On March 1, a group of young volunteers established Teach for the Needs (TFTN), an online community whose name may have already well suggested its raison d’être. The World Education Forum held in Dakar, 2000 subscribed to a goal that by 2015 “all children particularly girls, children in difficult circumstances and those belonging to ethnic minorities, have access to complete …

Daniel Johnston, in his book International Petroleum Fiscal Systems and Production Sharing Contracts dubbed Malaysia as having “one of the toughest fiscal systems in South East Asia” after an extensive research covering 148 oil and gas-producing nations and their respective petroleum taxation systems. In simpler language, he means that we have the toughest regulations to ensure we get the most …

Oleh Anas Alam Faizli Pada awal bulan Jun baru-baru ini, PETRONAS secara tidak langsung telah menyatakan hasratnya di Persidangan Gas Se-Dunia bahawa perbadanan multinasional terbesar negara ini sudah tidak sanggup lagi untuk menjadi seperti kilang pencetak wang kerajaan Malaysia. PETRONAS mahu menghentikan pembayaran subsidi gas, malah sejak tahun lepas, PETRONAS mahu membayar dividen yang lebih rendah! Adakah PETRONAS seperti si …

In early June PETRONAS hinted publicly at the World Gas Conference that they are tired of being the Malaysian government’s cash cow. They said no to fuel subsidy and last year they said they wanted to pay less dividends! Is PETRONAS ungrateful?  The money belongs to the rakyat anyway and hence the government. While many have attempted to comment on …

Panelists: Mr Mohd Arif Mokhsein, Technical HSSE Engineer, SHELL Anas Alam Faizli, Project Coordinator, TML Below are some excerpt from the forum; Moderator: Let’s discuss on current issue in hiring ‘recent graduates’ in oil & gas industries. Basically, in your opinion, how many of these graduates will score a job, as compared to experienced people. Anas: I wouldn’t really know …

NSTP Interview with Samantha 1.      Name, current occupation, education from OUM (eg which degree/ masters/ phd) Anas Alam Faizli Project Management Professional with an international upstream Oil & Gas operator Graduated in Master of Project Management, 2010 Currently pursuing Doctor of Business Administration also with OUM Why did you choose to pursue an education at OUM? I have always had …

By William R. Roff Department of History, University of Malaya I first became interested in Haji Othman Abdullah in 1960, when I was engaged on research into Malay social history before the Second World War. The manner of our first meeting, though of no importance in itself, is a nice indication of the way in which the historian can find …

(Penulisan asal dalam tulisan jawi) Utusan Zaman, mukasurat 7, 25 Februari 1968 Oleh Wartawan Kita Pada minggu lalu seorang tokoh dalam perjuangan kebangsaan yang mungkin tidak begitu dikenali ramai ditanah air kita ini, telah kembali ke rahmatullah. Tetapi peranannya yang penting dalam menyuburkan semangat kebangsaan di dalam dan di luar negeri sejak sebelum Perang Dunia kedua dulu, tetap akan dikenang …

Malaysia’s Net FDI is highest in 1997 and is lowest in 2008. MALAYSIA’s the only country in the region with negative Net FDI since 2007. To attract FDI, factors of production need to be attractive – either cheap labours, cheap capital or expensive but highly skilled. We are neither cheap nor highly skilled as opposed to the likes of Vietnam …

Abuse on keeping talent pool thin This report will exhibit further case study and example of an organizational abuse of power. South and Matejka (1990) observe that “weak performing superiors avoid selecting individuals who will threaten their status and contrast their own substandard performance.  Suprisingly, they seem able to do this rather well.”  This can be categorized as a hierarchical …

Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. (Lord Acton, 1887, Letter to Bishop Creighton) The quote above by Lord Acton implores that power can corrupts and with authority attractively will lead to power abuse.  In this report, abuse of power in organizations will be analyzed and explored succinctly within the context of power and authority, total institutions, ethical …

A Research Proposal  Introduction  “Mr Watson – come here – I want to see you”, were the very first words which was uttered by Alexander Graham Bell on the 10th of March 1876 and were also the very first words to have travelled through a telecommunication line transmitted from one point to another end.  This historical moment marks the beginning …

A Research Proposal  Introduction  A study by the Ethics Resource Centre (2011) recently found that organizations behave differently according to prevailing economic situations or conditions.  As economic sentiments get better, misconduct is observed to have risen and whistle blowing activities concerning ethical misconduct is seen to have dropped.  Ethical misconduct is also proven to be more prevalent in organizations with …

Oleh Nordin Hussin, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia dan Nelmawarni Bungo, Institut Agama Islam Negeri Imam Bonjol Padang Sumatera, Indonesia, 2011 Kuala Lumpur adalah salah satu kawasan bandar yang banyak ditempati oleh perantau Minangkabau. Kebanyakan mereka yang menetap di kawasan ini adalah memulakan penghidupan baru sebagai seorang peniaga atau pengusaha lombong bijih timah. Maka sejarah awal Kuala Lumpur penuh diwarnai oleh perantau …