Pengenalan kepada Kumpulan Inovatif dan Kreatif (KIK)-dari Buku Panduan KIK (yang terbaru)

Sila baca apakah sebenarnya KIK dan perbedzaan KIK (yang terkini) dengan KMK (yang dulu):

PENGENALAN

Kerajaan sentiasa memberi perhatian terhadap usaha-usaha memperkenalkan inovasi dan membuat penambahbaikan terhadap perkhidmatan yang diberikan kepada pelanggan. Sesuai dengan keperluan semasa dan perubahan didalam dan luar negara, Kerajaan telah mengkaji semula peranan dan

kaedah yang digunakan oleh Kumpulan Meningkat Mutu Kerja (KMK) dalam penyelesaian masalah organisasi. Ia bertujuan untuk menggalakkan budaya inovatif dan kreatif serta memberi peluang kepada anggota Perkhidmatan Awam untuk menggilap kebolehan dan meningkatkan kompetensi diri.

Ikutan daripada itu, KMK telah ditukar nama kepada Kumpulan Inovatif dan Kreatif (KIK).

Berbeza dengan KMK, keahlian KIK tidak hanya terhad di kalangan anggota kumpulan sokongan dalam satu bahagian sahaja tetapi ia meliputi semua peringkat anggota dan boleh merentasi pelbagai bahagian dalam organisasi berkenaan. Program KIK bukan sahaja menyediakan teknik-teknik untuk

menyelesaikan masalah yang wujud dalam organisasi, tetapi juga merangkumi kaedah untuk membolehkan ahli-ahli KIK bertindak secara kreatif dan inovatif bagi menghasilkan sesuatu yang baru atau dalam bentuk yang baru melalui kemahiran imaginasi yang membawa kepada peningkatan sistem penyampaian perkhidmatan kepada pelanggan.

KIK merupakan mekanisme pengurusan yang berkesan untuk membina modal insan dalam Perkhidmatan Awam yang berketerampilan tinggi bagi merealisasikan aspirasi Kerajaan untuk meningkatkan kecekapan dan keberkesanan agensi-agensi Kerajaan dalam menyampaikan perkhidmatankepada rakyat. Di samping itu, KIK juga mempunyai prinsip asas yang mengiktiraf pekerja sebagai sumber paling bernilai dalam organisasi dan

menyediakan forum kepada mereka untuk melibatkan diri dalam proses membuat keputusan dan seterusnya melaksanakan tindakan yang diputuskan secara berpasukan.

KONSEP KIK

Ringkasan Topik

Konsep KIK

Menerangkan:

• Definisi Inovasi

Inovasi ialah kaedah mencari jalan untuk menghasilkan produk atau perkhidmatan yang lebih baik sama ada melalui pengubahsuaian atau penambahbaikan. Ia adalah hasil cetusan idea-idea yang kreatif dan inovatif dalam mana-mana

aspek kerja yang dapat meningkatkan kualiti dan produktiviti organisasi.

Idea-idea ini boleh merangkumi apa-apa perubahan dalam bentuk sistem dan prosedur, kaedah dan cara bekerja mahupun pengenalan teknologi.

Contoh Inovasi:

♦ Sistem Penempatan Pelajar Praktikum Secara Atas Talian (OPSP) oleh

Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM), iaitu:

“Mengembangkan pangkalan data yang berstatus Intra-Net kepada Extra-Net bagi mempercepatkan proses penempatan pelajar secara atas talian dan meminimumkan penggunaan kertas (paperless) yang menjimatkanmasa dan kos”.

Definisi Kreativiti

Kreativiti ialah kebolehan atau keupayaan untuk mencipta, mewujud dan menghasilkan sesuatu yang baru atau dalam bentuk baru melalui kemahiranimaginasi. Ia melibatkan:

♦ Keupayaan berfikir yang dapat melahirkan idea baru yang unik dan menarik

♦ Keupayaan berfikir secara kritikal dan membuat penilaian secara analitikal terhadap idea dan seterusnya mengemukakan cadangan penyelesaian

♦ Keupayaan berfikir secara praktikal yang dapat menterjemahkan idea dan teori kepada bentuk aplikasi

Contoh Kreativiti:

♦ Perkakas untuk Memasang dan Membuka Bunting atau Bendera Pada Tiang Lampu dan seumpamanya oleh Majlis Bandaraya Petaling Jaya (MBPJ), iaitu:

“Mencipta alat baru bagi memudah dan mempercepatkan proses

memasang dan membuka bunting atau bendera pada tiang-tiang lampu tanpa menggunakan kaedah konvensional seperti tangga atau skylift”.

Prasyarat Kreativiti

Antara prasyarat yang perlu ada bagi membolehkan kreativiti wujud di kalangan pekerja sesebuah organisasi ialah:

♦ Mempunyai daya imiginasi yang tinggi untuk melihat sesuatu secara berlainan

♦ Berfikiran terbuka atau berfikir di luar kotak (think out of the box), analitikal, kritikal dan praktikal

♦ Melihat sesuatu perkara itu sebagai peluang yang boleh mencetuskan idea baru

♦ Mempunyai komitmen yang tinggi, iaitu bersabar terhadap kompleksiti dan isu-isu yang timbul serta tenang dan tabah menghadapi cabaran dengan berusaha menangani masalah dan halangan yang dihadapi

♦ Berupaya mengenal pasti masalah dengan mengemukakan soalan yang menjurus kepada penemuan isu dan jawapan serta jalan penyelesaian

♦ Menggunakan minda yang kreatif untuk menemui perspektif baru

♦ Bersedia menghadapi risiko dan berupaya menerima kegagalan serta belajar daripada kegagalan tersebut

♦ Bersedia dikritik dan mengenepikan ego serta mendapatkan nasihat daripada rakan dan mencuba ideanya

♦ Mempunyai motivasi dalaman, iaitu rasa gembira, berpuas hati dan menjadikan kerja sebagai cabaran untuk mencapai kejayaan

