Volume 12, Issue 8, August 2024 Edition - GSJ Journal Publication

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ACCESSIBILITY OF LABORATORY FACILITIES AND THEIR INFLUENCE ON LEARNERS’ PERFORMANCE IN THE LEARNING OF ELECTRICITY IN TRANS-NZOIA COUNTY, KENYA []


One of the main objectives of the physics curriculum in secondary schools in Kenya is to build a firm foundation for technological and industrial development. The curriculum emphasizes the practical approach in application of scientific principles and ideas in modern technology. The topic of electricity plays a pivotal role in technological advancement that is required in the 21st century. Despite the importance of the topic the performance of the students in Trans-Nzoia County has not been satisfactory over the years. The objective of this study was to determine the accessibility of the available laboratory facilities by learners in the learning of electricity in Trans Nzoia County. The purpose of this study was to investigate the level of accessibility of the available laboratory facilities by learners in the learning of electricity. This study was anchored on David Kolb’s theory of experiential learning. Descriptive survey and quasi- experiment research designs were adopted for the study. The target populations of the study were teachers of physics, form 3 students of physics, heads of schools and laboratory technicians. This provided a total target population of 888 respondents from 37 public secondary schools in Kiminini Sub County. A sample of 253 respondents comprising 4 principals, 13 laboratory technicians, 200 Form 3 students of physics and 36 teachers of physics, from 13 public secondary schools, were drawn from the target population. Samples were drawn using simple random sampling and purposive sampling techniques. Data was collected using questionnaires, interview schedules, Physics Assessment Tests and Physics Laboratory Checklists. The data was analyzed using descriptive statistics. The descriptive statistics used were percentages, frequencies and means. The study established that there was limited access to laboratory facilities for learning electricity by learners which influenced their performance in the subject. The study recommended that strategies should be put in place by the government and school administrators to ensure adequate facilities for learning the topic of electricity that would promote their accessibility and thus boost performance in the subject

THE INFLUENCE OF WORK ENVIRONMENT AND ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE ON WORK MOTIVATION AND ITS IMPACT ON JOB SATISFACTION AT PT. MITRA ADHYA LISTRINDO: A CONCEPTUAL MODEL []


In the maritime context, job satisfaction becomes even more critical, given the challenging work environment onboard ships. A positive and robust organizational culture significantly impacts crew members' job satisfaction. Recent data shows a decline in job satisfaction among crew members, with dissatisfaction at PT. Mitra Adhya Listrindo rising by 4% between 2022 and 2023, partly due to issues in managing the work environment and motivation. This quantitative study aims to examine the influence of the work environment and organizational culture on job satisfaction, mediated by work motivation at PT. Mitra Adhya Listrindo.

THE INFLUENCE OF LEADERSHIP STYLE AND WORK ENVIRONMENT ON WORK MOTIVATION AFFECTING THE PERFORMANCE OF CREW MEM-BERS AT PT. SAEHAN MARINE: A CONCEPTUAL MODEL []


Previous research has highlighted the importance of work environment, work motivation, and leadership style in shaping employee per-formance and job satisfaction. This quantitative study seeks to investigate the direct effects of leadership style and work environment on work motivation, as well as how work motivation affects the performance of crew members at PT. Saehan Marine, with a particular focus on addressing the issue of declining crew performance.

THE INFLUENCE OF BUSINESS COLLABORATION AND CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE MANAGEMENT ON CUSTOMER LOYALTY MEDIATED BY CUSTOMER SATISFACTION: A CASE STUDY AT PT HUTAMA TRANS KENCANA: A CONCEPTUAL MODEL []


Business Collaboration and Customer Experience Management (CXM) are critical factors in boosting customer loyalty. Collaboration enhances efficiency and creative output, leading to improved customer satisfaction and loyalty, while CXM involves managing and optimizing all customer interactions to enhance satisfaction. This research aims to explore these relationships and address the recent decline in customer loyalty at PT Hutama Trans Kencana.

THE IMPACT OF FAKE CERTIFICATE VERIFICATION SYSTEM AND THE EXISTENCE OF FAKE CERTIFICATES ON THE QUALITY OF SEAFARERS’ WORK IN INDONESIA AND ITS EFFECT ON TRUST IN MARITIME INSTITUTIONS: A CONCEPTUAL MODEL []


Over the past three years, there has been a significant decline in trust in maritime institutions in Indonesia. Reports from Polres Metro Jakarta Utara and the Kemenhub RI Task Force reveal the uncovering of a counterfeit certificate syndicate involving 11 suspects and 5,041 fake certificates since 2018, illustrating serious systemic weaknesses. The existence of fake certificates undermines seafarer work quality and operational safety. This study will explore how the quality of seafarers' work, influenced by certification and verification, relates to trust in maritime institutions.

