the meaning of Master & PhD

Earning a Masters is a process of developing and applying expert skills to achieve a complex and significant engineering goal; while, earning a PhD involves demonstrating the ability to uniquely advance the field in technology or knowledge

Read here for further explanation & I actually found these wise word from my lecture's blog

“Organizational Design” contribute strategic success of an enterprise

An organizational structure is the pattern or arrangement of jobs and groups of jobs within an organization. This pattern pertains to both reporting and operational relationships, provided they have some degree of stability.

In my opinion, organizational design is critical to business success, nevertheless it is worthwhile to review these reasons. The structure of a firm either enhances or hinders efficiency and productivity. In other words, how information flows and to whom, whether and how many parts of the work process is redundant, how clear and precise is the reporting structure, if and how new ideas and products are promoted, these and many more issues are obvious consequences of structure and profoundly affect the success of the business.

Generally, organizational theorists believe that no one structure, set of systems, or method of staffing is appropriate for every organization. Organizations operate in different environments with different products, strategies, constraints, and opportunities."

But despite the wide variety of organizational structures that can be found in the business world, the successful ones tend to share certain characteristics. Indeed, business experts cite a number of characteristics that separate effective organizational structures from ineffective designs. Recognition of these factors is especially important for entrepreneurs and established small business owners, since these individuals play such a pivotal role in determining the final organizational structure of their enterprises.

As small business owners weigh their various options in this realm, they should make sure that the following factors are taken into consideration:

• Relative strengths and weaknesses of various organizational forms.
• Legal advantages and disadvantages of organizational structure options.
• Advantages and drawbacks of departmentalization options.
• Likely growth patterns of the company.
• Reporting relationships that are currently in place.
• Reporting and authority relationships that you hope will be implemented in the future.
• Optimum ratios of supervisors or managers to subordinates.
• Suitable level of empowerment to be granted to employees at various levels of the organization.
• Structures that will produce greatest worker satisfaction.
• Structures that will produce optimum operational efficiency.

Once all these factors have been objectively examined and blended into an effective organizational structure, the small business owner will then be in a position to pursue his or her business goals with a far greater likelihood of success.

source from: liebowitz & assoc and other article in google ^_^

Jangan berhenti mengejar.... IMPIAN

I came across this video after i watch oprah's show..

Syarahan terakhir dari Carnegie Mellon Professor Randy Pausch (Oct. 23, 1960 - July 25, 2008) pada Sept. 18, 2007, selepas beliau di diagnose menghidap cancer. Dalam syarahan beliau, "Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams," Randy bercakap tentang pengalaman beliau sendiri dan berkongsi nasihat berkenaan mengejar impian peribadi dalam kehidupan.  Memetik beberapa potong kata-kata semangat dari beliau;

Experience is what you get, when you didn't get what you wanted!                                     

The brick walls are not there to keep us out,  the brick walls are there to give us a chance, to show how badly we want something.  Because the brick walls are there to stop the people who don't want it badly enough. They're there to stop the other people. Brick walls let us show our dedication, they are there to separate us from the people who don't really want to achieve their childhood dreams.

it was a superb inspiring video and A MUST WATCH VIDEO

For more on Randy, visit: randyslecture

Setelah menonton video ini, diharap anda semua akan lebih bersemangat dalam menempuh hari-hari mendatang.. Teruskan melangkah ke hadapan dalam mengejar impian kerana satu hari nanti, IMPIAN PASTI KAN JADI KENYATAAN. nak tambah semangat lagi, ayuh kita menyanyi bersama-sama...  ^_^

Bermimpi itu PERCUMA.. Tapi kalau takut untuk bermimpi, Jangan mimpi nak naik ferari!                                                    Liyana

All about sharing knowledge    d[^_^]b

ada ape dengan MBA

Pada masa sekarang mungkin ramai mengambil tindakan yang sama dengan saya, 1st degree in Engineering (or other professional course) tapi sambung belajar dalam Master in Business Admin, tapi Kenapa???