Prinsip dan Kaedah KIK

Antara prinsip dan kaedah pelaksanaan KIK ialah:

♦ KIK adalah sepasukan pekerja (4-10 orang) yang mewakili tempat kerja yang sama atau bersilang fungsi

♦ KIK bermesyuarat secara tetap untuk menyelesaikan masalah kerja atau membuat penambahbaikan ke atas standard yang sedia ada atau menghasilkan cara kerja atau sistem perkhidmatan yang baru

♦ Pasukan ini mengenal pasti, memilih, menganalisa dan seterusnya mencetuskan idea yang kreatif dan inovatif mengenai sesuatu isu atau perkara berkaitan dengan kerja atau organisasi

♦ Pasukan ini mengemukakan cadangan-cadangan kepada pihak pengurusan untuk pertimbangan dan keputusan

♦ KIK melaksanakan keputusan yang telah dipersetujui

♦ KIK membuat pemantauan dan penilaian pelaksanaan projek

♦ KIK mengambil tindakan membuat penyeragaman dan meluaskan pelaksanaan projek

Perbezaan KIK Dengan KMK

Antara perbezaan KIK dengan KMK ialah:

KIK

♦ Keahlian terbuka atau merentasi semua bahagian

♦ Terdiri daripada pekerja di pelbagai peringkat jawatan

♦ Penekanan kepada aspek inovasi dan kreativiti, selain

daripada penyelesaian masalah

♦ Teknik penyelesaian masalah dipelbagaikan

♦ Memasukkan teknik penjanaan idea kreatif dan strategi

penambahbaikan proses

KMK

♦ Keahlian terhad kepada anggota dalam bahagian yang sama

♦ Terdiri daripada anggota dalam kumpulan sokongan

♦ Penekanan kepada aspek penyelesaian masalah

♦ Teknik penyelesaian masalah terhad kepada beberapa alat

kawalan kualiti tertentu sahaja

♦ Tiada teknik penjanaan idea kreatif dan strategi penambahbaikan proses

Falsafah KIK

Falsafah KIK adalah seperti berikut:

♦ Konsep pengurusan secara kemanusiaan, iaitu pengurusan yang menekankan aspek modal insan yang merupakan aset terpenting di dalam sesebuah organisasi

♦ Konsep pengurusan secara penyertaan, iaitu setiap pekerja tidak kira kedudukannya dalam organisasi diberi peluang untuk memberi sumbangan yang bermakna kepada organisasi

♦ Merupakan satu mekanisme yang melibatkan pekerja dalam proses penyelesaian masalah atau penambahbaikan proses kerja dan standard yang sedia ada atau memperkenalkan sesuatu yang baru

♦ Menerapkan konsep knowledge-based dan creativity-driven bagi membolehkan organisasi menghasilkan inovasi yang memberi nilai tambah kepada produk atau perkhidmatan

♦ Memberi tumpuan kepada idea, pembelajaran, perkongsian ilmu dan penciptaan nilai menerusi strategi pengenalpastian dan penyelesaian masalah, teknik-teknik penganalisisan serta penghasilan idea-idea baru yang kreatif dan inovatif

♦ Produk akhir KIK menjurus kepada penghasilan output berkualiti yang dapat dinikmati dengan ketara dan secara meluas. Dengan itu, impak dan sumbangan KIK terhadap pertumbuhan dan pengukuhan ekonomi negara akan lebih berkesan

Objektif KIK

Objektif KIK adalah untuk menambahbaik dan meningkatkan kualiti dan produktiviti kerja khususnya dalam sistem penyampaian perkhidmatan kepada pelanggan melalui:

• Keupayaan mencipta cara bekerja baru atau menghasilkan inovasi

• Kebolehan menyelesaikan masalah atau membuat penambahbaikan kerja

• Semangat bekerja secara berpasukan

• Penyemaian dan penerapan nilai serta etika kerja positif

• Penglibatan dan peningkatan komitmen terhadap kerja

• Dorongan kerja yang tinggi

• Kesedaran mengenai tanggungjawab terhadap diri sendiri, kumpulan,organisasi dan negara

• Penggalakan penghasilan idea-idea yang inovatif dan kreatif

• Pewujudan hubungan yang harmorni di antara pihak pengurusan dan pekerja

Faedah Kepada Organisasi

Antara faedah KIK kepada organisasi adalah:

• Memperkenalkan sistem dan cara kerja baru

• Menjana kecemerlangan organisasi melalui pendekatan kreativiti, inovasi dan penciptaan nilai (value creation)

• Memperbaiki sistem, proses dan cara kerja

• Mengeratkan perhubungan di antara pekerja dengan pihak

pengurusan

• Memupuk kerjasama di kalangan warga organisasi

• Meningkatkan daya saing organisasi

• Membolehkan organisasi menghasilkan satu sistem penyampaian perkhidmatan yang berkualiti dan menepati kehendak pelanggan

Dan seterusnya…..

(sila lihat Panduan KIK dari www.mampu.gov.my dengan lebih jelas)

Sila Hubungi Ramli Abu Hassan –Pakar Rujuk KIK@KMK di hp:019-2537165 atau emel: ramlipromoter@yahoo.com

Dakwah is so important in Islam but nowadays Muslims in Malaysia take things for granted not like in EU or USA-Many Thousands are embracing Islam in EU and USA!

here’s  an article for U who wants to know more about becoming a Muslim:

I Want to Become A Muslim… But What About My Wild Past?

Question:
i’m a young girl, wanting to convert to islam, for me this religion is really the truth. The problem is, that before i discovered islam, i used to live a pretty wild life, I did a lot of wrong things (if not all wrong things). I would like to know if it’s possible for a girl like me to convert, and what should I do regarding my past when converting

Answer:

Praise be to Allaah.

In the name of Allaah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

“The revelation of the Book (this Qur’aan) is from Allaah, the All Mighty, the All Knower.