THE EFFECT OF HUMAN RESOURCES AND STANDARD OPERATING PRO-CEDURES ON CUSTOMER SATISFACTION MEDIATED BY SERVICE QUALITY IN SHIP MANAGEMENT: A CONCEPTUAL MODEL []


Recent data indicates a decline in customer satisfaction over the past three years, dropping from 85% in 2021 to 75% in 2023. This de-cline suggests issues that need to be addressed, potentially related to decreased service quality, SOP adherence, and HR management. This study aims to explore the impact of HR and SOPs on customer satisfaction, mediated by service quality in ship management, to identify and address factors contributing to the decline.

THE IMPACT OF LEADERSHIP STYLE AND WORK ENVIRONMENT ON CREW PERFORMANCE, MEDIATED BY COMMUNICATION SKILLS, ON VESSELS OWNED BY PT. HUMOLCO: A CONCEPTUAL MODEL []


Recent annual reports from PT. Humolco reveal a decline in crew performance over the past three years, attributed to inadequate work environments, inconsistent leadership, and poor communication. Both the work environment and leadership style are critical factors af-fecting employee performance. Communication skills are also crucial, as they impact coordination and reduce misunderstandings, thereby affecting overall team performance. This research aims to investigate how communication skills mediate the effects of leadership style and work environment on crew performance at PT. Humolco Trans., Inc.

THE INFLUENCE OF SUPERVISION AND ENFORCEMENT ON WORK ACCIDENTS WITH SYSTEM MONITORING AS A MEDIATOR: A CONCEPTUAL MODEL []


Implementing robust monitoring mechanisms for fuel systems is vital to mitigate fraud, reduce work accidents, and enforce operational efficiency and safety standards in the maritime industry. Effective supervision and enforcement, coupled with a strong system monitoring framework, are key to addressing these challenges and enhancing overall safety and cost management. This quantitative study aims to examine the influence of supervision and enforcement on work accidents, with system monitoring serving as a mediating factor.

THE INFLUENCE OF VOYAGE PLANNING, PERFORMANCE MONITORING, AND PROPULSION RESILIENCE ON FUEL CONSUMPTION EFFICIENCY WITH SHIP SPEED AS A MODERATING VARIABLE: A CONCEPTUAL MODEL []


Recent reports show a decline in fuel consumption efficiency over the past three years, attributed to factors such as reduced propulsion performance and inadequate performance monitoring. This study aims to investigate how these variables, including ship speed, interact to influence fuel consumption efficiency, focusing on the Supply DP2 diesel generator vessels operated by Adnoc L&S in Abu Dhabi waters.

THE INFLUENCE OF ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE AND WORK DISCIPLINE ON WORK MOTIVATION AND ITS IMPACT ON MULTI-NATIONAL CREW PERFORMANCE (A STUDY ON MT. ARCHIE): A CONCEPTUAL MODEL []


Organizational culture and work discipline are critical factors influencing the performance of any workforce, including multinational ship crews like those on MT. Archie. Understanding the interplay between these elements is vital for optimizing crew performance and ensur-ing operational excellence in the complex global maritime environment. This study aims to explore the impact of organizational culture and work discipline on work motivation and its effects on crew performance on MT. Archie. Given the declining crew performance data, understanding these factors is crucial for developing recommendations to enhance the performance of multinational crews in the mari-time industry.

THE IMPACT OF LEADERSHIP STYLE OF GENERATION X LEADERS ON THE PERFORMANCE OF MILLENNIAL EMPLOYEES MEDIATED BY MOTIVATION AND COMMUNICATION SKILLS (A CASE STUDY OF EMPLOYEES AT PT. PANCARAN SAMUDERA TRANSPORT): A CONCEPTUAL MODEL []


Employee performance can be directly related to the performance of the company's vessels and overall growth. It is influenced by various factors, including individual characteristics, job-related factors, organizational culture, and leadership practices. However, in the 2023 assessment, PT. PST encountered issues with employee performance and productivity, with 26% of its 200 headquarters employees scoring below 75% on their individual performance evaluations. This study aims to identify the most effective leadership styles for enhancing employee performance at PT. PST, considering generational differences, and will explore the role of motivation as a mediating variable and Millennial employees' communication skills as a moderating variable in the relationship between leadership style and employee performance.

THE INFLUENCE OF LEADERSHIP STYLE AND OFFSHORE WORK ENVI-RONMENT ON WORK MOTIVATION THAT AFFECTS CREW PERFOR-MANCE AT INDUS MARINE LLC OPERATING IN THE MIDDLE EAST: A CONCEPTUAL MODEL []


Work motivation is a critical factor that drives crew performance. It is influenced by leadership style, the work environment, and the sup-port provided by the organization. Effective leadership, characterized by clear communication, support, and the ability to inspire and mo-tivate the crew, can foster a positive work environment and enhance motivation. Recent observations have highlighted a decline in crew performance at Indus Marine LLC, dropping from 83 in 2021 to 77 in 2023. This decline underscores the need to study the influence of leadership style and the offshore work environment on work motivation, and how these factors affect crew performance. This study aims to explore the relationships between these critical variables and provide insights for improving crew performance in offshore operations.

