Measurement of facility management competencies in higher education institution

Facility management competency plays an important role in providing conducive facilities for higher education institutions. This study will examine the selection of measurement items for facility management competencies in higher education institution. Variables examined in this study are leadership...

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Main Authors: Awang, Mariah, Mohammad, Abdul Hakim, Sapri, Maimunah, Abdul Rahman, Mohd. Shahril, Nik Lah, Nik Mohd. Iezuan
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http://dx.doi.org/10.11113/jt.v71.3836
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spelling my.utm.533882018-07-25T07:57:22Z http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/53388/ Measurement of facility management competencies in higher education institution Awang, Mariah Mohammad, Abdul Hakim Sapri, Maimunah Abdul Rahman, Mohd. Shahril Nik Lah, Nik Mohd. Iezuan HD Industries. Land use. Labor Facility management competency plays an important role in providing conducive facilities for higher education institutions. This study will examine the selection of measurement items for facility management competencies in higher education institution. Variables examined in this study are leadership and management, managing people, understanding business organization, operation and maintenance, managing premises, managing services, managing resources, and managing the working environment. Respondents consisted of 646 individuals who manage the facilities of higher education institutions. Data was analysed by using SPSS version 20 software. Results showed that the stated variables were categorized into five areas of facility management competencies with Eigenvalues above 1.0. The value of the Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin Measure of Sampling Adequacy 0.966 > 0.6 was adequate for inter-correlation, while Bartlett’s Test was significant (Chi Square = 23069.264, p <0.05). Hence, factor analysis was carried out and the results formed five constructs that were able to explain 71.78% of the polytechnic facility management competencies. In terms of reliability, the Cronbach’s Alpha value classification was very high, exceeding 0.7. Accordingly, the findings obtained reveal that the instrument can identify facility management competencies required to manage facilities in the polytechnics Penerbit UTM 2014 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/53388/1/AbdulHakimMohammad2014_Measurementoffacilitymanagement.pdf Awang, Mariah and Mohammad, Abdul Hakim and Sapri, Maimunah and Abdul Rahman, Mohd. Shahril and Nik Lah, Nik Mohd. Iezuan (2014) Measurement of facility management competencies in higher education institution. Jurnal Teknologi, 71 (4). pp. 145-157. ISSN 0127-9696 http://dx.doi.org/10.11113/jt.v71.3836 DOI: 10.11113/jt.v71.3836
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topic HD Industries. Land use. Labor
spellingShingle HD Industries. Land use. Labor
Awang, Mariah
Mohammad, Abdul Hakim
Sapri, Maimunah
Abdul Rahman, Mohd. Shahril
Nik Lah, Nik Mohd. Iezuan
Measurement of facility management competencies in higher education institution
description Facility management competency plays an important role in providing conducive facilities for higher education institutions. This study will examine the selection of measurement items for facility management competencies in higher education institution. Variables examined in this study are leadership and management, managing people, understanding business organization, operation and maintenance, managing premises, managing services, managing resources, and managing the working environment. Respondents consisted of 646 individuals who manage the facilities of higher education institutions. Data was analysed by using SPSS version 20 software. Results showed that the stated variables were categorized into five areas of facility management competencies with Eigenvalues above 1.0. The value of the Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin Measure of Sampling Adequacy 0.966 > 0.6 was adequate for inter-correlation, while Bartlett’s Test was significant (Chi Square = 23069.264, p <0.05). Hence, factor analysis was carried out and the results formed five constructs that were able to explain 71.78% of the polytechnic facility management competencies. In terms of reliability, the Cronbach’s Alpha value classification was very high, exceeding 0.7. Accordingly, the findings obtained reveal that the instrument can identify facility management competencies required to manage facilities in the polytechnics
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author Awang, Mariah
Mohammad, Abdul Hakim
Sapri, Maimunah
Abdul Rahman, Mohd. Shahril
Nik Lah, Nik Mohd. Iezuan
author_facet Awang, Mariah
Mohammad, Abdul Hakim
Sapri, Maimunah
Abdul Rahman, Mohd. Shahril
Nik Lah, Nik Mohd. Iezuan
author_sort Awang, Mariah
title Measurement of facility management competencies in higher education institution
title_short Measurement of facility management competencies in higher education institution
title_full Measurement of facility management competencies in higher education institution
title_fullStr Measurement of facility management competencies in higher education institution
title_full_unstemmed Measurement of facility management competencies in higher education institution
title_sort measurement of facility management competencies in higher education institution
publisher Penerbit UTM
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