The Forgiver of sin, the Acceptor of repentance, the Severe in punishment, the Bestower (of favours). Laa ilaaha illa Huwa (none has the right to be worshipped but He), to Him is the final return” [Ghaafir 40:2-3 – interpretation of the meaning]

Ibn ‘Abbaas – who was one of the companions of the Prophet of Islam (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) – narrated that some of the people of shirk (polytheism) killed and did a lot of killing, and they committed adultery and they did that a great deal, then they came to Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) and said, “What you say and what you are calling for is good. If only you could tell us that there is any expiation for what we have done.” Then Allaah revealed the words (interpretation of the meaning):

‘Say: “O ‘Ibaadi (My slaves) who have transgressed against themselves (by committing evil deeds and sins)! Despair not of the Mercy of Allaah, verily, Allaah forgives all sins. Truly, He is Oft‑Forgiving, Most Merciful.

And turn in repentance and in obedience with true Faith (Islamic Monotheism) to your Lord and submit to Him (in Islam) before the torment comes upon you, (and) then you will not be helped.

And follow the best of that which is sent down to you from your Lord (i.e. this Qur’aan, do what it orders you to do and keep away from what it forbids), before the torment comes on you suddenly while you perceive not!”

Lest a person should say: “Alas, my grief that I was undutiful to Allaah (i.e. I have not done what Allaah has ordered me to do), and I was indeed among those who mocked [at the truth! i.e. Laa ilaaha illAllaah (none has the right to be worshipped but Allaah), the Qur’aan, and Muhammad and at the faithful believers]

Or (lest) he should say: “If only Allaah had guided me, I should indeed have been among the Muttaqoon (the pious).”

Or (lest) he should say when he sees the torment: “If only I had another chance (to return to the world), then I should indeed be among the Muhsinoon (good‑doers).”

Yes! Verily, there came to you My Ayaat (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.) and you denied them, and were proud and were among the disbelievers.’[al-Zumar 39:53-59]”

‘Amr ibn al-‘Aas was a mushrik (polytheist, idol-worshipper), a sinner and an enemy of Allaah. He said: “When Allaah put the love of Islam into my heart, I came to the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) to pledge my allegiance to him. He stretched out his hand towards me, but I said, ‘I will not pledge allegiance to you, O Messenger of Allaah, until you forgive me my previous sins.’ The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said to me, ‘O ‘Amr, do you not know that Islam wipes out whatever sins came before it.’” (Narrated by Imaam Ahmad, 17159).

So flee to Allaah and know that there is nothing that you are worried about, but the solution to it is to be found in the texts quoted above. Indeed, these texts are addressed to you; they refer to your situation and contain the answer to your problem.

Your Lord is Most Merciful; He accepts repentance and forgives all sins. His Mercy encompasses all things. He calls you and all His slaves to repent and to become Muslim. He has promised you, through the words of His Messenger (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), that all of your previous sins, major and minor, of whatever type, will be wiped out completely when you become Muslim, and you will start with a clean sheet, a new record of deeds that is free of bad deeds. So what are you waiting for? Why delay it any further? Hasten to enter Islam and worship your Lord, and we give you the glad tidings of a happy future and a good life in the shade of Islam. We were very happy – by Allaah – to receive your question, and we are waiting to hear good news.

For more information on how to enter Islam, please look at Questions #703&11936 And Embracing Islam . May Allaah protect you from all evil, for He is the Best of Protectors and the Best of Supporters, and He is the Guide to the Straight Path.

Islam Q&A
Sheikh Muhammed Salih Al-Munajjid (www.islam-qa.com)

Question:

I am in the processing of becoming a truly practicing Musalman and wonder what is said regarding your life previous to the full integration of Islam. I wonder whether any experiences that I have had would limit me from becoming a follower of the straight path to Allah?
Please forgive my explicitness…but since men and women are not allowed to engage in full-blown relationships, how do I resolve the conflict that prior to it’s integration in my life, I have had different experiences and now have read repeatedly that it is forbidden…how can I possibly reconcile the two dichotomous notions? I recognize that you do receive many questions, please accept my sincere thanks for having this site, regardless of whether I receive an answer or not.
May peace be with you…:)

Answer:

Praise be to Allaah.

We cannot conceal our joy and pleasure at the intention expressed in your question of embracing the true religion, Islam. The confusion and hesitation that you describe are quite understandable, because when a person has been indulging in forbidden relationships and then wishes to move to a religion of purity and chastity, it is natural to feel that his own “nafs” (desires) will defeat him and that he will not be able to do what Islam requires of him in the way of purity and chastity. But we will tell you some things here which we hope will help you to overcome any difficulty that you may be fearing and give a true picture of the situation.

When a person follows the true religion, it is expected to have a far-reaching effect on his personality and behaviour, so that it re-forms him and gives him a fresh start and a new direction in life, completely different from the way he was during his “jaahiliyyah” (days of ignorance before his Islam). This radical change will produce morals and values that were not there before, which will purify his heart and fill him with a sense of chastity, so that the new Muslim looks with revulsion and disgust both at his own former deeds and at the ignorant world of promiscuity, infidelity, nakedness and utter corruption that exists in the society around him. He will come back to the sound nature (fitrah – the natural state of man) and purity of heart of which Shaytaan had robbed him during the days when he was a kaafir and sinner. This new direction in life is undertaken freely, by choice, and is accompanied by contentment and acceptance stemming from his total submission to the commands and prohibitions of Allaah, Who revealed this religion of Islam with all its laws. We have two sources of proof to support what we say here, one from the sharee’ah and one from history.

The shar’i evidence is to be found in numerous places in the Qur’aan, for example (interpretation of the meanings):

“Is he who was dead (without Faith by ignorance and by disbelief) and We gave him life (by knowledge and by faith) and set for him a light (of Belief) whereby he can walk amongst men, like him who is in the darkness (of disbelief, polytheism and hypocrisy) from which he can never come out?…” [al-An’aam 6:122]

“And those who invoke not any other god along with Allaah, nor kill such life as Allah has forbidden, except for just cause, nor commit illegal sexual intercourse – and whoever does this shall receive the punishment.

