Sama ada kita sukakanya atau tidak, ‘presentation’, persembahan atau pengucapan awam perlu dilalui oleh mana-mana individu sama ada dalam proses pembelajaran di kolej atau universiti mahupun di organisasi atau di tempat kerja. Memang tidak boleh lari dari ‘presentation’ kerana ia merupakan salah satu elemen dalam  operasi  harian sesebuah organisasi, kecuali individu tersebut memang tekad tidak [...]

CUEPAC 23 Februari lalu mengeluarkan kenyataan media yang disiarkan dalam akhbar Kosmo!, meluahkan kebimbangan wanita menguasai perkhidmatan awam sambil menyatakan contoh pengambilan pegawai kerajaan untuk skim Perkhidmatan Tadbir Dan Diplomatik (PTD) awal tahun ini di mana daripada 328 calon, hanya 30 sahaja lelaki. Walaupun secara peribadi saya masih meragui kesahihan angka yang disiarkan dalam akhbar [...]

Senario pengambilan pekerja baru di kalangan calon berkelulusan ijazah dalam negara ini di lihat semakin maju sama ada di sektor Kerajaan mahupun sektor swasta. Ianya dilihat semakin spesifik dan mencabar. Situasi semasa proses pengambilan pegawai baru/eksekutif/pelatih pengurusan dan sebagainya bukan sekadar menilai ‘resume’ dan temuduga semata-mata malahan turut melibatkan sesi ujian kemahiran, personaliti dan kebolehan [...]

Another interesting topic discussed in my Leadership Development class guided by Associate Prof Dr. Azahari Ismail of UPM which I think worth sharing here. These five types of friend are actually derived from the main topic discussed yesterday regarding ‘Self development As a strategy of Human Resources Development”, and among several elements to instill self [...]

Some people simply said “I Can’t Accept Criticism….”, and our quick response to them is of course your are, and as a matter of fact, if you still don’t know, no-one enjoys being criticized. And it might interest you that probably not many people enjoy doing the criticizing either, ..except maybe those who need to [...]

Petikan daripada berita automotif yang disiarkan oleh Harian Kosmo! online hari ini mengatakan pengeluar kereta terbesar dunia, Toyota menggantung jualan kereta Camry dan tujuh model lain di Amerika Syarikat (AS) bagi membaiki masalah pedal minyak.Masalah itu membahayakan pemilik kenderaan kerana kereta yang dipandu mereka boleh memecut secara mendadak.Penggantungan jualan itu yang diumumkan kelmarin melibatkan lapan [...]

Setiap hari individu normal akan mengalami proses pembelajaran sama ada dalam bentuk formal, non-formal mahupun in-formal, begitu juga dengan penulis yang sentiasa mengharapkan dapat belajar sesuatu yang baru setiap hari dan minggu ini penulis dapat belajar satu istilah baru bagi diri sendiri, sebenarnya istilah tersebut sudah lamadiperkenal dan dibicarakan namun hanya penulis yang tidak terdedah [...]

It was a great pleasure for yesterday’s afternoon Adult Education class when Prof Sharan B. Merriam, Ed.D, an important figure in Adult Education visited our class and shared her opinion on the development of adult education in current situation. For the record, Sharan Merriam is a Professor of Adult Education at the University of Georgia. [...]

Yup, we have finished 7 days of 2010 and there are another 257 days to go. So what had happen to our last week new year resolution? any progress? or it just still in a planning mode to plan for another strategic planning session to plan for the real plan to take-off?…waaa! when there so [...]

Some of the organizations survive without offering any training to their employees. They may believe that training is a waste of money, which suggests they have had negative experiences with training in the past. Alternatively, they may be willing to buy in employees with the skills and knowledge needed to run their businesses. Employers should [...]