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Dynamic Funding And Investment Strategy For Defined Benefit Pension Schemes: A Model Incorporating Asset-Liability Matching Criteria, Shih-Chieh Chang, Cheng-Hsien Tsai, Chia-Jung Tien, Chang-Ye Tu

Journal of Actuarial Practice (1993–2006)

This paper studies the dynamic funding policy and investment strategy for defined benefit pension plans using one of the most comprehensive dynamic pension models to date. The model includes three investable assets: one risk free and two risky. The optimal plan decisions are formulated as a stochastic control problem that is solved using dynamic programming. The objective function uses performance measures to take into account the stability and solvency of the plan. The model is then applied to a Taiwanese pension.

There Is Nothing More Diverse Than "New", Frederick A. Miller, Roger Gans

Communication Faculty Publications - Archive

In the organizational competition for talent, successful retention of newly recruited workers is at least as important as the initial hire. Still, many organizations fail to establish a sense of inclusion for new people in much the same way they often fail to create a sense of inclusion for people of color, women, people with foreign accents, or anyone with obvious differences from the “traditional group.” In most organizations, even those that have embarked on “diversity initiatives,” newly hired people often do not feel welcomed. Consequently, turnover rates in the first two years of employment are seven times greater than …

Someone Old Or Someone New? The Effects Of Ceo Change On Corporate Entrepreneurship, J. L. "Bert" Morrow Jr.

New England Journal of Entrepreneurship

Boards of directors often attempt to foster corporate entrepreneurship by replacing a firm’s chief executive officer (CEO). Compelling theoretical arguments and anecdotal evidence suggest that when firm performance has suffered, a new CEO is best suited to lead the firm’s creative endeavors. On the other hand, among firms that retain their existing CEO after a decline in performance, manipulating the CEO’s compensation package is a common governance practice used by boards to encourage innovation. In these cases, some have argued that increasing the CEO’s pay will encourage corporate entrepreneurship, because the CEO has been compensated for assuming additional risk. Counter …

Network Characteristics And Its Implications : Case Study Of Two Firms In Buyer-Supplier Relationships, Geok Eng Kwee

Student Works (2000-2009)

Cooperative relationships among firms are an area of research of interest to academicians and practitioners alike. Such cooperative relationships have evolved into a new form of business model known as network. This paper attempts to investigate the characteristics of a network and its implications such as benefits and risks from it. In a competitive world where survival depends on the abilities of firms to meet the needs of demanding consumers, an understanding of the dynamics of network is of paramount importance to firms wishing to deliver high value-added products. The study applies a case-study approach and two firms were selected. …

The Commercial Usage Of Internet By Insurance Companies In Malaysia, Chee Kiat Tee

Student Works (2000-2009)

One of the characteristics of the new millennium is the increasing pace of change that has been brought about by the advent of Internet technologies, and it becomes another viable channel of delivery for the insurance industry. The question is no longer whether the Internet will change the insurance marketplace. Rather, the focus is on how quickly the changes will occur, how the industry will be affected, and how insurance companies can best position themselves to take advantage of new e-commerce opportunities. The primary motivation for this study comes from a lack of studies of commercial Internet usage by Malaysia's …

A Comparison Of Auctions And Multilateral Negotiations, Charles J. Thomas, Bart J. Wilson

Economics Faculty Articles and Research

We compare first-price auctions to an exchange process that we term 'multilateral negotiations.' In multilateral negotiations, a buyer solicits price offers for a homogeneous product from sellers with privately known costs, and then plays the sellers off one another to obtain additional price concessions. Using the experimental method, we find that with four sellers, transaction prices are statistically indistinguishable in the two institutions, but with two sellers, prices are higher in multilateral negotiations than in first-price auctions. The institutions are equally efficient with two sellers, but multilateral negotiations are slightly more efficient with four sellers.

Pricing And Product Mix Optimization In Freight Transportation, Michael F. Gorman

MIS/OM/DS Faculty Publications

We propose improved pricing and market mix can improve the profitability of the freight transportation provider through the reduction of equipment repositioning costs. We hypothesize that because of complexities surrounding pricing and equipment repositioning costing, existing pricing strategies in freight transportation fail to fully consider these costs. We test this hypothesis in an applied setting in which Monte Carlo simulation captures the stochasticity of market conditions inherent in the problem. We use a heuristic to improve the nondifferentiable, discontinuous objective function.