The torment will be doubled to him on the Day of Resurrection, and he will abide therein in disgrace,

Except those who repent and believe, and do righteous deeds, for those, Allaah will change their sins into good deeds, and Allaah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.” [al-Furqaan 25:68-70]

Concerning the phrase “Allaah will change their sins into good deeds” the mufassireen (commentators) said: their evil deeds will be replaced by good deeds. ‘Ali ibn Abi Talhah reported that Ibn ‘Abbaas said: “These are the believers, who before they believed did evil deeds, but Allaah wanted them to do something else, so He changed their bad deeds into good deeds…”

‘Ataa’ ibn Abi Rabaah said: “This is in this world: a man may be doing evil but then Allaah replaces it with good.” Sa’eed ibn Jubayr said: “Allaah changed them from worshippers of idols into worshippers of the Most Merciful, and changed them from those who fight the Muslims into those who fight the mushrikeen (polytheists), and from those who marry mushrik women into those who marry believing women.” Al-Hasan al-Basri said: “Allaah changed them from evil deeds to good deeds, from shirk (polytheism) to ikhlaas (purity of faith), from promiscuity to chastity, from kufr to Islam.” This is the view of Abu ‘Aaliyah, Qutaadah and a group of others. (Ibn Katheer, Tafseer al-Qur’aan al-‘Azeem).

The historical evidence includes a number of stories of Muslims who entered Islam after having been kuffaar (disbelievers), and how they changed and became righteous. Among these stories is the following:

“There was a (Muslim) man called Marthad ibn Abi Marthad who used to smuggle Muslim prisoners-of-war from Makkah (which was the territory of the mushrikeen) to Madeenah (which was the territory of the Muslims). There was also a woman in Makkah, called ‘Anaaq, who was a prostitute. She had been a friend of Marthad’s (before he became Muslim). Marthad had promised to take one of the prisoners from Makkah to Madeenah. He said: “I came to the shade of one of the gardens of Makkah on a moonlit night, then ‘Anaaq came and saw my shadow by the garden. When she reached me, she recognized me and said: ‘Marthad?’ I said, ‘Marthad.’ She said: ‘Welcome! Stay with us tonight.’ I said, ‘O ‘Anaaq, Allaah has forbidden zinaa (unlawful sexual relations).’ She called out, ‘O people of the camp! This man is stealing away your prisoners!’ (i.e., she wanted to take revenge on him because he refused to have unlawful relations with her, so she called the mushrikeen to come and seize him). Eight men pursued me (and he described how Allaah saved him from them).” This event was the reason for the revelation of the aayah (interpretation of the meaning): “Let no man guilty of adultery or fornication marry any but a woman similarly guilty, or an Unbeliever; nor let any but such a man or an Unbeliever marry such a woman; to the Believers such a thing is forbidden.” [al-Noor 24:3 – Yusuf ‘Ali’s translation] (Reported and classed as hasan by al-Tirmidhi, 3101).

The reason for telling this story is that it illustrates how this man changed after he embraced Islam, and refused to commit the haraam deed with which he was tempted. Another story describes a woman who embraced Islam and became righteous:

‘Abd-Allaah ibn Maghfal reported that there was a woman who had been a prostitute during the days of ignorance (before Islam). A man passed by her, or she passed by him, and he touched her. She said: “Stop it! (Mah! A word connoting a rebuke or denunciation). Allaah has done away with shirk and had brought Islam.” So he left her alone and went away. (Reported by al-Haakim, who said this hadeeth is saheeh according to the conditions of Muslim, although they did not report it).

If you enter Islam and become a truly practicing Muslim, adhering to this pure sharee’ah, worshipping Allaah as He wants to be worshipped, obeying His commands and heeding His prohibitions, then in sha Allaah you will not encounter or suffer the difficulties you refer to in your question. Moreover, you will have the means of keeping chaste, such as marriage, which will help you to refrain from doing haraam deeds; marriage is enjoined by this sharee’ah. The one who chooses a pure and clean way has no need to enter the mire (of illicit relationships). We ask Allaah to guide you and make things easy for you, and to keep evil away from you. May Allaah bless our Prophet Muhammad.

Reference:
Islam Q&A
Sheikh Muhammed Salih Al-Munajjid (www.islam-qa.com)

Results not Reasons -Don’t tell me all the “cock n bull” stories-If you want to be a Great CEO,remember this always!

Ramli have learned many things in his almost 54 years of living as on 1stNov,2010 this year and maybe you too!

However the People we meet in our life can be categorized as Good and Bad maybe another category as “Dont Know What They Are Doing” type.

If you meet and befriend a person who have the “right heart” or in Malay or Islam,we called it “Niat Yang Baik Semua Kerana Allah” then he or she is a Good Person and you can have great confidence and trust in them.

If you meet or befriend a person who is in the “Bad” type,then this person actually knows what is the right or bad things in life BUT prefer to take the “wrongful” ways or the “black heart” ways and the only motive is to cheat others anyway they can or have the opportunity to cheat all for their own advantage or the people they work for or the country they live in.

So,the wisdom of humans like U and Ramli is to quickly identify this Good and Bad persons.Who are they,Where they come from and Why they do all these things?Lots of questions  but answers are not forthcoming sooner than we like.

Ramli also have “got in deep trouble” or “in a mess” with these kinds of BAD people in his lifetime.As usual we like to make friends with any people that smile,tell us good things,polite at first,share a joke,give us a treat,make lots of promises of becoming rich,provide us with goods that we have paid for and many things we experience that want us to friend someone what more if that person is our opposite sex!

