The purpose of this study is to ascertain whether there is any correlation between organizational factors and quality of production in Malaysia's manufacturing companies. A theoretical model of the relationships among the constructs of organizational factors that consist of organizational resources, rewards and recognition structure, and information system and quality of production are proposed and tested using multi-regression analysis. The results showed positive relationship between organizational factors and quality of production in Malaysia's manufacturing industry, except for one which is related to rewards and recognition structure. The findings of this study will assist managers to make appropriate decisions when adopting the three elements in their respective organizations especially in the manufacturing sector.
This study is about Malaysia, innovation in its manufacturing industry. The purpose of this paper is to explore the relationship between innovation practices and quality of production in Malaysia's manufacturing companies based on a questionnaire survey sent via mail. The relationships theoretical model among the constructs of innovation practices and quality of production were proposed and tested using multi-regression analysis. Analysis of the data in this study supports a strong positive relationship between innovation practices and quality of production which was consistent as claimed in the previous studies. The findings of the study will further contribute and strengthen to previous literature in several ways.
This study examined the relationship between knowledge, past experience and personal value of growers and millers intention to adopt the RSPO. This study applied the theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) to test the proposed relationship. This research applies a quantitative approach that uses a cross-sectional questionnaire survey in order to test the proposed hypotheses. A total of 122 palm oil companies in Sabah, Malaysia were identified and collected data were analysed using the partial least squares and structural equation modelling. The findings of this study confirmed the Theory of Planned Behaviour as a great predictor of behavioural intention. In addition, knowledge, past experience and personal value were also found to have significant relationship and this resulted into the conclusion that knowledge, past experience and personal value positively influence the attitude amongst growers and millers towards RSPO. The result of this study has proven that the TPB model is a valuable, practical and has a high potential to predict human behavioural intention.
The relationship between knowledge management practices and quality production has not received much attention. The objective of this paper is twofold. The first objective is to investigate this relationship in the Malaysian manufacturing and service firms. The second objective is to investigate the mediating role of these firms' innovation on this relationship. Six hypothesised relationships were tested using a sample of 201 manufacturing and service firms in Malaysia. The results show that the two dimensions of knowledge management have a significant positive effect on quality production. Furthermore the results showed that innovation does not mediate the relationship between knowledge management and quality production. The implications of the study as well as suggestions for future studies are also discussed.
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