Category: OUM

Rising of Unemployment of Fresh Graduates in Malaysia

The rising unemployment rate among fresh university graduates today is an upsetting trend. Now the pool of unemployed graduates is rising to worrying levels even in some high-growth economies. This is due to several factors or causes that result in the increase of the unemployment rate today. This article brings and discusses the main causes and issues/effects on the unemployment… Read more →

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Impact of ICT

There are many of other examples of ICT that affect our personal life, education and our social lives; these can be in many forms. Our Wi-Fi powered gadget have changed the manner in which we work, play, and even bring up our kids. The present workplaces environment would be unrecognisable to workers of the past thanks the advancements ICT that’s… Read more →

Ethics

INTRODUCTION In general ethics is a code of honour that people live by. According to Stanford Encyclopedia, 2019, philosophers have tried to define ethics in various ways. Socrates characterises ethics as choosing “How one should lead his life?”. Aristotle refers to ethical system as being naturally “self-realisationism”. To sum up ethics can be defined as guidelines for recognising between what… Read more →

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Communication

Communication is basically the act of exchanging information starting with one spot then onto the next. It is also a procedure of collaboration and sharing of idea, trading thoughts and option or sharing of information either through composition, symbols, sounds or speech, transmitted face-to-face or by means of the mass media communications.  Communication can be so challenging due to many… Read more →

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Difficulties Communicating in English in Malaysian Workplace

OVERVIEW       The use of English as the global language or lingua franca in both multinational and local companies in Malaysia has increased dramatically. The English language is without a doubt being used broadly in Malaysia, be it in business or social settings, formal or casual occasions, in business exchanges, online correspondence, advertisements or in the media industry. The English… Read more →

Information and Communication Technology (ICT)

INTRODUCTION If an organisation has a competitive advantage over its competitors, it will maintain their returns and will definitely surpass the average in its industry. This advantage is in result from the characteristics of a product that make it superior to competitive products (Multidisciplinary European Research Institute Graz, 2009). This competitive advantage can be applied in an Information Technology applications… Read more →

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Multimedia

INTRODUCTION Generally multimedia is the combination of audio and visual representations that could include elements of texts, graphic arts, sound, animation, and video (OUM, 2014). However, now in the 21st century, multimedia is not only restricted in that form but digitally and is processed by a computer. Many multimedia applications are already being developed on World Wide Web for easy… Read more →

Peranan Perlembagaan dalam Mewujudkan Hubungan Etnik yang Baik dalam Kehidupan Pelajar di Universiti

Kita rujuk pada Konsep 1Malaysia dalam konteks yang sama, iaitu bertujuan membudayakan rakyat supaya bersikap menerima keunikan kepelbagaian kaum agar dapat hidup bersama dan saling hormat-menghormati. 1Malaysia adalah pendekatan serampang dua mata iaitu untuk memberi keadilan sosial kepada semua lapisan kaum dan juga ke arah pemantapan negara dan bangsa. Apa yang kita dapat lihat dari segi kepentingan perpaduan secara khususnya… Read more →

Peranan perlembagaan dalam mewujudkan hubungan etnik yang baik dalam kehidupan pelajar di universiti

Perlembagaan adalah undang-undang tertulis untuk menjadi asas pembinaan sesebuah kerajaan. Nilai-nilai kebangsaan sangat penting didalam perlembagaan sesebuah negara. Ia juga merupakan sumber undang-undang dan garis paduan untuk pembentukannya. Perkara-perkara yang menguntungkan orang Melayu dalam Perlembagaan Malaysia juga diimbangkan dengan penruntukan lain yang juga memorei kelebihan kepada kaum bukan bumiputera. Terdapat dua jenis Perlembagaan. Pertama; perlembagaan bertulis ialah bentuk perlembagaan yang… Read more →