Finally after some hours,some days,some weeks,some months or even some years we realized we are CHEATED and becoming SONOFABITCH.hahaha..serve you right,as we quietly tell our broken or angry hearts mainly we are not SMART ENOUGH either the STREET SMART OR BOOK SMART types.

Ramli’s advice to YOU young people in the Gen Z,Gen Y and GEN X category is always study,test,study again,test,review,consult,collaborate,conclude….whether that FRIEND is a Good or Bad Friend,really!UNless you dont mind getting cheated and lose lots of money invested in those “wonderful make me a Billionare or Millionaire” schemes.

So,in summary is all about RESULTS NOT REASONS!

If your friend or company you deal with is with GOOD intentions,then they will give you the results as indicated or promised if not when they are BAD people or hearts then the results will turn out to be REASONS and more REASONS only…till you wonder when you can get the results,at all!

Here’s some famous quotes or wisdom of Great Good People:

“There are two kinds of people in the world: those who make excuses and those who get results. An excuse person will find any excuse for why a job was not done, and a results person will find any reason why it can be done. Be a creator, not a reactor.”
Alan Cohen

“The great accomplishments of man have resulted from the transmission of ideas and enthusiasm.”
Thomas J. Watson, Sr

“Results! Why, man I have gotten a lot of results.
I know several thousand things that won’t work.”
Thomas A. Edison

“Perhaps the most valuable result of all education is the ability to make yourself do the thing you have to do when it ought to be done whether you like it or not.”
Thomas Huxley, one of our favorite graduation quotes

“There’s a difference between interest and commitment.
When you’re interested in doing something,
you do it only when circumstance permit.
When you’re committed to something,
you accept no excuses, only results.”
Art Turock

“Quality questions create a quality life.
Successful people ask better questions,
and as a result, they get better answers.”
Anthony Robbins

“Your perception affects the results of any situation. That means your perception controls reality from any point of view.”
Russ Stiffler,

“Everyone is bound to bear patiently the results of his own example.” Phaedrus

“The person who sends out positive thoughts activates the world around him positively and draws back to himself positive results.”
Norman Vincent Peale

Rethink, Redesign, Rebuild-read what Professor Richard Dealtry have in mind…

these news are from my Business Partner’s(Prof.Richard Dealtry in UK) website-please do explore and see whether they can assist your business to greater achievements.Ramli & Prof.Richard will soon hold a major seminar and workshop in Malaysia focussing on Innovation Management and all matters related to it especially on unleashing your Company’s Talents -we will keep you updated…just let Ramli know whats your current requirements on all these focus on Innovation & Creativity for Great Business Results Fast!

News Bites and Events Updates

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01.02.10
Rethink, Redesign, Rebuild

At the Swiss Davos 2010 Global Summit, attended by policy makers, business leaders, academics and many other people, they concluded that there is an urgent need to “Rethink, Redesign, Rebuild” organisations and business processes. And to do that effectively and efficiently “business leaders need to learn new skills.”

How to achieve that skills transition and move forward in a way that is speedy, effective and sustainable is of course the real top management challenge. Managers in all sectors need to become involved in the pursuit of the essential new skills going forward and to facilitate the innovative processes of rethinking, redesigning and rebuilding of new management paradigms.

G-ACUA’s own Senior Executive Business Development Programme, The Corporate University Manager, is an online, in-house, entirely business-led management programme. It has been specifically designed for the pursuit of the essential new skills and to facilitate the innovative processes of rethinking, redesigning and rebuilding new management paradigms

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27.01.10
Banks Do Care!

Yes. Our discussions with one of the more forward-thinking banks show that they are now ready to reach-out beyond the counter to sponsor and participate in an iPCo seminar on “Making a Success of SME Clusters”, showing that there is now a wider vision of engagement in banking services with entrepreneurship.

The benefits of the Cluster platform are now more widely recognised, well beyond CIT, the traditional stomping ground of clusters, into other sectors such as health care.

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16.11.2009

G-ACUA Board Members and Corporate Partners can participate in the G-ACUA Members’ Self Assessment and Peer Review Process for the Award of G-ACUA Fellowship

Ref: www.corporateuniversity.org.uk/blueprint-2009-sapr.htm

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24.09.2009

iPCo, the G-ACUA Corporate Partner, sponsored the British Institute of Learning and Development (BILD) Connect Event at the BCU Conservatoire in Birmingham on 16th September 2009.

The theme was Managing Performance Learning and the Agenda included presentations on how training, learning, technology and performance advancements are being made in a rapidly evolving international musical world.

Ref: http://www.thebild.org/Events

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10.09.2009

Process Models for Corporate University Design and Management

Research to date shows that there are more than 110 key variables that influence the successful management of corporate university investments. ACUA members are invited to share in the development of dynamic process models by offering 2000-word articles on the management of these factors.

For a list of key variable subjects, please email.

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28.06.2009

Conference Notes

A recent event, in partnership with the EC Leonardo Da Vinci ECUANET Project, was a transnational conference held at the West Midlands in Europe Conference Centre in Brussels.

This event was entitled:From Learning to Earning – managing the dynamics of lifelong learning and talent development

The objectives of the conference were dissemination and dialogue on corporate university and enterprise academy transnational action research findings

If you wish to receive information on the discussions and results of this event please email

Globalisation or Glocalisation -What Good Can They Do For Our Future..like Now?

There are lots and lots of writings,seminars,debates,forums and special events on matters of Globalisation and some countries prefer to call them Glocalisation.Finally the Results are Important whatever all the talks or speeches and even resolutions being made.We live in this World for Results and not just talk,more talks or even many “bullshits” that nothing ever happened just empty hopes and promises to the ordinary folks or citizens.

The World is Enough For People In Need BUT Not Enough For People in Greed!

Are we saying all those Global Companies are Businesses in Greed all the time or we just do not understand their business models or business mission as envisioned by their Founders or Owners.

