Maintenance organization at Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM)

Proper maintenance of buildings is to extend the life span of buildings [1]. In order to maintain the buildings, apart from maintenance work, is the organization aspect, one of the important elements in building maintenance [3]. The organization will have to be carefully structured and designed s...

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Main Authors: Yasin, Mohd Norazam, Abdullah, Abd Halid, Mustakim, Fajaruddin, Abd. Hamid, Abd. Rahim, Singh, Bachan
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Published: Trans Tech Publications 2015
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Online Access:http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/4512/1/AJ%202015%20%282%29.pdf
http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/4512/
http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.773-774.834
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author Yasin, Mohd Norazam
Abdullah, Abd Halid
Mustakim, Fajaruddin
Abd. Hamid, Abd. Rahim
Singh, Bachan
author_facet Yasin, Mohd Norazam
Abdullah, Abd Halid
Mustakim, Fajaruddin
Abd. Hamid, Abd. Rahim
Singh, Bachan
author_sort Yasin, Mohd Norazam
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description Proper maintenance of buildings is to extend the life span of buildings [1]. In order to maintain the buildings, apart from maintenance work, is the organization aspect, one of the important elements in building maintenance [3]. The organization will have to be carefully structured and designed so that the staff can function efficiently [8,9,10,11,13]. The staff will have to be given training from time to time so that they are acquainted with the current technology and to tackle the challenges [6,12]. The objectives of this study are to examine the current maintenance organizational structure, to identify the main problems faced by the maintenance staff, to evaluate the level of job satisfaction and to identify the types of training to be provided to the maintenance staff. The study is carried through questionnaires and interviews. A total of fifty (50) questionnaires are distributed to the respondents consisting of engineers, technical assistants and technicians. The data is analyzed using average index. From the study, it was found that the type of organization structure of the maintenance department in UTHM is of line and staff.
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spelling my.uthm.eprints-45122021-12-07T04:43:19Z http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/4512/ Maintenance organization at Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM) Yasin, Mohd Norazam Abdullah, Abd Halid Mustakim, Fajaruddin Abd. Hamid, Abd. Rahim Singh, Bachan TH3301-3411 Maintenance and repair Proper maintenance of buildings is to extend the life span of buildings [1]. In order to maintain the buildings, apart from maintenance work, is the organization aspect, one of the important elements in building maintenance [3]. The organization will have to be carefully structured and designed so that the staff can function efficiently [8,9,10,11,13]. The staff will have to be given training from time to time so that they are acquainted with the current technology and to tackle the challenges [6,12]. The objectives of this study are to examine the current maintenance organizational structure, to identify the main problems faced by the maintenance staff, to evaluate the level of job satisfaction and to identify the types of training to be provided to the maintenance staff. The study is carried through questionnaires and interviews. A total of fifty (50) questionnaires are distributed to the respondents consisting of engineers, technical assistants and technicians. The data is analyzed using average index. From the study, it was found that the type of organization structure of the maintenance department in UTHM is of line and staff. Trans Tech Publications 2015 Article PeerReviewed text en http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/4512/1/AJ%202015%20%282%29.pdf Yasin, Mohd Norazam and Abdullah, Abd Halid and Mustakim, Fajaruddin and Abd. Hamid, Abd. Rahim and Singh, Bachan (2015) Maintenance organization at Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM). Applied Mechanics and Materials, 773-77 (7). pp. 834-838. ISSN 1662-7482 http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.773-774.834
spellingShingle TH3301-3411 Maintenance and repair
Yasin, Mohd Norazam
Abdullah, Abd Halid
Mustakim, Fajaruddin
Abd. Hamid, Abd. Rahim
Singh, Bachan
Maintenance organization at Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM)
title Maintenance organization at Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM)
title_full Maintenance organization at Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM)
title_fullStr Maintenance organization at Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM)
title_full_unstemmed Maintenance organization at Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM)
title_short Maintenance organization at Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM)
title_sort maintenance organization at universiti tun hussein onn malaysia (uthm)
topic TH3301-3411 Maintenance and repair
url http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/4512/1/AJ%202015%20%282%29.pdf
http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/4512/
http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.773-774.834
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