Pada pandangan saya, pada mulanya saya mengambil keputusan untuk belajar MBA adalah kerana saya perlukan ilmu pengurusan yang lebih baik. sampai bila mahu bekerja sebagai buruh kasar sahaja kan, lagi pula sebagai engineer, pasti tak bertahan lama. Jadi, saya perlu ada backup plan untuk meletakkan diri saya lebih serba boleh dan multytasking lah konon-konon.. Malah bila ada kelayakan tambahan, saya berasa lebih yakin iyer dapat membantu saya dari segi kenaikan pangkat..wahh..naik pangkat, naik Gaji!! I like~~ tapi kenaikan tanggungjawab jangan dilupa ye  T_T

Namun sekarang, bila sudah mengikuti pembelajaran pengurusan ni, saya dapati, faktor utama saya berada di sini adalah untuk memupuk keperibadian dan cara berfikir sebagai ketua dan usahawan. hurm....*Statement yang mungkin menimbulkan rasa was-was banyak pihak.

Bagi saya yang tidak mempunyai latar depan dan belakang business ni, harus lah mengambil serius akan pembelajaran keusahawanan ini bagi memandu ke arah & jalan asas untuk mengusahan perniagaan.

Tapi mungkin ada benarnya mengapa orang tidak percaya bahawa kita akan pandai berniaga dengan hanya belajar di dalam bilik darjah sahaja sebab hakikat diluar adalah berbeza..Sekurang-kurangnya, dengan pembelajaran & penglibatan diri dalam perbincangan didalam kelas, pertukaran idea dan pendapat bersama pensyarah serta rakan-rakan banyak membantu peningkatan motivasi diri. Kemudian, iyer menjadi pembakar semangat ingin mencuba dalam bentuk praktikal. Maka terhasillah Liyana's   ^_^

Dan paling penting sekali, kenapa saya belajar Business admin adalah kerana cita-cita saya untuk jadi Tauke..Bos on my own.. hehe..

Jadi kelas ini adalah batu loncatan untuk saya mempelajari selok belok pengurusan perniagaan secara keseluruhan, termasuklah tentang pengurusan hak-hak pekerja, operasi syarikat, pemasaran dan PENGURUSAN KEWANGAN.. Ye, sebelum ini saya memang sangat tidak pandai membajet wang ye rakan-rakan! walhal, iyer adalah nadi kesinambungan sesuatu perniagaan.. Sekarang, dengan sukacita nya, saya ingin mengaku bahawa saya tak pernah ponteng kelas Finance yang ngantuk itu hanya kerana rasa tanggungjawab keatas syarikat yang saya ada sekarang  T_T

Education is an important form of leverage. the difference in earnings between someone who drops out of high school and a person who graduates from college can be measured in the millions of dollars, when measures over a lifetime....especially financial education.                                                                                                                                 Robert T. Kiyosaki

buat kamu, terima kasih kerana sudi membaca...  All about sharing knowledge    d[^_^]b


p/s: Moga-moga percaturan saya ini tepat dan dapat memandu perjalanan perniagaan yang lebih lancar & penuh keberkatan. amin...

welcome note

Hi readers... welcome in.. make yourself like home  ^_^

Hurm.. from the blog title, i think u guys would know the basic approach of my new blog rather than my last blog, terompahsurau as here is All about sharing knowledge  

At first this blog was produced in order to fulfill one of my subject requirement but after having a long thought, I feel that it was a good start for me actually to share with you on what i learn in & outside the class each day. Furthermore, being here in this high fee course MBA, I think I SHOULD NOT keep all the knowledge for myself or waste it when i just simply forget them *sigh....

So, as a new comer in this business world, this blog will be loaded with simple theory and simple explanation for u to understand about the business concept in our daily life.

I really hope that you would share your knowledge and opinion in each post in the future.. Thanks in advance everyone..