We need Global companies for jobs to our growing up children and with jobs they can survive all these “rat races” of the 21st Century and they can buy homes,feed their families,support their age old parents,travel with their families and purchase the basic neccesities like car,clothings,education to their kids and many more neccesities what more “luxuries of excesses” of living.

Every year we hear the “meeting of global minds” like Davos or UN Sponsored meetings or forums and also by Global Organisations and Companies.They come out with their findings,resolutions and “feel good” actions to make the year more propserous,peaceful and caring for all BUT actually the RESULTS are not that good or beneficial to global communities or the ordinary folks.

We now hear millions of USD are paid as salaries or remunerations of Financial Heads or Honchos and also many millions of  USD as Directors Fees to  Top Business Leaders in the many Fortune 500 companies as well as the money earned by all the Top Gangsters of the Global Underworld (only Allah SWT Knows everything,whats happening)

Like what Ramli heard from the World’s Top Mgmt Gurus like the late Peter Drucker-”we must only pay about 20 times more to the No.1 boss as compared to his average salary of his managers” BUT this is not the case!Top Executives even in Malaysia are paid “sky rocketing” remunerations as compared to their average worker or manager and at times we think it is so wasteful,living too excessively,unnecessary,exorbitant etc…BUT who can stop or deter all these BAD Practices?Is it the economics,politics or human needs that we must pay these Top Executives soooooooooo muchhhhhh!

Ramli have no answers but in my deep thoughts Ramli think “more money paid means more greed will surface and replicate” and thats bad for our Future of Peaceful and Caring Living philosophy.

Who runs or control the World Economy? The Business People or the Politicians or Political Leaders?

View some of these interesting videos which Ramli made a quick search at YouTube.com

Businesses Must (Always) Remember Crosby’s Quality Management Absolutes otherwise YOU are in (BIG)trouble!

Ramli have been a student of the Gurus of Quality like Juran,Deming,Crosby,Ishikawa,Imai and many others…

Example like Dr.Philip Crosby teachings on the 4 Quality Management Absolutes that are:

1.Quality means conformance to requirements

2.Quality is obtained through prevention

3.Quality has  a performance standard of zero defects

4.Quality is measured by the price of nonconformance.

If Business Leaders always study,practice and live “Quality” then the chances of a major quality problem or crisis is almost null or zero occurences.

In 2010,Ramli heard that the World Economic Forum in Davos came to realize the need for Relearning of Fundamental Skills of Managing and Leading Rightly for Top Executives both in Business and Goverment.The many problems of businesses and govt have occured rampantly in the last 5 years or so and maybe its time to “go back to school” rather than “making money like mad” with poor quality results and products offered to the customers or citizens alike.

Ramli hoped Business Leaders “really” study about what is Quality and how to lead their organisations on Managing Quality themselves and not allow their salient duties of Managing & Leading Quality to be delegable to their No.2 or No.3 and worst still to the Quality Manager!

For Training & Consulting on areas of World Class Performance,the Q-C-D-S-M-E+I Factors,TQM as your business philosophy for making quality certain in uncertain times,Revolusi Aksi (Action Revolution) for Great Results Fast and many others,please contact:

Ramli Abu Hassan hp:+6-019-2537165 or email: ramlipromoter@yahoo.com

Profile: www.linkedin.com/in/ramlipromoter or URL:uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/dpsworldclass

Here is an article on the recent Toyota Quality Problem-Time to rethink and restudy all things that Dr.Crosby have taught us so hard so well.

Toyota faces fresh questions over recall response

AFP – Tuesday, February 9,2010.

TOKYO (AFP) – – Toyota’s handling of dangerous defects in its cars came under fresh scrutiny Monday as the group was reported to be planning a global recall of 300,000 Prius hybrids worldwide over a brake problem.

The world’s largest auto maker is expected to tell Tokyo and Washington Tuesday it will pull the latest version of the cars that went on sale from May last year, Japan’s Kyodo News agency said late Monday, citing unnamed sources.

“Toyota is also considering filing recalls over other hybrid models, such as the luxury Lexus HS250h sedan and the hybrid-only Sai compact sedan, which employ a similar brake system to the Prius gas-electric hybrid,” the agency quoted the sources as saying.

The brake trouble comes on top of recalls of more than eight million vehicles worldwide due to sticking accelerator pedals that have severely tarnished the Japanese giant’s reputation for reliability.

The company, whose brand has long been synonymous with safety and quality, faces a class-action lawsuit on behalf of owners in the United States alleging that it hid problems that have led to the rash of recalls.

And Toyota’s North America president, Yoshimi Inaba, is set to testify at a US congressional hearing on Wednesday as part of a wider probe by lawmakers.

Toyota has denied it was slow to respond to the unintended acceleration issue but faces new questions about its handling of the episode, after it emerged that the company acted on the problem in Europe about six months ago.

“We did fix this in August last year (in Europe) after first hearing about the issue at the end of 2008,” said Toyota spokesman Paul Nolasco.

But it was initially thought that the problem only affected European right-hand drive vehicles, sold mainly in Britain and Ireland, he said.

Related article: Toyota recall raises questions about computerized cars

The trouble was attributed to the car heater blowing hot air on the gas pedal, causing condensation to build up inside and result in sticking, but was not thought to occur in left-hand drive models, he said.

Toyota officials could not immediately confirm whether any action was taken at that point for vehicles already on the road in Europe.

Toyota has come under fire after saying it had fixed the brake system flaw during production of the latest Prius model last month, without warning drivers of those vehicles already on the road.

Toyota is believed to have already notified its dealers in Japan that it will pull all the new model Prius vehicles sold in Japan, amounting to about 170,000 units. The firm will recall about 100,000 Priuses in the US.

Related article: Prius woes may muffle hybrid buzz

The model — which combines a petrol combustion engine with a battery-powered electric motor — is Toyota’s flagship hybrid car and key to its efforts to stay in pole position in fuel-efficient vehicles.