Our results from test cases show with high confidence that current prices are not optimal, as indicated by a …

Supply Chain Management: Implication For Logistics Service Providers, Edward Sweeney

Other Resources

No abstract provided.

Technological Capability And Logistical Reality, Randal Faulkner, Edward Sweeney

Other Resources

No abstract provided.

Midland Saleyard : Review Of Saleyard Options, Department Of Agriculture And Food, Western Australia

All other publications

The need to close Midland Saleyard is a result of endorsement by Cabinet of proposals by the Midland Redevelopment Authority (MRA). The Midland Saleyard is a significant impediment to the MR.A achieving a "high revenue scenario" return on the development of the site. The MRA would like to have the saleyard closed within about two years.

Against this background, the Meat Industry Authority (MIA) prepared a report on the relocation of Midland and recommended Muchea as its preferred location for replacement saleyard capacity. Under MIA's scenario, it would own and operate the new saleyard.

As part of the public consultation …

2002 Blue Cross And Blue Shield Of Florida Report To The Community And Blue Foundation Annual Report, Blue Cross And Blue Shield Of Florida, Inc.

Florida Blue Archives Printed Materials

Annual company report to the community for 2002 detailing Blue Cross of Florida's The Blue Foundation for a Healthy Florida's charitable initiatives, community involvement, business operations, financial assets and expenditures, and executive leadership.

Sistem Helpdesk, Zainal Abidin Mohd Zulfikar Lufti

Student Works (2000-2009)

Sistem Helpdesk ini telah di bangunkan khusus untuk membantu pihak Time Reach (M) Sdn Bhd di dalam mengautomasikan sistem Helpdesknya yang selama ini di buat secara manual. Pembangunan sistem ini juga akan memudahkan segala urusan penyimpanan data dan maklumat mengenai masalah dan aduan pengguna mengenai Helpdesk ini. Sistem yang di bangunkan ini juga mempunyai ciri-ciri yang membolehkannya di intergrasikan dengan sistem lain yang telah sedia ada di Time Reach (M) Sdn Bhd. Sistem Helpdesk yang di bangunkan ini merupakan sistem yang merangkumi keseluruhan aktiviti Helpdesk di Time Reach (M) Sdn Bhd. Ia merangkumi segala permasalahan yang berlaku di bahagian Teknologi …

Sistem Pengurusan Minit Mesyuarat (Simm), Ishak Norharizal

Student Works (2000-2009)

Pengurusan minit mesyuarat mempunyai peranannya amat penting dalam membantu pihak pengurusan dalam membuat keputusan dan bukti sesuatu tindakan. Namun demikian, pengurusan minit selalu di ambil mudah dan tidak dilakukan dengan betul. Atas sebab ini, SiMM telah dibangunkan bagi memenuhi keperluan dalam menyelesaikan masalah ini. SiMM, Sistem Minit Mesyuarat adalah sebuah sistem yang pertama dibangunkan di Universiti Malaya menguruskan minit mesyuarat iaitu bermula daripada penyediaan, hingalah kepada proses penyimpanan. Ia adalah sistem pangkalan data berasaskan web yang mampu mengawal capaian dan seterusnya menyelenggara rekod-rekod dengan lebih sistematik. Secara tidak langsung, data-data minit mesyuarat akan lebih terkawal dan terjamin keselamatannya. SiMM adalah …

Sistem Pengurusan Minit Mesyuarat, Md Yusuf Mohd Hamri

Student Works (2000-2009)

e-Fakulti merupakan projek yang melibatkan pembangunan semula sistem pengurusan di Fakulti Sains Komputer & Teknologi Maklumat ( FSKTM ), Universiti Malaya. Tujuannya adalah untuk menyediakan sistem pengurusan elektronik yang akan mengambil kira keperluan seluruh warga FSKTM. Selain itu, projek ini juga merupakan projek perintis yang akan menjadi model kepada sistem pengurusan fakulti-fakulti lain di Universiti Malaya. e-Fakulti diharapkan dapat menghasilkan sistem pengurusan fakulti yang efisyen, efektif dan secara elektronik. e-Fakulti terdiri daripada beberapa buah sistem yang dibangunkan oleh sekumpulan pelajar FSKTM. Salah satu sistem yang dibangunkan ialah Sistem Pengurusan Minit Mensyuarat. Sistem Pengurusan Minit Mesyuarat adalah sebuah sistem dalam talian …

