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Housing Affordability A Concern for M40 and B40 Groups

Residential property prices in Malaysia have been rising in recent years. A report published by the National Property Information Centre (NAPIC) indicated that the residential price index was at an all-time high in 2017 and is expected to continue to rise.

How To Drag Ourselves Into The 21st Century

When I was a young lad working as a management trainee, I came across a department called Organisation and Methods (O鈥�

Education with Values

I have been working at 黑料社for over three years. I came to help build pro卢vision in the arts, specifically, as head of a department with courses in film, music and theatre. Since then, that department has grown from a handful of students to nearly 300 and I have taken up a new role as鈥�

Creativity - The Secret of Business Success

Universities now turn out thousands of graduates every year who yearn to build successful careers for themselves. Some aspire to be successful entrepreneurs building their own enterprises, which is very much to be applauded as necessary for economic growth. But no matter how much training and鈥�

What If Customers Are Not Always Right?

What disgruntled customers want are reasonable answers to their concerns. With the growth in e-Feedback platforms (e.g. Google review, Facebook Business Review, TripAdvisor and Booking.com) and e-Feedback apps (Mopinion, Apptentive, AppStark and Doorbell), customer relationship management should be鈥�

Ways to Improve Innovation Success Rates in Universities

March 12, 2019 marked my first anniversary of working at a university. Firmly planted in a 鈥済row fast or die slow鈥� commercial world, I had never considered a university as a possible workplace. While pursuing my passion for thinking ahead and putting trend-setting ideas into action, I was dubious鈥�

Sustainability in the Age of Disruption

In a recent interview, James Manyika from the McKinsey Global Institute (MGI) asked Thomas L Friedman, the New York Times journalist and writer, about climate change. In a candid yet gutsy manner, Friedman admitted that he could do nothing about climate change but to try to 鈥渕anage the unavoidable鈥�

Resetting The Accountancy Profession In Malaysia

There is general acknowledgement that the accountancy profession, if appropriately structured, supported and regulated, contributes significantly to a sound, sustainable and growing economy. The accountancy profession is poised to play an instrumental role in nation building. The World Bank in its鈥�

Racism and Lessons from George Floyd

Something more sinister than COVID-19 is hiding unnoticed. For the past five months, the world has witnessed and experienced in awe and fear the unfolding of COVID-19 from one epicentre to another鈥攆rom Asia to Europe to North America and now South America. To date, the coronavirus has infected鈥�

The Importance of Presentation Skills in Institutions of Higher Learning

Presentation skills are one of the essential skill sets for students in institutions of higher learning. To help them improve their presentation skills, students are encouraged to use systematic methods to facilitate their presentations in the classroom. The main purpose of emphasising presentation鈥�

Coming Soon - The Robot CEO?

There is much talk nowadays about increasing automation and the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and robots in industry and business. Many fear that jobs will disappear at an ever-increasing rate and technology-driven mass unemployment is just around the corner; all part of the Fourth Industrial鈥�

The Post-Digital

In 1995, Nicolas Negroponte, founder of the MIT Media Lab, wrote a book called 鈥淏eing Digital鈥�. It was an overwhelming success translated into more than 40 languages. Negroponte coined key phrases that would find their way into our lives such as 鈥渁toms to bits鈥�, 鈥渄igital life鈥� and 鈥渂itcasting鈥�,鈥