 20,000 healthcare sites currently online with an additional 1,500 sites being added every month. This translates to increasing healthcare site users for instance in America alone, out of 11 o million Internet users, 70 million searched the Web for health information. For healthcare consumers worldwide, the Internet has now become a tool for …

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Information Technology Evaluation Practices Among Malaysian Banks, Woon Hooi Shyen Jan 2002

Information Technology Evaluation Practices Among Malaysian Banks, Woon Hooi Shyen

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Globalization and liberalization has necessitated the banking industry at large to use information technology (IT) to gain competitive advantage. This is evidence from the increasing expenditure over the last decade on IT. Accompanied by such high investment in IT, there is a demand for measures to evaluate IT in its proper perspective so that it delivers the value it promises. Traditional capital budgeting or accounting methods may not be sufficient to address the complexities of an IT evaluation process. IT evaluation therefore requires a socio-technical framework which sets linkages between the content, process and context within which it is performed. …

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Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting Of Firms Listed On The Klse : Empirical Evidence, Zarina Zakaria Jan 2002

Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting Of Firms Listed On The Klse : Empirical Evidence, Zarina Zakaria

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This study reports on the results of a study on social responsibility reporting practices of 257 listed companies on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange. In addition or providing an up-to-0ate description of such practices, this study also examines some new potential determinants of corporate social responsibility reporting practices, namely the type of audit firm and financial leverage. It replicates a recent New Zealand study (Hackston and Milne, 1996). Makes improvement on other studies in Malaysia by measuring the amount of disclosures as a continuous variables using number of sentences, page measurement and derived page measurement. Consistent with Hackston and Milne …

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Management Of Engineering Consulting Firms In Malaysia : Practices And Problems, Sherena S. Siva Ahnanthan Jan 2002

Management Of Engineering Consulting Firms In Malaysia : Practices And Problems, Sherena S. Siva Ahnanthan

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This is a study of engineering consulting firms in Malaysia that aspire to be major players in the competitive local and regional engineering and construction industry. Engineering consulting firms play an important role in the economic growth and development of a country. This is because of the direct contribution of the services to the design and implementation of investment projects, and together with the inter-linkages they produce between the different parts of the economy. The study identifies and evaluates some of the major management practices and problems faced by the industry in general and the companies in particular. A business …

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An Exploratory Study Of Internet Data Centres In Malaysia, Huai Peng Loh, Siew Hwa Tan Jan 2002

An Exploratory Study Of Internet Data Centres In Malaysia, Huai Peng Loh, Siew Hwa Tan

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The explosion of Internet in Malaysia has spurred the growth of Internet Data Centres - a combination of Internet Service Providers, Information Technology Vendor Community and Telecommunication Service Providers providing co­location and managed services. These Internet Data Centres are targeting any organisations which have an internet strategy and which plan to outsource their IT infrastructures. This report aims to shed a light on the Malaysian Internet Data Centres, which are mainly concentrated in the Klang Valley. Readers will be able to gain insight into the target markets, infrastructure owned and services offered by the Internet Data Centres concerned. The report …

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An Empirical Study Of Relationships Between Business Culture And Organizational Learning Of Malaysian Organizations, Soh Ping Low Jan 2002

An Empirical Study Of Relationships Between Business Culture And Organizational Learning Of Malaysian Organizations, Soh Ping Low

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In an economy where the only certainty is uncertainty, the one sure source of lasting competitive advantage is knowledge. Organizations must learn better than their best competitor or their business is doomed to fall behind. Learning has become the key to organizational survival. The main aim of this research is to explore how business culture affects organizational learning of Malaysian organizations. It is also to understand whether different nationalities of Malaysian organizations possess different business culture. Additionally, the research analyzed the effect of organizational learning on the consequences in term of individuals' self-rated competency and satisfaction with development since joining …

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Pandangan Para Pelajar Terhadap Kursus Tamadun Islam Dan Asia (Titas) Di Ipta : Suatu Kajian Kes Di Universiti Utara Malaysia, Sintok, Kedah Darulaman, Zulkifli Mohamad Noh Jan 2002

Pandangan Para Pelajar Terhadap Kursus Tamadun Islam Dan Asia (Titas) Di Ipta : Suatu Kajian Kes Di Universiti Utara Malaysia, Sintok, Kedah Darulaman, Zulkifli Mohamad Noh

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The Asian and Islamic Civilization subject(TITAS I & II) was introduced in 1988. It is a compulsory subject for all students in the public higher education institution(l P TA). The main aim of the subject is to enable students to understand Islam as a civilization with is universal values. The other aim is to dispel any negative perceptions and prejudices among the various races on Islam as [slam is the official religion of the country. This research attempts to determine the differences in students' point of view. It is also intended to study the response and attitude of the students …

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An Empirical Investigation Of The Relationship Between Audit Committee Effectiveness And Internal Auditors' Professional Objectivity, Sarjo Jah Jan 2002

An Empirical Investigation Of The Relationship Between Audit Committee Effectiveness And Internal Auditors' Professional Objectivity, Sarjo Jah

