Innovation is becoming a buzzword for Malaysians. It is seen as a means of propelling Malaysia into a developed nation status. Malaysians have been urged to adopt an innovative mindset to achieve a high income nation. Within the innovation framework, innovative behavior of an individual serves as an important pillar to support a wider scope of innovation. Innovative employees lead to an innovative organization. From the same perspective, innovative Malaysians will lead to an innovative Malaysia. Drawing from a survey of 454 Malaysians, this study measures the level of innovative behavior, compare level of innovative behavior between gender and explore how Malaysians understand the term innovation.
Problem statement: The problem of students proficiency in English in the Malaysian primary schools is still debatable. Approach: Unless the problem of students proficiency is solved at the primary school level, it will fossilize and contribute toward students anxiety in the language at the secondary and tertiary levels. Results: This research study looked into English needs of the indigenous or Orang Asli students in primary schools in the district of Rompin-Endau, Pahang. These indigenous students still lag in education and with the implementation of teaching of science and mathematics in English in primary schools, they will be burdened with language difficulties. The researchers identify that the students preferred learning skill is listening to the teachers explanation. And the task-based activity that can improve their proficiency is listening to songs and singing in English. Conclusion/Recommendations: Findings from this research could provide useful information for the curriculum developers at the Ministry of Education of Malaysia whether to revamp the present English curriculum or formulate a new curriculum to meet the English needs of the Orang Asli students
Intellectual capital is one of the important resources for small and medium entrepreneurs. Proper manipulation of intellectual capital will become a source of sustained competitive advantages for the entrepreneur. This study explores the level of intellectual capital of Malaysian small and medium entrepreneurs. Furthermore this study also compare for any significant differences in the level of intellectual capital between micro, small and medium entrepreneurs. Based on a survey of 115 SMEs, this study found that Malaysian SMEs does exhibit a high level of intellectual capital. The survey also reveals that micro, small or medium entrepreneurs exhibit similar level of intellectual capitals.
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