Typescript. / Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Hawaii, 1968. / Bibliography: leaves [523]-543. / xi, 543 l

[Abstract]The case for knowledge management (KM) is firmly established in the wealth of extant literature available and is well corroborated in business best practices.However, the broad scope of KM and its multiple approaches in varied contexts,while credited for their diversity and flexibility, also call for greater universality and coherence in several areas, one of which is in the assessment of organisational knowledge management (OKM) practice. While literature attests to the dynamics of the different dimensions of KM, very limited research hasbeen conducted using a standardised multidimensional scale. This dissertation pertains to the application of an in-house developed instrument, called the USQ KM scale, to empirically study the three key dimensions of OKM identified through literature review, namely OKM strategy, OKM culture and OKM process/technology. The instrument was employed to assess the extent of OKM practice in organisations in Malaysia. Results of the survey on 153 managers provided insights into the state of OKM practice in Malaysia while confirming the mutually dependent relationship between the three dimensions of OKM andgiving rise to the researcher’s proposed conceptual tripartite OKM model. In addition, demographic factors such as the number of years of service in the organisation and years of service in a specific organisational role were found to have an impact on OKM, supporting previous empirically tested truths about OKM besides revealing a few unique traits in the Malaysian sample. The implications of the study for organisations in Malaysia as well as in other developing countries within similar contexts are especially meaningful for smaller local businesses without the benefit of multinational affiliations usually associated with superior KM capability afforded by greater economies of scale and more sizeable budgets for infrastructure support.

Title page, table of contents and abstract only. The complete thesis in print form is available from the University of Adelaide Library. / This study aims to establish a discernible typology of manufacturing firms that adopt and rely on combined features of management accounting systems and practices/techniques in Malaysia. In particular, a systems approach employing cluster analysis is used to determine the existence of a management accounting typology of firms. Using this empircially derived cluster solution, the further aims of the study are to identify which typological group is better perfroming, based on a weighted average measure of performance of member firms in each Management accounting system (MAS)/Management accounting techniques (MAPT)-type group. The final aims is to model and test a set of predictors of the better and weaker performing MAS/MAPT-type groups of firms. --p. xvi. / http://proxy.library.adelaide.edu.au/login?url= http://library.adelaide.edu.au/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=1278431 / Thesis (Ph.D.) -- University of Adelaide, School of Commerce, 2007

Over the past century, the urban population in the urban centres in Malaysia had significantly increased in size through extensive migration. Terrace houses have become the most common urban habitats in the densely populated urban centres throughout Peninsular of Malaysia in recent decades. / There is an on-going concern on identifying efficient ventilation and lighting solution for local housing. This research thesis focuses on ventilation components, specifically the air-well, which is a traditional mechanism to provide natural air-flow and natural day-lighting. It will explain the morphological transformation of the air-well in the design of terrace houses in the city of Johor Bahru in the past three and a half decades. First of all, this thesis introduces the role of the air-well in the design for local urban habitats of terrace houses with air-well. In addition, it explores the impact of the use of the air-well on the design trends of terrace houses. / As Tetsu Kubota and Supian Ahmad have identified in their recent research that with the global energy crisis and population growth, a few of issues concerning the design of terrace houses have emerged: (a) How have the local architects adapt the design of air-well in terrace houses to achieve a passive design in achieving good natural ventilation and natural lighting in a high density urban habitats? (b) How has the design of the air-well evolved with the changing needs of local inhabitants of terrace houses from the 1970s to the year 2005? / This thesis focuses on the provision for natural ventilation and natural lighting under Malaysian Uniform Building By-laws in terrace houses design from the 1970s to the year 2005 in Johor Bahru. In order to evaluate the design development trends for terrace houses in Johor Bahru in the past three and a half decades, six houses have been identified as specimen based on a list of formulated criteria. These six selected houses have been used as case studies in the core research work for this thesis. The examination started by studying the design for each house by means of gathering three main types of drawings for each house: plans, elevations and sections. From these six cases, a historical trajectory of design trends as evolved over these decades in Johor Bahru is identified. Then from the drawings gathered, the design performance in the provision for natural ventilation and natural lighting for each house by utilising the Y-architects’ natural ventilation and natural lighting calculation table has been carried out. / The evolution of the air-well in terrace houses have been discussed in the final chapter and it can be divided into three main phases over the identified historical time line: introduction of the air-well from 1884 to the 1970s; the elimination of the air-well from 1980s to the year 2000; and a re-conciliation of the air-well from around 2005 onwards. / Finally, this thesis concludes with observations on the design idea of the air-well, as a fundamental intelligence. The air-well not only provides a good relation with nature, but also a passage to an essential amenity.

