IOSR-JBM   Volume-22 ~ Issue-8 ~ Aug. 2020

Abstract: This Research was conducted with the aim of: (1) To analyze and understand leadership, external environment, and capabilities that are unique To performance, (2) To Analyze and support leadership, external environment, and unique capabilities through innovation on performance. This study uses quantitative using primary data through questionnaires totaling 215 respondents, the sampling technique used was purposive sampling. The study was conducted from November 2019 to January 2020. Data were analyzed using the SEM AMOS program. The results of this study indicate that: Leadership that has a real role to offer, but that is not related to that increases the value of managers, External Environment that has an unreal role to enhance the value of innovation and management's performance, unique capabilities that play a role in for management values and support, Innovation has a real role in increasing the value of managerial support.

Keywords: Leadership, External Environment, Unique Capacity, Innovation, Performance

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Abstract: -Construction Phenomenon in 2017-2019 shows the ownership of the company's Occupational Safety and Health Management System (SSHMS) certificate has increased close to 70% but the work accident rate has also increased approach 40%. Security, Safety, Health and Sustainability (SSHS) and SSHMS Standards are mandatory for Construction Services Companies based on the mandate of Law No. 02 of 2017 about Construction Services and Government Regulation No. 50 of 2012 about the Implementation of SSHMS. It is necessary to further evaluate the integrated implementation factors between the SSHS and SSHMS Standards and their relation to the understanding level of employees and workers towards them. The research was conducted on twenty-two road infrastructure projects from state-owned enterprise IstakaKarya Inc. Data was collected based on interviews, questionnaires, and supporting documents. Used five independent variables X (SSHS and SSHMS), one dependent variable....

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[5]. Azeez, Mohammed; John Gambatese, Salvador Hernandez. 2019. "What Do Construction Workers Really Want? A Study about Representation, Importance, and Perception of US Construction Occupational Rewards". Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, ASCE, 145(7), 04019040

Abstract: Countries all over the world rigorously pursue economic growth as a means to attain economic development. Entrepreneurship is important for economic growth and acquiring entrepreneurial skills is necessary for achieving economic growth. This study investigated the entrepreneurial skills necessary for economic growth in selected universities in Rivers State of Nigeria. Three research questions and two hypotheses guided the study. Descriptive survey design was employed with a population of all the 249lecturers and 1,216 final year students of the Faculties of Education in the selected universities. A sample size of 310 lecturers and the final year students was drawn using simple random sampling technique. Questionnaire tagged "Entrepreneurial Skills Necessary for Economic Growth Questionnaire (ESNEGQ)" was developed by the researcher. The instrument was validated and the....

Key Word:Entrepreneurship; Entrepreneurial skills; Entrepreneurial education; Economic growth

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Abstract: Background: The objective of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of lockdown policy in controlling spreading of Coronavirus disease (COVID-19). The coronavirus disease is an infectious disease caused by a newly discovered strain of coronavirus, a type of virus known to cause respiratory infections in humans. The COVID-19 will cause the infected patients exhibits fever, cough, fatigue, shortness of breath, and loss of smell and taste. The virus is primarily spread between humans in close contactvia small droplets produced by coughing and sneezing. Materials and Methods: This study selected Malaysia as country for study because this country keen to implements policy in reducing COVID-19 spreading. This study evaluated the process of lockdown procedure that limiting movement of citizen to reduce close contact between humans. Observation periods are selected from 15th February 2020 until....

Key Word:Coronavirus disease; Lockdown policy; Spreading COVID-19; Government policy

[1]. Abu Bakar, N. and Rosbi, S. (2020). Impact of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) to Equity Market and Currency Exchange Rate. IOSR Journal of Economics and Finance, 11(2), 17-26.
[2]. Abu Bakar, N. and Rosbi, S. (2020). Effect of Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) to tourism industry. International Journal of Advanced Engineering Research and Science, 7(4), 189-193.
[3]. Zhang, Y., Diao, X., Chen, K.Z., Robinson, S. and Fan, S. (2020). Impact of COVID-19 on China's macroeconomy and agri-food system – an economy-wide multiplier model analysis. China Agricultural Economic Review, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print.
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Abstract: The dynamic and global environment demand effective communication for successful business operations. This paper focused on effective communication processes: a panacea for organizations' success. An organization may have all the necessary resources to run it business (e.g. employees, machines, technology, money etc) but without a proper communication process in place, it will be difficult for that organization to run smoothly and succeed. The appropriateness of the encoding process plays a significant role in the success or otherwise of message sent and could affect the use of the message received. Irrespective of the intensions of the sender, it is what is received that determines the actions of the receiver hence performance. Medium used in transmission of message plays significant role in protecting the content of the message and interpretation thereafter. Feedback not only confirms receipt, it confirms proper interpretation and understanding of message sent. It further reinforces the senders confidence......

Keywords: Communication, Process, Organization, Employees, Effective, Efficient,

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Abstract: Digitalization of business units is more pronounced to small and medium enterprises in developing countries that have to compete with both large and small firms from developed world in equal times - courtesy of globalization. SMEs in the developing countries need to therefore come up with appropriate internal strategies, such as digitalization of services, in order to remain competitive. The objective of thisstudy was to investigate the influence of digital capability on the competitiveness of SMEsin Nairobi City County, Kenya. Descriptive survey design used employed both systematic and random sampling procedures. Data was collected using structured questionnaires containing both open and close-ended questions. The predictor variables were digital sensing capability, digital enabled strategy, digital seizing capability and digital resource management. The study found that digital sensing.....

Key Words: Digitalization, competitiveness, small and medium enterprises

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