Job Satisfaction Of Employees In It Organizations With And Without Iso 9000 Certification, Lilian Monica Swee Lian Kam

Student Works (2000-2009)

This study examines the effect of ISO 9000 certification, organisation size and demographic variables on employee job satisfaction in the Information Technology (IT) industry. Two job indices - the Job Descriptive Index (JOI) and Brayfield-Rothe Overall Job Satisfaction (OJS) index were used. Through questionnaires, data were collected from 105 employees in 17 conveniently selected IT organisations in Klang Valley. A t-test was utilised to analyse job satisfaction with respect to ISO 9000 status, organisation size and demographic factors i.e. gender and marital status. An analysis of variance was applied to analyse job satisfaction in relation to race, age, level of …

The Role Of Outdoor Recreation In Family Enrichment, Patti A. Freeman, Ramon B. Zabriskie

Faculty Publications

The family is the fundamental unit in society and perhaps the oldest and most important of all human institutions. Several studies have indicated a positive correlation between strong, successful families and family participation in outdoor recreational activities. This paper addresses the role of structured outdoor recreation programming in family enrichment. Findings from two studies based in the United States are presented: one on the effect of a one–day family outdoor adventure program on parental and child perceptions of family functioning and the other from a qualitative inquiry into the meaning of family residential camping experiences. The first study collected both …

Corporate Universities : What Companies Should Know, Megan Riley

Graduate Research Papers

This paper reviews the research conducted about corporate universities. Our society lives in constant change, in regards to roles, skills, careers, and technology. Continual staff development seems to be requiring technology, as corporate universities are becoming more evident throughout the business world. Corporate universities differ from traditional training programs by providing employees with cutting edge information, in order to keep the company competitive. The research cited in this paper addresses the need to constantly update and transform their training programs, so that employees maintain and enhance their role as a productive and lifelong learner.

Evaluating School Media Specialists, Pamela J. Wible

Graduate Research Papers

Guidelines for successful media specialists are available from a variety of reputable sources, but specific criteria and measurement tools for evaluation by school administrators either are not in place or are not implemented. The purpose of this videotape was to portray the variety of criteria which can be incorporated by administrators for the evaluation of school media specialists.

The program opened with the title Evaluation of School Library Media Specialists. The videotape presented criteria administrators can use in evaluating school media specialists. The criteria were presented in a direct, clear-cut approach using graphics and staged scenarios. Dr. Connie Erpelding, Ed.D., …

Sistem Pengurusan Bengkel Akademia, Wan Abdullah Wan Azlee

Student Works (2000-2009)

Sistem Pengurusan Bengkel Akademia (SPBA) adalah sistem yang akan dibangunkan dengan tujuan dapat menguruskan maklumat-maklumat penting yang perlu disimpan oleh sesebuah organisasi khususnya Fakulti Sains Komputer dan Teknologi Maklumat, Universiti Ma1aya(FSKTM). Ia membolehkan proses pengemaskinian, capaian dan menukar data menjadi lebih mudah serta mempunyai ciri-ciri keselamatan. Ia akan membantu kakitangan akademik dan kakitangan sokongan yang dipertanggungjawab untuk menyelenggara data dan maklumat dengan lebih sistematik dan efektif. Di samping itu ia dapat dijadikan prosedur piawai untuk menguruskan bengkel dan pada masa yang sama sistem ini mampu menggalakkan perkongsian makiumat. Pembangunan SPBA ini adalah untuk menggantikan sistem manual yang sedia ada dalam …

Online Shopping Cart & Ordering System, Siang Schee Lee

Student Works (2000-2009)

E-commerce (electronic commerce or EC) is the buying and selling of goods and services on the Internet, especially the World Wide Web, E-commerce makes purchasing easier for customer. However, it will cost a corporation a lot of money to build up a dynamic e-commerce website. To overcome this issue, a web-based E-commerce development tool is developed to create web page to selling the corporation's products. The proposed project offers a web-based service to let any shopping stores build their own web store from start to finish. It include template for online shopping cart, backend management and database. The dynamic database …

African Americans’ Perceptions Of Workplace Equity: A Starting Point, Dan K. Hibbler Ph.D.

