Asniza Hamimi Abdul Tharim

Introduction of an online planner for postgraduate students

Work task performance is a process of ensuring that activities and productivity of employees are in accordance with organizational aims and vision. This process is deemed to be the responsibility of the supervisors and it is believed that excellent work task performance can enhance productivity that can leads to better outcome. Hence, there are several important factors influence to task performance such as Perceived Supervisor Support (PSS), Self-Management (SM) and Self-Competency (SC). Thus, this proposed study intends to combine the impacts of all these predictors concerning the graduates of the Doctorate of Philosophy particularly to know if these factors have influenced their previous academic performance. Subsequently, the Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE) Malaysia and scholarship awarded university impose a necessary condition for the PhD Candidates to graduate on time within three years without any extension granted under any circumstances. Therefore, it is essential for the postgraduate students enrolled in masters and doctoral programs to complete their studies within the stipulated period (Graduate on time). Thus, MyPhD Planner is an online system which is developed to provide a platform for PhD Candidates in planning, coordinating and monitoring their PhD journey. The purpose of this online system is to assist the PhD candidates in organising their studies and facilitate the organisations in achieving their target percentage of Graduate on Time (GOT) for PhD students.Work task performance is a process of ensuring that activities and productivity of employees are in accordance with organizational aims and vision. This process is deemed to be the responsibility of the supervisors and it is believed that excellent work task performance can enhance productivity that can leads to better outcome. Hence, there are several important factors influence to task performance such as Perceived Supervisor Support (PSS), Self-Management (SM) and Self-Competency (SC). Thus, this proposed study intends to combine the impacts of all these predictors concerning the graduates of the Doctorate of Philosophy particularly to know if these factors have influenced their previous academic performance. Subsequently, the Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE) Malaysia and scholarship awarded university impose a necessary condition for the PhD Candidates to graduate on time within three years without any extension granted under any circumstances. Therefore, it is essential for the postgraduate studen...

A Review on Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ) Attributes for Malaysian Post occupancy Evaluation (POE) in Green Office Building

Green buildings represent sustainable design and construction that require a holistic interaction between all components of a building that are environmentally responsible throughout a building’s life cycle from the beginning until the completion. A green building should deliver its occupants with a comfortable indoor environment that will satisfy their comfort needs and enhance the productivity while working in the building. Among the numerous efforts in the emerging green building is the establishment of green building certification systems worldwide that is considered as one of the most prominent and systematic approaches to the continuous effort in promoting outdoor and indoor environmental sustainability. The benefits of these tools are they can guide the development of construction industry towards its best practice and improve the quality of building for tenants and occupants. Previous literature revealed that Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ) assessment in green rating standards such as the LEED United State and BREEAM United Kingdom does play a significant role in the certification process of green building. Thus, the IEQ comprises several main aspects such as temperatures, humidity, noise, lighting, space design, structural systems and last but not least the building envelope design. Therefore, the main objective of this paper is to review the aspects of IEQ in Post-Occupancy Evaluation (POE) study previously conducted by researchers around the world. The paper will focus on the development of IEQ assessment attributes that can be used in POE for an office building in a hot and humid climate. It will also provide an emphasis on the relationship between IEQ and Post-Occupancy Evaluation (POE) in determining post occupant’s satisfaction. It is hoped that these research findings will bring benefit to green certification bodies in Malaysia such as the Green Building Index (GBI) and GreenRE Malaysia in evaluating office building in post-occupancy stage.

Relationship Between Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ) and Occupant’s Satisfaction in Malaysian Rated Office Building: A Pilot Study

Green building development is an upcoming topic and is driven mostly by the growing awareness of the environment impact of construction on the satisfaction, health, performance, well-being and productivity of its occupants. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to identify the relationship between Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ) and occupant’s satisfaction in a Platinum rated GBI’s office building located in the heart of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Data were collected through self-administered questionnaire from the building occupants and analysed using Statistical Package of Social Science (SPSS) and Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) Smart PLS. This analysis was conducted in obtaining the level of reliability and validity of the data in measuring occupant’s productivity in relation with the IEQ. Subsequently, the result of the Variance Inflation Factor (VIF) for each of the variables shows that there are no collinearity issues in between the attributes.

Fieldwork measurement of indoor environmental quality (IEQ) in Malaysian platinum-rated green office buildings

An Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ) fieldwork assessment was conducted in the Platinum-rated GBI office building located in Putrajaya Malaysia. The aim of the study is to determine the current indoor performance of the selected green office building. The field measurement consists of several IEQ parameters counted under the GBI Malaysia namely the Thermal Comfort of temperature, relative humidity, air movement and heat transfer as well as solar radiation. This field measurement also comprises of the measurement for the background noise, visual lighting and Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) focusing on the aspect of carbon dioxide concentration. All the selected indoor parameters were measured for the period of five working days and the results were compared to the Malaysian Standard. Findings of the field measurement show good indoor performance of the Platinum rated office building that complies with the GBI standard. It is hoped that the research findings will be beneficial for future design and construction o...

Peer Evaluation System in Team Work Skills Assessment

The higher learning institutions in Malaysia are changing rapidly as most of the institutions take account of a number of major external factors such as soft skills. One of the essential soft skills among undergraduates that need to be assessed is teamwork. In the learning process, team work is often a crucial part where students learn to work together using their individual skills despite any personal conflict. This team work can be evaluated through the peer evaluation assessment method. Currently, this peer evaluation had been done by using the manual form that needed to be filled by students in relation to the performance of their group members. The manual peer evaluation method does not reflect the true performance of their peers because when the forms are submitted to the lecturer, everyone can see the marks given by the others. Due to this, the students will tend to give a biased assessment on the performance of their peers because they do not want to hurt the feelings of others by giving a low assessment score. Thus, the main objective of this paper is to discuss the development of an online self-assessment system or otherwise known as the e-PRS. The objective of e-PRS is to provide a non-bias platform for students to evaluate their group members on a fair basis and to ease the process of grading by lecturers. The e-PRS is the acronym for ‘Elektronik’, ‘Penilaian’, ‘Rakan’, ‘Sebaya’ which is an online evaluation system to assess soft skills. Therefore this online evaluation system has the potential to be widely used by all higher learning institutions in Malaysia. It is hoped that the development of e-PRS as an online peer evaluation assessment can enable students to honestly evaluate their peers under complete anonymity because it is an online-based assessment system whereby only the lecturers will see the marks given by the students on the performance of their peers and will contribute to a sustainable learning environment due to its paperless nature.

Peer evaluation system in team work skills assessment: Technical perspective

Information System (IS) was proved can act as an enabler to support, improve and enhance human activity and performance. Hence, Peer Evaluation System has been design and develops to support Malaysia higher learning institutions in assessing soft skills elements. The objective of the system is to provide a non-bias platform for students to evaluate their group members on a fair basis and to ease the process of grading by lecturers. The Rational Unified Process (RUP) played as a guideline in managing system development activity. A group of respondents were defined and given a set of questionnaire questions to survey the new system against user expectations.