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Exploring the factors of organization structure to improve WAQF management in Malaysia

Waqf is one of the Islamic financial instruments that has been proven historically in empowering Muslim society.In Malaysia, waqf is managed by the State Religious Islamic Council (SIRC) of each state as the sole trustee of waqf.Hence, this situation has resulted in different management and organ...

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Main Authors: Abu Bakar, Nurul Azma, Md Hussain, Muhammad Nasri, Hamed, Abu Bakar
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Published: Islamic Business School Universiti Utara Malaysia Sintok 2017
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HB Economic Theory
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spelling my.uum.repo.241432018-05-27T06:58:58Z http://repo.uum.edu.my/24143/ Exploring the factors of organization structure to improve WAQF management in Malaysia Abu Bakar, Nurul Azma Md Hussain, Muhammad Nasri Hamed, Abu Bakar HB Economic Theory Waqf is one of the Islamic financial instruments that has been proven historically in empowering Muslim society.In Malaysia, waqf is managed by the State Religious Islamic Council (SIRC) of each state as the sole trustee of waqf.Hence, this situation has resulted in different management and organization structures. This study was conducted to explore the differences in organization structure and its waqf management.In depth interviews were conducted involving 12 informants from seven waqf institutions. The findings revealed that appropriate arrangement within the organization structure can help the institution to focus on their waqf management; hence the desired performance can be achieved.Two options in changing the structure were revealed, namely internal and external re-organization. Three factors of organization structure need to be carefully examined and considered, which are organization size, professionalism and authority to execute the reorganization, both internally and externally.SIRCs have to carefully examine the number of staff needed including staff with professional background to make sure the workload can be reduced and the management can be improved. Most of the SIRCs do not have the authority to hire more staff and change their structure. External re-organization of waqf management is one of the suggestions to gain the authority Islamic Business School Universiti Utara Malaysia Sintok 2017-12 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://repo.uum.edu.my/24143/1/IJIB%202%202%202017%2079-88.pdf Abu Bakar, Nurul Azma and Md Hussain, Muhammad Nasri and Hamed, Abu Bakar (2017) Exploring the factors of organization structure to improve WAQF management in Malaysia. International Journal of Business (IJIB), 2 (2). pp. 79-88. ISSN 0128-2268 http://www.ijib.uum.edu.my/index.php/vol-2-issue-2-2017/ijib-vol-2-no-2-dec-2017-79-88
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Abu Bakar, Nurul Azma
Md Hussain, Muhammad Nasri
Hamed, Abu Bakar
Exploring the factors of organization structure to improve WAQF management in Malaysia
description Waqf is one of the Islamic financial instruments that has been proven historically in empowering Muslim society.In Malaysia, waqf is managed by the State Religious Islamic Council (SIRC) of each state as the sole trustee of waqf.Hence, this situation has resulted in different management and organization structures. This study was conducted to explore the differences in organization structure and its waqf management.In depth interviews were conducted involving 12 informants from seven waqf institutions. The findings revealed that appropriate arrangement within the organization structure can help the institution to focus on their waqf management; hence the desired performance can be achieved.Two options in changing the structure were revealed, namely internal and external re-organization. Three factors of organization structure need to be carefully examined and considered, which are organization size, professionalism and authority to execute the reorganization, both internally and externally.SIRCs have to carefully examine the number of staff needed including staff with professional background to make sure the workload can be reduced and the management can be improved. Most of the SIRCs do not have the authority to hire more staff and change their structure. External re-organization of waqf management is one of the suggestions to gain the authority
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author Abu Bakar, Nurul Azma
Md Hussain, Muhammad Nasri
Hamed, Abu Bakar
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Md Hussain, Muhammad Nasri
Hamed, Abu Bakar
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title Exploring the factors of organization structure to improve WAQF management in Malaysia
title_short Exploring the factors of organization structure to improve WAQF management in Malaysia
title_full Exploring the factors of organization structure to improve WAQF management in Malaysia
title_fullStr Exploring the factors of organization structure to improve WAQF management in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Exploring the factors of organization structure to improve WAQF management in Malaysia
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