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Paper results for author: Rafikul Islam
A hierarchical model to enhance financial and strategic performance of an oil and gas company in Malaysia
Deven Krishnan, Rafikul Islam, Suhaimi Mhd SarifJournal: International Jourr of Enegy Sector ManagementThe study intends to develop a hierarchical model through prioritisation of the core competencies with respect to competitive advantage, financial as well as strategic performance for an oil and gas company in Malaysia. The prioritisation results will help the company considered in the present re...
Read MoreConstructing a maqasid (objective) based performance measurement index for Islamic banks
Kazi Md. Tarique, Rafikul Islam, Mustafa Omar Mohamed, Dzuljastri Abdul Razak, Hamdino bin HamdanJournal: International Journal of the Analytic Hierarchy ProcessThe current study aims to develop a Maqasid al-Shari’ah (objective of Islamic Law) based a new performance evaluation index for Islamic banks. In order to achieve the objective, the current study conducted twelve semi-structured interviews of academics and practitioners who specialize in Islamic ...
Read MorePrioritised challenges and critical success factors for delivering quality education in Malaysian private higher education institutions
Azilah Anis, Rafikul IslamJournal: Quality Assurance in EducationThe purpose of this paper is to develop a hierarchical model to rank the challenges faced by the private Malaysian higher education institutions (HEIs) in the provision of quality education and subsequently their corresponding critical success factors (CSFs) to address those challenges.
Read MoreDeveloping a Hierarchical Model to Enhance Business Excellence in Hotel Industry of Bangladesh
Mahbubar Rahman, Rafikul Islam, Wan Rohaida Wan Husain, Khaliq Ahmad Journal: International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality ManagementThe study aims to develop a hierarchical model based on the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award to enable the ranking of quality dimensions required for achieving business excellence in the hotel industry of Bangladesh.
Read MorePrioritization of the indicators and sub-indicators of maqasid al-shariah in measuring liveability of cities
Rafikul Islam, Norimah Md. Dali, Alias AbdullahJournal: International journal of the Analytic Hierarchy ProcessOpinions were sought from a panel of two groups of Malaysian experts, i.e., the urban planners and the Maqasid al-Shariah scholars with the aim of developing an evaluation model via identifying and ranking the Maqasid indicators and sub-indicators for liveability and quality of life in cities. Th...
Read MoreAssessing and Ranking HALMAS Parks in Malaysia: An Application of Importance-Performance Analysis and AHP
Rafikul Islam, Fatima El MadkouriJournal: Journal of Islamic MarketingThis paper aims to measure the level of importance and satisfaction on a number of items in the day-to-day running of the halal parks in Malaysia and to rank a selected halal parks on the basis of a number of performance criteria.
Read MoreSelection of Institution of Higher Learning for Study Abroad: A Malaysian Case Study
Mahbubar Rahman, Rafikul IslamJournal: Malaysian Management ReviewThis study examines why international students select the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) as their Higher Learning Institute (HLI) when pursuing higher education. Using a qualitative approach, with the philosophical foundation of case study method, and employing interviews to gat...
Read MorePrioritization of Service Quality Dimensions for Healthcare Sector
Rafikul Islam, Selim Ahmed, Kazi Md. TariqueJournal: International Journal of Medical Engineering and InformaticsDue to the unique nature among the service industries, the overriding objective of the healthcare sector is to provide error free, impeccable services to their patients and clientele. It is not an option rather a norm for the healthcare sector to uphold and maintain the level of service that is q...
Read MoreThe application of analytic hierarchy process in higher-learning institutions: A literature review
Azilah Anis, Rafikul IslamJournal: J. for International Business and Entrepreneurship DevelopmentCurrently, there has been increasing interest in the application of the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) in the educational sector. However, little effort has been made in reviewing its applications particularly in higher-learning institutions (HLIs). Thus, this paper attempts to systematically r...
Read MoreCritical success factors of the challenges in providing quality education: A study on Malaysian private higher learning institutes
Rafikul Islam, Azilah Anis, Anisah AbdullahThe issue of quality education in higher learning institutions is timely and crucial due to the Malaysian government's aspiration to turn the country into a centre of educational excellence in the Asian region. Quality education acts as an indicator of the institution's ability to provi...