Toyota, which in 2008 dethroned General Motors as the world’s biggest car maker, has seen its brand image badly hurt by its handling of recalls affecting more than its entire 2009 global sales of 7.8 million vehicles.

The accelerator problems have been blamed for several accidents, including one in California in August in which four family members were killed.

Company president Akio Toyoda said Friday he was “deeply sorry” for the string of quality issues and said he would head a new task force to raise standards and investigate the cause of the problems.

Toyota shares fell 1.05 percent to 3,280 yen on Monday, having plunged by more than 20 percent in roughly two weeks.

Toyota has said it expects the accelerator trouble to burn a two-billion-dollar hole in its profits this year in recall costs and lost sales.

Year of the Tiger -what the Chinese belief or want to belief -read this article…

Roaring prospects (2010-Year of the Tiger)

2010/02/08 NST On-line

Stories by Rozana Sani

The Year of the Tiger, according to the Chinese calendar, is a time for bravery, competitiveness and unpredictability. To the ICT fraternity, it’s time to rise again.

A good year is in store for the ICT industry in 2010, the Year of the Metal Tiger, says feng shui consultant Master Clammond Ng.
From the chart he plotted for the period between 5am and 6.59am on Feb 4, which marks the start of the Year of the Metal Tiger, he sees an abundance of wood, an element of the Chinese Cycle of Five Elements (water, wood, fire, earth and metal).
“Since the ICT sector is represented by fire, it will do well as wood feeds fire,” says Ng, who is also managing director of Wealthy Purpose Sdn Bhd.
He believes that many companies will start placing orders to upgrade their IT systems and infrastructure this year.
“This will not be a one-time business, but a continuous one,” he says, explaining that the abundance of wood will keep the fire burning continuously.
“Sales and orders will keep pouring in, and this will be obvious from March until July.”
But another feng shui consultant, Master Jason Eng, sees the year to be average for the ICT industry.
“The year comes with lots of wood element, but without water. This indicates a dry year. It will also be a challenging year because the elements are not balanced,” says Eng, who is on the panel of WOFS.com Sdn Bhd, a global chain of all things feng shui.
The lack of the water element is based on his reading of the birth chart of the Year of the Tiger at 6.48am on Feb 4.
So, water is the lucky element this year, Eng points out, adding that the metal element will be a strong influence.

“From the chart, the abundance of wood indicates that there is a wealth of opportunities for the ICT industry, but there may be no growth since there is no water,” he explains.
“The first half of the year will be competitive with improvement to be seen in the second half.”
He advises industry players to be innovative to grow and sustain their business.
“They also need to be creative, be focused and come up with business strategies to make profits in the short term.
“The best months for the ICT business are the second half of February and March, and the first half of August and September. Overall, the second half of the year should be better than the first half,” he says.
Ng shares Eng’s views, saying that industry players will have to set their goals clearly and aim high.
Among businesses governed by the fire element, according to Ng, are those in digital arts and 3-D animation, and commercial production houses dealing in advertisements. “They will do very well this year.”
For organisations thinking of updating their IT equipment or getting new or more efficient solutions, Ng says this year is the right time to do so.
“Even for individuals, this is a good year to refresh personal IT equipment.
“Hardware is getting cheaper, better, faster and fancier. With the Government’s subsidy of RM50 per month for two years for broadband services and netbook purchases for students, more will be encouraged to spend on computer products. This will lead to a better outlook for the ICT industry, as judged from the reading of the chart.
“Government servants are also getting loans to purchase computers every three years, and this will boost computer sales in the Year of the Tiger.”
For personal development, Ng believes that spending more time in front of the computer can help. “It’s like deriving more fire energy from your computer, and this will make you more productive in return,” he explains.
Eng, meanwhile, recommends boosting the water element by having gadgets related to water around your home or at the office.
“If you have a water fountain, place it in the North-West section of your office, room or house,” he says, highlighting those in the computer business to do so to improve their business.
“Everyone should carry a water globe keychain or a Ho Tu element or a water pendant to give a boost to the water element.”

How to win an Olympic Gold Medal for Malaysia in this coming London Olympics in 2012!The TDR Formula from Henry Tongmo O from Korea (Ramli’s Boxing Advisor)

When Ramli and his Company DPS Promotions were promoting the “Thriller at The Peak” Pro-Boxing Championships at Genting Highlands in March,1997,Ramli’s Boxing Advisor Mr.Henry Tongmo O from Korea taught Ramli about the importance of “TDR” in Sports Excellence.

What is TDR?

TDR means Training,Diet and Rest.

All sports person who wants to be a World Champion must have this TDR approach or discipline.

Firstly,the sports person must have Good Training.Here it means you must excel in yoru sports through lots of training to polish your skills,physical and strategies.Without good training you will never be a World Champion.

Secondly,you must have the best diet programme where your body will be condition to perform excellently and able to withstand all the challenges during the competition period.

To have good training but with poor diet can make the budding sportsperson lose their event since they are not 100% ready..

Finally,the third factor is must have ample rest.All excellent sportsperson who have good training and diet but with no discipline of good ample rest will not be able to win championships since their opponents are always at 100% peak performance and all of them may abide to this “TDR” Factor.

Are Malaysian sports person possessed this “TDR” factor all the time?Maybe not,since we always lose the great opportunity to be World Champions or Asian Champions due to the lack of either the T,D or R factor!Many times it is more the T and R factor and the D factor is always at our good control since cost of food and drinks are always budgeted and well taken note.If this is true,then its high time we focus on the T and R factor now!

The London Olympics is just 2 years away and if we do not give our 100% committment like this “TDR” factor then maybe 1/2 the battle is lost already and that will certainly not make any Malaysian Sportsperson win a GOLD MEDAL,for sure!

Can we wait again for 2016 for our 1st Malaysian GOLD Medal?YOU tell me if you are still “alive” in 2016?

