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Environment management system implementation in selected Malaysian local authorities / Corina Joseph … [et al.]

The Government has introduced five major initiatives to transform the nation - 1 Malaysia, the New Economy Model (NEM), the Government Transformation Programme (GTP), the Economic Transformation Plan (ETP) and the Tenth Malaysia Plan (Anuar, 2011). The NEM lists out 8 Strategic Reform Initiatives (S...

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Main Authors: Joseph, Corina, Jonathan, Lulu, Nichol, Esmie Obrin
Format: Research Reports
Language:English
Published: 2014
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spelling my.uitm.ir.456322021-04-30T03:29:38Z http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/45632/ Environment management system implementation in selected Malaysian local authorities / Corina Joseph … [et al.] Joseph, Corina Jonathan, Lulu Nichol, Esmie Obrin H Social Sciences (General) Research The Government has introduced five major initiatives to transform the nation - 1 Malaysia, the New Economy Model (NEM), the Government Transformation Programme (GTP), the Economic Transformation Plan (ETP) and the Tenth Malaysia Plan (Anuar, 2011). The NEM lists out 8 Strategic Reform Initiatives (SRI) to drive the Malaysian economy towards a higly income, inclusive and sustainable economy. One of the initiatives is strengthening the public sector via numerous public sector reforms agenda, for example, the implementation of environmental management system (EMS). Local authority is chosen as a sample because of its importance role in advancing towards sustainable development. Moreover, only three (out of 149) local authorities in Malaysia to date have implemented EMS. The three local authorities are: Dewan Bandaraya Kuching Utara (DBKU), Majlis Perbandaran Seberang Perai (MPSP) and Majlis Perbandaran Pasir Gudang (MPPG).. This research seeks to examine the adoption of an environmental management system (EMS) in three local authorities in Malaysia and identify the key factors that contribute to successful adoption. In-depth interviews are necessary to obtain first hand information from local authorities involved in the EMS implementation. The aim of these interviews is to document the progress being made by the departments/agencies with their EMS implementation. Data will be collected through semi-structured interviews conducted with environmental coordinators / staff involved in the EMS implementation in DBKU, MPSP and MPPG. 2014-05 Research Reports NonPeerReviewed text en http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/45632/1/45632.pdf Joseph, Corina and Jonathan, Lulu and Nichol, Esmie Obrin (2014) Environment management system implementation in selected Malaysian local authorities / Corina Joseph … [et al.]. [Research Reports] (Unpublished)
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Research
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Joseph, Corina
Jonathan, Lulu
Nichol, Esmie Obrin
Environment management system implementation in selected Malaysian local authorities / Corina Joseph … [et al.]
description The Government has introduced five major initiatives to transform the nation - 1 Malaysia, the New Economy Model (NEM), the Government Transformation Programme (GTP), the Economic Transformation Plan (ETP) and the Tenth Malaysia Plan (Anuar, 2011). The NEM lists out 8 Strategic Reform Initiatives (SRI) to drive the Malaysian economy towards a higly income, inclusive and sustainable economy. One of the initiatives is strengthening the public sector via numerous public sector reforms agenda, for example, the implementation of environmental management system (EMS). Local authority is chosen as a sample because of its importance role in advancing towards sustainable development. Moreover, only three (out of 149) local authorities in Malaysia to date have implemented EMS. The three local authorities are: Dewan Bandaraya Kuching Utara (DBKU), Majlis Perbandaran Seberang Perai (MPSP) and Majlis Perbandaran Pasir Gudang (MPPG).. This research seeks to examine the adoption of an environmental management system (EMS) in three local authorities in Malaysia and identify the key factors that contribute to successful adoption. In-depth interviews are necessary to obtain first hand information from local authorities involved in the EMS implementation. The aim of these interviews is to document the progress being made by the departments/agencies with their EMS implementation. Data will be collected through semi-structured interviews conducted with environmental coordinators / staff involved in the EMS implementation in DBKU, MPSP and MPPG.
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author Joseph, Corina
Jonathan, Lulu
Nichol, Esmie Obrin
author_facet Joseph, Corina
Jonathan, Lulu
Nichol, Esmie Obrin
author_sort Joseph, Corina
title Environment management system implementation in selected Malaysian local authorities / Corina Joseph … [et al.]
title_short Environment management system implementation in selected Malaysian local authorities / Corina Joseph … [et al.]
title_full Environment management system implementation in selected Malaysian local authorities / Corina Joseph … [et al.]
title_fullStr Environment management system implementation in selected Malaysian local authorities / Corina Joseph … [et al.]
title_full_unstemmed Environment management system implementation in selected Malaysian local authorities / Corina Joseph … [et al.]
title_sort environment management system implementation in selected malaysian local authorities / corina joseph … [et al.]
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url http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/45632/1/45632.pdf
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