School of Continuing and Professional Studies Faculty and Staff Works

For the past several decades, leisure researchers have investigated

the impact that race has on leisure behavior and preferences, but

there remains a paucity of research that addresses the issue of race in the leisure services workplace. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to investigate the perceptions of inequity, discrimination, and promotion opportunities among African Americans in the field of public parks and recreation. The study was conducted in multiple phases, and all included African Americans who were working for public recreation agencies in a midwestern state. First, telephone interviews were conducted with 11 African American middle managers. A …

Generational Marketing, Missy Mckinney

Whittier Scholars Program

In this paper I will examine the relationship between generations and the evolution of marketing as evidenced by a single product, Coca Cola. I will be using statistics and generalizations made about the Baby Boomers (born 1943-1960) and the so-called Generation Xers (born 1961-1981) to display the changes marketing has undergone and to explain what attitudes have changed the direction of marketing. In order to do that, is important first to explain the context in which these generation exist, as well as the characteristics that overwhelmingly classify the people who were born into them. In order to show these changes …

Developing Technological Capabilities On The Upstream Petroleum Sector : A Case Study Of Petronas, Balamugilan Balakrishnan

Student Works (2000-2009)

PETRONAS is a fully integrated oil and gas company, wholly owned by the Malaysian government. It is the largest corporation in Malaysia. with total assets of RM 139 billion at March 31, 2001. It was incorporated in August 1974 and derives its powers from the Petroleum Development Act. which vests in it the ownership and powers of exploring and obtaining petroleum onshore and offshore Malaysia. Over the years. PETRONAS has grown from strength to strength to become a fully integrated petroleum corporation. involved in a wide spectrum of petroleum activities. Currently its business activities range from upstream exploration and production …

Development Of A Customisable Object-Oriented Tool For Production Planning, Gwek Cheng Ching

Student Works (2000-2009)

In today's competitive environment, production of goods and services is very much driven by customer demands for products of the highest quality. sold at the lowest price and delivered just in time. Therefore. production activities must be well planned to satisfy customer demands, yet at the same time, must be able to operate in an economical manner. To this end, a well-designed and customisable production planning tool can help achieve this competitive advantage. This research focuses on an object-oriented customisable production planning tool which has customised features applicable to the manufacturing environment. The customisable production planning tool has been developed …

New Insights Into Business Continuity For Mcsb Systems Berhad, Farizah Zainuddin

Student Works (2000-2009)

Business information availability is the lifeblood of a company and is the heart of an organisation's operation. Many companies invest a lot of money in developing reliable systems and infrastructure to accommodate the business information. But not many realise the need of business continuity until disaster is actually in front of them. This research paper will look how important is business continuity in an organisation. The study covered scopes of business impact analysis as well as step by step disaster recovery and backup planning process. The subject of the study is a Public Listed company in Malaysia, MCSB Systems Berhad. …

Impact Of Transformational Leadership On Follower Development And Performance: A Field Experiment, Taly Dvir, Dov Eden, Bruce Avolio, Boas Shamir

Department of Management: Faculty Publications

In a longitudinal, randomized field experiment, we tested the impact of transformational leadership, enhanced hy training, on follower development and performance. Experimental group leaders received transformational leadership training, and control group leaders, eclectic leadership training. The sample included 54 military leaders, their 90 direct followers, and 724 indirect followers. Results indicated the leaders in the experimental group had a more positive impact on direct followers' development and on indirect followers' performance than did the leaders in the control group.

Organisational Diagnostics And Planned Organisational Change : An Application Of An Adapted Version Of Soft System Methodology ; The Case For A Private Healthcare Institution, Patricia Rita Nunis

Student Works (2000-2009)

THE RESEARCH PROJECT

This is an exploratory, qualitative study that utilises an adapted version of Soft Systems Methodology developed by Dr Mohd. Yusof Omar, to conduct an organisational diagnosis and plan interventions for change for a complex organisation. The target of the study was the 15-member senior management team of Subang Jaya Medical Centre (SJMC). Data was collected over a period of 8 months (Jan-Aug 2001), via participant observation using the framework of action research.

THE FINDINGS

It was determined that the organisation exhibited borderline capability to weather anticipated changes in the future, due to the composition of its current …

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

Student Works (2000-2009)

No abstract provided.

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

Student Works (2000-2009)

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 …

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

Student Works (2000-2009)

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 …