Title page, table of contents and abstract only. The complete thesis in print form is available from the University of Adelaide Library. / This study aims to establish a discernible typology of manufacturing firms that adopt and rely on combined features of management accounting systems and practices/techniques in Malaysia. In particular, a systems approach employing cluster analysis is used to determine the existence of a management accounting typology of firms. Using this empircially derived cluster solution, the further aims of the study are to identify which typological group is better perfroming, based on a weighted average measure of performance of member firms in each Management accounting system (MAS)/Management accounting techniques (MAPT)-type group. The final aims is to model and test a set of predictors of the better and weaker performing MAS/MAPT-type groups of firms. --p. xvi. / http://proxy.library.adelaide.edu.au/login?url= http://library.adelaide.edu.au/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=1278431 / Thesis (Ph.D.) -- University of Adelaide, School of Commerce, 2007

The purpose of this study was to investigate whether community landscape values could be used in conservation strategy planning. The significance of rural landscape as cultural heritage has to do with how people perceive or value them. However, very little is known about the variability among cultures in the perception of such landscapes. Due to increasing threat by land and technological development, an understanding of their perception by people associated with them will aid in the formulation of strategies for rural landscape conservation and their integration into broad patterns of use. Thus, this study was aimed at understanding perceived landscape values held by communities of interest in Malaysia. Specifically, it focused on understanding how two different groups of stakeholders characterised landscape values. Using Q-Methodology it examined their socio-cultural construction of rural landscape and how those constructions defined their values and meanings, from individual and group viewpoints. A non-random sample of local residents from four villages in Kedah, a northern state in Peninsular Malaysia categorised for this purpose as insiders was compared with government servants, domestic and overseas tourists as outsiders. The respondents were shown photographs of landscape settings as representations of the rural landscape. They were asked to sort the photographs from most valued to least valued landscapes and asked to clarify their selection in a detailed interview.

This thesis critically analyses visual arts exchange between Australia and Malaysia from 1983 to 2001. In the last decade Australia's arts community has shown increased interest in contemporary Asian art. However there is little evidence of specific interest in Malaysian visual arts practice, despite strong associations between the two countries over many decades. Relations between Malaysia and Australia are problematised by complex political, cultural and religious factors, particularly evident over the last decade when diplomatic tensions escalated. Despite these factors, there has been little research on this subject and no major comprehensive critical analysis of cross-cultural visual arts exchange between the two countries. Although the last major visual arts exhibition from Malaysia to Australian state galleries took place between 1969 and 1970, there has been substantial interaction between artists, curators and arts institutions in both countries. From 1983 bilateral visual arts exchange activities expanded and diversified, particularly in the 1990s. Australia has been considered pivotal in assisting the development of contemporary arts in Malaysia. In this regard personal-professional connections on many levels performed an instrumental, if invisible, role in the realisation of exchange programs. This thesis examines issues of cross-cultural engagement and argues that personal-professional considerations are vital to achieving successful outcomes over a longer term period. While official institutions, such as the Australian High Commission in Malaysia, and other agencies in both countries have also been crucial in cultural exchange programs, the involvement of other non-government agencies and individuals has been particularly significant. In this thesis three case studies examine this nexus of government and non-government participants. The projects discussed demonstrate that although outcomes from artist-to-artist or institution-to-institution exchange may not be immediately apparent, benefits may become evident over an extended period of time. While undeniably more complex, projects that involve collaboration and reciprocity tend to yield successful outcomes and consolidate ongoing partnerships. In turn, such projects can provide models for further exchange activity. While not directly serving diplomatic agendas they may nevertheless benefit official and unofficial bilateral relations. In recent years Australian government policy has shifted regional priorities away from the South East Asian region. Nevertheless, while official cultural relations programs have diminished, many visual arts activities instigated between 1998 and 2001 continue to yield beneficial outcomes. This thesis argues that while limits may exist in government policy, programs and funding, collaborative and reciprocal visual arts exchange activities that involve cross-cultural enquiry and cooperation, supported by personal-professional connections, can affirm a positive Australian presence in the region and strengthen bilateral relationships at official and unofficial levels. / thesis (MVisualArts)--University of South Australia, 2004.

Zugl.: Göttingen, Univ., Diss., 2006

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Cornell University, May, 1987. / eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 435-457).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Michigan State University. College of Social Science, 1987. / Typescript. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 295-322).