Read MoreEmployability Skills Development Approaches: An Application of the Analytic Network Process
Mohamad Shukri Abdul Hamid, Rafikul Islam, Noor Hazilah Abd ManafJournal: Asian Academy of Management JournalInstitutions of higher learning need to re-evaluate their teaching-learning approaches to develop the necessary employability skills for their graduates. The main objectives of this study are to identify the important employability skills and the corresponding employability skills development app...
Read MoreSelecting a technical service provider by the Analytic Hierarchy Process
Slamet Riyadi, Lokman Effendi, Rafikul IslamJournal: Malaysian Management ReviewThe selection of a suitable technical service provider in the oil and gas industry can be a lengthy process. To expedite the procurement process, the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) method is proposed as a means of identifying the best technical service provider to develop a field development pl...
Read MorePrioritizing issues of Malaysian vision 2020: An application of the analytic hierarchy process and quality function deployment
Rafikul Islam, Yusof IsmailJournal: International Journal of Economics, Management and AccountingThe objectives of this research are to obtain the people's perception towards a number of issues pertaining to the realization of Malaysian Vision 2020, to rank the challenges of Vision 2020 and to collect suggestions to expedite the realization of the vision. Based on a nationwide survey,...
Read MoreCritical success factors of the nine challenges in Malaysian vision 2020
Rafikul IslamJournal: Social-Economic Planning SciencesBy the year 2020, Malaysia aspires to become a fully developed nation. In order to realize this vision, formally termed ‘Vision 2020’, Malaysia must address nine strategic challenges identified by the government of former Prime Minister Tun Dr. Mahathir bin Mohamad. These challenges are: (1) Esta...
Read MoreMBNQA criteria in education: Assigning weights from a Malaysian perspective and proposition of an alternative evaluation scheme
Rafikul IslamJournal: International Transactions in Operational ResearchIn order to improve quality and productivity among American companies, the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award (MBNQA) was launched by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) under the US Department of Commerce in 1987. Over the years, the award has proved to be effective in...
Read MoreEmployee performance evaluation by the AHP: A case study
Rafikul Islam, S.M. RasadJournal: Asia Pacific Management ReviewEmployee performance evaluation is designed to assess each individual's contribution to the organization. The performance of individuals against organizational goals determines whether the organization meets its goals. The basic objectives of performance evaluations are two-fold: firstly to r...
Read MoreManagement decision making by the analytic hierarchy process: A proposed modification for large-scale problems
Rafikul Islam, Nur Anisah AbdullahJournal: J. for International Business and Entrepreneurship Development The use of the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) for decision making is sometimes marred by the laborious effort of conducting a large number of pairwise comparisons, especially in the presence of a large number of criteria. The present empirical study attempts to investigate the possibility of el...
Read MorePrioritization of ideas in an affinity diagram by AHP: an example of K-economy
Rafikul IslamJournal: International Journal of Economics, Management and AccountingThe affinity diagram, which is regarded as one of the seven new management tools, is used to gather a large amount of subjective data concerning an issue and subsequently classify them into several groups. The ideas (or factors) which are similar in nature or have affinity among themselves are pl...
Read MoreA simple approach for on-line tool wear monitoring using the analytic hierarchy process
S Das, Rafikul Islam, A. B. ChattopadhyayJournal: Proceedings of Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part B: Journal of Engineering ManufactureA wide variety of on-line tool condition monitoring techniques have been developed to the present time. Timely decision making for cutting tool indexing needs a proper method for assessment of the state of the tool on-line. The present work demonstrates a very simple system based on cutting forc...
Read MorePreference programming and inconsistent interval judgment matrices
Rafikul Islam, M.P. Biswal, S.S. AlamJournal: European Journal of Operational ResearchThe problem of derivation of the weights of alternatives from pairwise comparison matrices is long standing. In this paper, Lexicographic Goal Programming (LGP) has been used to find out weights from pairwise inconsistent interval judgment matrices. A number of properties and advantages of LGP as...
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