Mohd Fitri Mansor

The effect of cost reduction and business strategy on human resource outsourcing practicing: A study of Malaysian government link company

Human Resource Outsourcing (HRO) has grown popularly since early 1990s, particularly in the USA and Europe. It is up to 90% of the companies outsource some HR activities and becoming a new engine of growth to the organization. Despite, many studies conducted on these issue however the study is still inconsistency and vague. Hence, the aim of study is to analyze the effect of cost reduction and business strategy on human resource outsourcing practicing in Malaysian Government Link Companies (GLCs). Meanwhile, the objectives of the current study are to analyze the relationship between cost reduction and business strategy towards human resource outsourcing practicing. The study also will propose the theoretical framework on human resource outsourcing implications. To achieve those objectives the critical reviews made based on previous studies. The results of the study may provide a systematic guideline and caution to the Malaysian Government in human resource outsourcing effects. It also serves as guideline to the government in formulating of manpower policy particularly in Malaysia GLCs.

A study on malaysian food and beverage manufacturing SMEs practices of pre-development process

Product innovation is an important driver for organizations to improve their performance. Large-scale organizations have received full attention from many researchers with respect to efficient pre-development implementation and practices compared to small and medium enterprises (SMEs). Therefore, this study was performed with the main objective to identify SMEs practices in pre-development process. A survey questionnaire was developed and was sent to 687 Malaysian food and beverage manufacturing SMEs. Descriptive analysis was carried out to determine respondent profile and rank of eight critical success factors (CSFs) based on its contribution. Tests to investigate any differences between the level of importance and practice among SMEs were conducted using paired sample t-test. The results of the study indicated that Malaysian SMEs are aware of the importance of pre-development practices to improve organizational performance through the successful development of new products. However, several limitations (i.e. financial, work force, knowledge, experience, and technologies) had caused Malaysian SMEs unable to achieve efficiency and effectiveness in the pre-development implementation practice.