THE IMPACT OF JOB PLACEMENT AND WORKLOAD ON COMPENSATION AND ITS EFFECT ON THE PERFORMANCE OF CREW MEMBERS WORKING ON OFFSHORE VESSELS IN THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA: A CONCEPTUAL MODEL []


Job placement, workload, and compensation are critical factors influencing crew performance. There has been a notable decline in crew performance over the past three years, as reported by PT. SPS in Saudi Arabia. This decline is attributed to factors such as excessive workload, inadequate compensation, and improper job placement. This quantitative study aims to examine the influence of job placement and workload on compensation and its effect on performance.

THE INFLUENCE OF FINANCIAL KNOWLEDGE, INCOME, AND SELF-CONTROL ON INVESTMENT DECISIONS THROUGH FINANCIAL BEHAVIOR AS A MEDIATING VARIABLE AMONG SEAFARERS IN ABU DHABI OFFSHORE: A CONCEPTUAL MODEL []


Recent research has highlighted that seafarers often work in high-pressure environments and must adapt to financial instability. The ICS Maritime Barometer Report (2022-2023) reveals that 42.53% of maritime leaders identify financial instability as a major risk affecting their operations. This finding underscores the importance of having a solid financial plan, including effective investment strategies, to safeguard future financial stability. Key factors influencing investment decisions include financial knowledge, income, self-control, and financial behavior. This quantitative study aims to examine the influence of financial knowledge, income, and self-control on investment decisions, mediated by financial behavior among seafarers in Abu Dhabi offshore.

SUITABILITY SURVEY AND ELECTRONIC COMMON MARINE INSPECTION DOCUMENT (ECMID) ON ANCHOR HANDLING TUG SUPPLY (AHTS) VESSELS: A COMPARATIVE STUDY []


Inspections are crucial for ensuring safety, seaworthiness, and vessel compliance in the mari-time industry. Traditional inspection methods, such as Suitability Survey, have been used for a long time; however, the emergence of digital technology has led to the development of new in-spection platforms, such as the Electronic Common Marine Inspection Document (eCMID). The objective of this research is to conduct a comparative analysis of Suitability Survey and eCMID on AHTS vessels to evaluate their effectiveness, efficiency, cost-effectiveness, and regulatory compliance.

THE INFLUENCE OF HUMAN RESOURCE QUALITY AND ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE ON PERFORMANCE MEDIATED BY WORK MOTIVATION AT PT XYZ SPECIAL PORT: A CONCEPTUAL MODEL []


Recent performance data from PT XYZ shows a decline in performance indices over the past three years, with figures dropping from 86.0 in 2021 to 82.4 in 2023. This decline may be attributed to factors such as Human Resource Quality (HRQ), organizational culture, and work motivation. While some studies indicate intricate and varying impacts of these factors on performance, the overall consensus is that HRQ, organizational culture (OC), and work motivation (WM) are critical to achieving high performance. This research aims to investigate the influence of HRQ and OC on performance, with work motivation serving as a mediating factor.

Target detection circuit implementation for all radar environments []


This paper introduces design and implementation using an FPGA (field programmable gate array) technique of a new method called Maximum Spike Subtraction (MSS) for Constant False Alarm Rate (CFAR) circuit design in radar receivers. The objective of this method is to detect targets accurately in cluttered and multi-interfering target environments. The MSS method depends on selecting the maximum sample amplitude from the input signal sampler and subtracting it from the sum of echo samples in the sliding reference cell window of CFAR. This process provides a more precise estimation of the background noise, which enables the determination of an accurate threshold for target detection. (MSS) the method is evaluated and compared with two significant methods, cell averaged CFAR and ordered statistics (OS)CFAR), to detect targets when multiple targets occur inside a clutter cloud, representing the worst radar environments. The MATLAB clutter test model was used to simulate all of these techniques and apply them to various radar environment instances.

Pitfalls of knowledge management during organizational change management and suggested solutions []


It is evident that organizations that apply knowledge management framework get benefit of the data and information required on any occasion while making sure that all elements including accountabilities, processes, technologies and governance are performing accurately. During a change in the organizational process, project, service or any other factor may result in disturbing the knowledge management framework. And once the change is managed, there are high chances that interrelationship of information might affect and do not provide appropriate results when is retrieved on different occasions. Our studies highlights the possible pitfalls faced by knowledge management framework while managing a change and proposed an extended framework to manage any change in organization. This research paper conducts a secondary research and a primary research to get the opinion of professionals while they face issues in managing KM framework during change management. This research proposed an integrated framework to be applied to manage change under KM framework so that pitfalls of KM might be reduced during an organizational change.