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The objective of this study is to empirically investigate the relationship between audit committees effectiveness and internal auditors' professional objectivity. The study attempts to determine whether or not audit committees effectiveness enhances the professional objectivity and independence of internal auditors. A mail questionnaire, which was used to collect data, was sent to internal auditors as well as audit committee chairmen. The data collected had been analysed using a parametric t-test. The findings of the study showed that there is a positive relationship between audit committee effectiveness and internal auditors professional objectivity. This study adds to existing local literature on audit …

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An Empirical Investigation Of The Relationship Between Audit Committee Effectiveness And Internal Auditors' Professional Objectivity : A Focus On Financial Institutions In Malaysia, Panir Selvam Kannan Jan 2002

An Empirical Investigation Of The Relationship Between Audit Committee Effectiveness And Internal Auditors' Professional Objectivity : A Focus On Financial Institutions In Malaysia, Panir Selvam Kannan

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This study provides empirical evidence on the relationship between audit committee effectiveness and professional objectivity of internal auditors in the Malaysian banking industry. There was no prior study done on this relationship. Although many studies had been done on the audit committee effectiveness in Malaysia and on the internal auditor's objectivity in overseas, no study is yet to be done on the relationship between an effective audit committee and the professional objectivity of internal auditors. Therefore, this study fills such gap. Many official organizations and bodies internationally as well as in Malaysia have proposed an important role for audit committee …

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Kefahaman Tentang Al-Sakha Dan Penghayatannya Di Kalangan Kakitangan Universiti Teknologi Mara (Uitm) Shah Alam, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Halipah Hamzah Jan 2002

Kefahaman Tentang Al-Sakha Dan Penghayatannya Di Kalangan Kakitangan Universiti Teknologi Mara (Uitm) Shah Alam, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Halipah Hamzah

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Allah s.w.t. has blessed mankind with their assets whether in the form of material wealth, wisdom, skill etc. However, all these assets would still belong to Him and it is therefore held by human beings in trust to benefit all mankind al their best. In Islam, 1here are many ways to distribute one's resources such as donation. lending. endowment, discussion etc. By being generous, we share the quality of the charitable mankind and shall be rewarded by Allah s.w.t. as highlighted in al-Quran and Hadis. There are three levels of generosity, that is to donate a potion of their assets …

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An Analytical Hierarchy Process (Ahp) Assessment Of The Iso 14001-Based Environmental Management System In The Oil And Gas Industry In Malaysia, Vijayalakshmi Benjamin Samuel Jan 2002

An Analytical Hierarchy Process (Ahp) Assessment Of The Iso 14001-Based Environmental Management System In The Oil And Gas Industry In Malaysia, Vijayalakshmi Benjamin Samuel

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Today's business world is changing due to the ever-increasing consciousness for environmental protection and sustainable development. Customers are taking into account environmental considerations in their supplier selection, and are increasingly buying products with identifiable environmental attributes. In this study, the critical decision criteria, sub-criteria and benefits of the adoption and implementation of the ISO 14001-based environmental management system (EMS) in the Malaysian oil and gas sector were studied using the analytical hierarchy process (AHP) approach. An empirical study was performed to investigate the relative weights and priorities of these criteria and benefits. An AHP decision model of EMS adoption was …

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Sejarah Perkembangan Ajaran Sesat Di Hulu Besut, Terengganu, Abdul Haris A. Hamid Jan 2002

Sejarah Perkembangan Ajaran Sesat Di Hulu Besut, Terengganu, Abdul Haris A. Hamid

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Lately, the problem of cult in our country is becoming very serious. It's not only broke our relationship, but also threaten our lives as happened at Sauk by the Al-Ma'unah group and others a few years ago. The people do not understand the emerging of the cult and the continuity from the past and the modem cult. This thesis is trying to study the history of cult since the emerging of Islam brought by our prophet, Muhammad s.a.w. The issues studied are as the follow: 1. The Besut background in term of location, social, education and the way of believers …

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Rausyanfikir : Analisis Terhadap Pemikiran Ali Syari'ati Tentang Peranan Intelektual Muslim, Saifullah Saifullah Jan 2002

Rausyanfikir : Analisis Terhadap Pemikiran Ali Syari'ati Tentang Peranan Intelektual Muslim, Saifullah Saifullah

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Different definitions are given for the term 'intellectual'. Philosophers, artists, lecturers and other are often categorized as intellectual. They work using their brain more than their physical strength. They manifest high standard of reasoning power and are found common among university graduates, ministers and high ranking government officers. However Ali Syari'ati al-Mazinani (deceased 1977 A.O.) stated that an intellectual has social obligation towards the society. According to him, an intelectual must become a catalyst to the society and could guide them towards betterment. He defined this type of intellectual as Rausyanfikr. According to the concept which he founded, a person …

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Ethical Values Of Islam And Confucianism : A Comparative Study, Omar Min Ke Qin Jan 2002

Ethical Values Of Islam And Confucianism : A Comparative Study, Omar Min Ke Qin

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Islam and Confucianism are two great traditions of mainly Asian people. which have encountered in China since very beginning of Islam's advent to this world, and are in direct confrontation to one another especially in the South East Asian and Pacific Region in the modern time. With the rapid development of the region in all aspects of sciences particularly economic enhancement, works in making the two traditions understand each other increasingly appear important and inevitable. Major common senses between Islam and Confucianism lie mainly in ethics, in which a considerable amount of values are almost having the 􀀝e implications, and …

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