Malaysia Boleh! That’s the Spirit to Win Malaysia’s 1st Gold Medal at this 2012 London Olympics and almost RM1Million waiting to be banked in to the Malaysian Sportsperson/s account.WOW!

To know more on this “TDR” Factor for Sports Excellence,please contact Ramli at hp:+6-019-2537165

Watch this video where Mr.Henry O gave his maiden lecture in 1996 on Professional Boxing taking roots in Malaysia after the famous Muhammad Ali vs Joe Bugner Fight in 1975.

pramleeelvis.wordpress.com AIM to be in the TOP 500 Malaysian Websites by 31stDec,2010!How to do?Revolusi Aksi (Action Revolution) for Great Results Fast!

To be World Class U must be in the TOP of Ur Class just like the Olympics!

U must be the Finalists then U can have the great chance to be the No.1 or World Champion or Gold Medal Winner!

Malaysia still have not won an Olympic Gold Medal but Thailand,Philippines have won already earlier than Us.An Olympic Gold Medallist for Malaysia may have the great chance to pocket RM1,000,000.00 as mentioned in the last Olympics in 2008 in Beijing,China.

Who will be the 1st Olympic Gold Medallist for Malaysia? What sports will it be? Male or Female athlete?

Ramli also have many dreams to pursue and accomplish in his lifetime!This 1stNov,2010,Ramli will turn 54 years old.

Like all working Malaysians,when U turn 55 then its time to retire from service but now the Malaysian Govt have allowed an extension to 58 years old (if apply earlier)

However Ramli have been an Entrepreneur since he turn 40 on 1stNov,1996 after working with Matsushita and Affin Bank with almost 2o years of Corporate Service.

Now,Ramli is in his 14 years of running his own business and hopefully,Inshallah Ramli will get back his investments to his business by next year 1stNov,2011.Ramli thinks he have invested almost 1/2 million ringgit in his business since 1996 and that does not include his salaries,perks and all income opportunities that a corporate person should enjoy.For your info all revenues made by Ramli and his Co were “ploughed back” to the business for making more progress,growth and opportunity to be a Good to Great Company (as Ramli’s Business Mission)Ramli’s co ie.DPS have been involved mainly in Training&Consultancy,Sports Promotions and Trading (Import&Export) plus special ad-hoc projects that come along the way….

Hopefully,with UR great continual support,visits and love for Ramli’s Blog ie.pramleeelvis wordpress.com this mission to be in the TOP 500 Best Malaysian Websites by 31st Dec,2010 will be achieved!

The Harder One Works,The Luckier One Becomes”

Work Hard,Think Smart and DOA to Allah SWT-That’s Better!

For more infos,please contact:

Ramli Abu Hassan

Principal Consultant / Promoter / Business Owner of DPS

hp:+6-019-2537165

email: ramlipromoter@yahoo.com

Profile: www.linkedin.com/in/ramlipromoter

pramleeelvis.wordpress.com is now Ranked No.64,764 on Alexa’s Top Malaysian Websites

This is the latest Malaysian Rankings on Alexa:

ALEXA’s Rankings

Top Sites in Malaysia

as of today(8thFeb,2010)

The top 100 sites in Malaysia. The sites in the top sites lists are ordered by their 1 month alexa traffic rank.

The 1 month rank is calculated using a combination of average daily visitors and pageviews over the past month. The site with the highest combination of visitors and pageviews is ranked #1.

1. Facebook
   facebook.com

   A social utility that connects people, to keep up with friends, upload photos, share links and videos.

2. Google
   google.com.my

   google.com.my

3. Yahoo!
   yahoo.com

   Personalized content and search options. Chatrooms, free e-mail, clubs, and pager.

4. Google
   google.com

   Enables users to search the Web, Usenet, and images. Features include PageRank, caching and translation of results, and an option to find similar pages. The company’s focus is developing search technology.

5. YouTube – Broadcast yourself
   youtube.com

   YouTube is a way to get your videos to the people who matter to you. Upload, tag and share your videos worldwide!

6. Blogger.com
   blogger.com

   Free, automated weblog publishing tool that sends updates to a site via FTP.

7. Windows Live
   live.com

   Search engine from Microsoft.

8. Wikipedia
   wikipedia.org

   An online collaborative encyclopedia.

9. Microsoft Network (MSN)
   msn.com

   Dialup access and content provider.

10. Maybank2u.com, A Complete One-stop Financial Portal
    maybank2u.com.my

    maybank2u.com.my

11. Myspace
    myspace.com

    Social Networking Site.

12. Mudah.my
    mudah.my

    mudah.my

13. The Star Online
    thestar.com.my

    Breaking news and views from Malaysia’s top English language news source

14. WordPress.com
    wordpress.com

    Free blogs managed by the developers of the WordPress software. Includes custom design templates, integrated statistics, automatic spam protection and other features.

15. Tagged
    tagged.com

    Tagged.com is one of the top social networking sites in the world.

16. Malaysiakini.com
    malaysiakini.com

    Malaysiakini.com, a subscription-based website, offers news and views that matter in Malaysia. Updated daily, the site has won several awards for its quality reporting. In English, Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Tamil.

17. Friendster
    friendster.com

    Friendster is a leading global social network emphasizing genuine friendships and the discovery of new people through friends. Search for old friends and classmates, stay in better touch with friends, share photos and videos, and so much more.

18. Lowyat.NET
    lowyat.net

    Malaysia s Tech Enthusiast Resource Community. Tech News, Reviews and hyper active discussion forums focusing on the Malaysian IT scene.

19. Cari Malaysia
    cari.com.my

    One of the most popular local Malaysian community website started in 1996. The three languages forum, English, Malay, and Chinese are the largest and most popular in Malaysian community. Also provides directory listing of over 30,000 Malaysia related web sites and company details.

20. RapidShare
    rapidshare.com

    Users can upload up to 100 meg files for sharing. Provides downloads of 100 megs per hour on the free service. Premium service also available.

Rank No: 64,764

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