Critical factors for optimisation of performance: the private higher education context in Malaysia

Q1 Multidisciplinary

International Journal of Agile Systems and Management Pub Date : 2020-12-29 DOI:10.1504/ijasm.2020.10034552

J. Chan, R. Muthuveloo

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Abstract

The study aims to determine the critical factors needed for the private higher education sector in Malaysia to perform well under current turbulent business landscape with intensified competitiveness. The findings revealed that strategic agility is crucial for private higher education institutions (HEIs) as it was found to significantly influence organisational performance. In order to acquire strategic agility, these institutions should develop the three critical factors of technology, organisational capabilities, and people. In the case of technology, private HEIs need to be cautious, as new technology adoption could be affected by different organisational types of private HEIs. This study is original due to the potential adaptive agile manufacturing concepts and the resource combination of critical factors that are rarely examined under the private higher education context in Malaysia. Furthermore, knowing the importance of strategic agility enables practitioners to optimise the right resource combination to achieve organisational performance and sustain their business in the future.

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绩效优化的关键因素：马来西亚私立高等教育的背景

该研究旨在确定马来西亚私立高等教育部门在当前竞争加剧的动荡商业环境下表现良好所需的关键因素。研究结果表明，战略灵活性对私立高等教育机构至关重要，因为它会显著影响组织绩效。为了获得战略灵活性，这些机构应该发展技术、组织能力和人员这三个关键因素。就技术而言，私立高等学校需要谨慎，因为新技术的采用可能会受到不同组织类型的私立高等学校的影响。这项研究是原创的，因为潜在的适应性敏捷制造概念和关键因素的资源组合很少在马来西亚私立高等教育背景下进行研究。此外，了解战略敏捷性的重要性使从业者能够优化正确的资源组合，以实现组织绩效并在未来维持其业务。

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International Journal of Agile Systems and Management Multidisciplinary-Multidisciplinary

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期刊介绍： The objective of IJASM is to establish an effective channel of communication between academia, industry and persons concerned with the design and development of systems. Change is eternal and perpetual, irrespective of type of system. Systems created in the course of the advance of human civilization need to be functionally and operationally sustainable amid changes in technological, political, socio-economical, financial, cultural and other environmental challenges. IJASM aims to promote and harmonize knowledge developments in the emerging fields of agile systems research, sustainability and vulnerability analysis, risk assessments methodologies, complex systems science, e-organisation and e-supply chain management, with emphasis on the international dimension, particularly breaking cultural barriers, and on national contexts, globalisation and new business practices. As such, we aim to publish papers presenting new research, innovative theoretical approaches, changes in agile management paradigms, and action (both examples of successes and failures as long as there are important lessons to be learned) from leading scholars and practitioners. Papers generally fall into two broad categories: those grounded in theory and/or papers using scientific research methods (e.g., reports of original empirical studies, models, critical reviews of existing empirical research, theory pieces that clearly extend current thinking); and those focusing on innovative agile approaches that are based on well reasoned extensions of existing research, experiential knowledge, or exemplary cases (e.g., thought pieces, case studies, etc).