Abdul Razak Ibrahim

• Professor at Al Madinah International University

The construction industry’s work process can lead to the generation of waste which does not add value to the operational performance. The purpose of this research is to study the operational performance of the Malaysian construction industry. Based on the analysis of 296 responses from Grade 7 construction organizations, the data revealed that thes...

The Malaysian Ministry of Health has aired its concern towards the state of Malaysian students’ mental health in the late 2016. Statistics revealed a worsening state of mental health problems among Malaysian students, which shows that there is an increase cases of mental health from 2011 to 2016. Experts cite anxiety and depression as the main caus...

This paper is to unveil lesson learned from Malaysian Industries issues and challenges for development of a Halal Integrated Logistics Management System (HILMS). Halal Supply Chain Management is the practical shape by delivering value and societal value chain in complete supply chain, in meeting consumer expectation and simultaneously the interest...

Supply chain management (SCM) is the integration and strategic alliance involving all the value-creating elements in the supply, manufacturing, and distribution processes from raw material extraction, the transformation process, and end user consumption. This paper explores the SCM activities carried out by electronic manufacturing organizations in...

This study examines the use of the Internet for business purposes in Yemen, where main sectors of banking and private trade organizations are observed. Through interviews, a thorough study is performed concerning the Internet facilities available in Yemen, the literacy and use of Information Communication Technology (ICT) in organizations, the leve...

The authors are grateful to James Kunaratnam for his comments and editorial work. They also thank IAMOT conference participants, the anonymous referees and the Editor of this journal for their valuable comments. This article is part of the special issue: “Supply chain networks in emerging markets” guest edited by Harri Lorentz, Yongjiang Shi, Olli‐...

Intellectual capital of the organization would determine the success of the organization itself if it is well capitalized. Knowledge sharing is a platform for the organization to further enhance productivity. Furthermore, knowledge sharing is always linked to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) due to their advantage of being small. Convenience sam...

This study purposively is to conduct an empirical analysis of the structural relations among critical factors of quality management practices (QMPs), world-class company practice (WCC), operational excellence practice (OE), and company performance (company non-financial performance or CNFP and company financial performance or CFP) in the oil and ga...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to attempt to identify the relationship between supply chain process integration and firm performance. Design/methodology/approach – The dimension classification and measurement instrument of the framework adapted from the previous research focus on firm performance impacts of digitally enabled supply chain in...

Knowledge sharing is always linked to SMEs due to its advantage of being small. However, very few research on knowledge sharing being done especially in SMEs. Convenience sampling was used for manufacturing and services industries of SMEs. Data was tested using Structural Equation Modeling to see the impact of knowledge sharing on organizational pe...

The changing environment in an organization is forcing the organization to find a plan of integrated management framework and adequate performance measurement. Failure to plan basically means planning failure for the business. Finding the critical factors of quality management practices (QMP), the mediating roles of the contextual factors of world-...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyze the production processes utilized by the global construction industry. Design/methodology/approach – This paper discusses the history of the construction industry with a specific focus on the evolution of lean production systems (LPSs) that has a significant impact in reduction of waste in the ligh...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to understand the production processes utilized by the Malaysian construction industry (MCI). Design/methodology/approach – The paper follows an earlier work published in this journal in which the authors analyze the global construction industry focusing on the evolution of lean production systems. Findings...

This study examines the use of the Internet for business purposes in Yemen, where main sectors of banking and private trade organizations are observed. Through interviews, a thorough study is performed concerning the Internet facilities available in Yemen, the literacy and use of Information Communication Technology (ICT) in organizations, the leve...

Supply chain management SCM is the integration and strategic alliance involving all the value-creating elements in the supply, manufacturing, and distribution processes from raw material extraction, the transformation process, and end user consumption. This paper explores the SCM activities carried out by electronic manufacturing organizations in M...

In delivering a professional service to its clients, knowledge is an auditing firm's core capital. In conducting its practice and business, an auditing firm not only captures knowledge within its organization from among its own people but also from its clients to whom it has a responsibility and duty to protect. The nature of auditing firms somehow...

This study seeks to examine the relationship of entrepreneurial orientation, age, experience and education of an entrepreneurs and entrepreneurial business venture decision (EBV). Higher institutions, government agencies and private corporations have setting up programmes, trainings, seminars, events and funds in producing dynamic entrepreneurs. St...

The role and importance of organizational innovativeness or innovative capability, in attaining competitive advantage has been widely discussed. Most research examines innovation activities and their associations with organizational characteristics or investigates certain perspectives of innovative capability, such as product innovation. Much less...

Tacit knowledge sharing is still at infancy especially in SME. Tacit knowledge exists in every corner of SME, in its structure and relationship especially in its people. Even though knowledge management will benefit SME as they are rich of tacit knowledge but lacking in expertise, financial capital and infrastructure, KM is almost impossible for SM...