The Effect of Situational Leadership Behavior Organizational Culture and Human Resources Management Strategy on Education and Training Institution Productivity (Survey on Educational and Vocational Training Institutions in West Java Province)

The aim of this research is to analyze: situational leadership behavior, organizational culture and productivity of vocational training institutes in west Java Province. The correlation between situational leadership behavior and organizational culture at vocational training institutes, the effect of situational leadership behavior and organizational culture toward productivity of vocational training institutes in west Java Province. This research uses organizational behavior and human resources management approach. The type of the research is descriptive and verificative, while the method used both descriptive and explanatory survey. Investigation type is casualty and time horizon in cross sectional. The sample size used is proportionate sampling by taking sample 115 vocational training institute of spread over 19 locations totally, all its population counted 719 vocational training institutes in west Java Province. The data analyzed by descriptive analytic and path analysis. The result of research shows, 1) situational leadership behavior and organizational culture in generalities, rather high score and the productivity at vocational training institutes to society, cooperation with company or industry in training program development, and placement of training graduate assessed by rather low, 2) there is correlation which significant between situational leadership behavior and organizational at vocational training institutes in west Java Province, 3) situational leadership behavior, organizational culture has significant effect simultaneously and partially productivity of vocational training institutes in west Java Province

The Role of English Language in Nigerian Development

:The language policy in Nigeria granted the English language the status of being the sole official language, and the language of instruction in the country. This approach influenced the educated people's competence, and subsequently, attitudes towards others within their locality and global arena. The study aims to investigate the role of the English Language in Nigerian Development. This paper argues that English as the Nigerian official language is well accepted due to the multi-lingual state of Nigeria. The study observes that English language is a political and social element in the process of building, unification, and maintaining the Nigerian state and as an essential element of national development. This study contributes to the understanding of multi-lingual nations and supports the research literature which shows that English language plays a significant role in unifying multi-lingual Nigeria

TINJAUAN YURIDIS TUKAR-MENUKAR DAN PELEPASAN KAWASAN HUTAN KEPENTINGAN NON KEHUTANAN

Pelaksanaan kebijakan tukar-menukar dan pelepasan kawasan hutan untuk kepentingan nonkehutanan, sarat dengan pelanggaran dan penyimpangan dan tidak menerapkan prinsip hukum pelestarian fungsi lingkungan hidup. Kebijakan demikian ini diyakini penulis menjadi salah satu faktor penyebab kerusakan kawasan hutan, sehingga perlu dilakukan penelitian atau pengkajian, guna menganalisis isu hukum terkait dengan tukar-menukar dan pelepasan kawasan hutan dimaksud. Pendekatan penelitian dilakukan secara yuridis normatif. Sifat penelitian deskriptif yuridis analitis. Bentuk penelitian yaitu preskriptif. Tahapan penelitian yaitu: melakukan identifikasi dan inventarisasi bahan hukum; pengumpulan bahan hukum utama (primer, sekunder, dan tersier) dan data penunjang berupa informasi dari beberapa informan sebagai nara sumber; pengolahan bahan hukum, baik bahan hukum utama maupun data penunjang, yaitu dengan melakukan klasifikasi dan verifikasi; dan analisis bahan hukum dilakukan secara yuridis kualitatif. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan, bahwa terhadap kawasan hutan yang telah dilakukan tukar-menukar dan pelepasan untuk kepentingan nonkehutanan pada kenyataannya banyak yang belum dimanfaatkan secara optimal, bahkan lahan tersebut ditelantarkan, tidak segera diikuti dengan perizinan dalam bentuk HGU, dan pengusaha tidak memenuhi kewajiban penyediaan areal lahan pengganti, serta adanya pelanggaran kewenangan, prosedur dan substansi atas ketentuan kehutanan oleh pejabat terkait

Conservation of amphibians and reptiles in Indonesia: issues and problems

Indonesia is an archipelagic nation comprising some 17,000 islands of varying sizes and geological origins, as well as marked differences in composition of their floras and faunas. Indonesia is considered one of the megadiversity centers, both in terms of species numbers as well as endemism. According to the Biodiversity Action Plan for Indonesia, 16% of all amphibian and reptile species occur in Indonesia, a total of over 1,100 species. New research activities, launched in the last few years, indicate that these figures may be significantly higher than generally assumed. Indonesia is suspected to host the worldwide highest numbers of amphibian and reptile species. Herpetological research in Indonesia, however, has not progressed at a rate comparable to that of neighboring countries. As a result, the ratio of Indonesian species to the entirety of Southeast Asian and Malesian species has “declined” from about 60% in 1930 to about 50% in 2000, essentially a result of more taxa having been described from areas outside Indonesia. Many of these taxa were subsequently also found in Indonesia. In the last 70 years, 762 new taxa have been described from the Southeast Asia region of which only 262 were from Indonesia. In general, the herpetofauna of Indonesia is poorly understood compared to the herpetofauna of neighboring countries. This refers not only to the taxonomic status, but also to the basic biological and ecological characteristics of most of the species. Moreover, geographic distribution patterns for many species are only poorly known. In view of the alarming rate of forest loss, measures for more effective protection of the herpetofauna of Indonesia are urgently required. The status of virtually all of the Indonesian species, e.g. in terms of IUCN categories, remains unknown, and no action plans have been formulated to date. In addition, research results on Indonesia’s amphibian and reptile fauna have often not been made available in the country itself. Finally, there is a clear need to organize research activities in such a way that a larger segment of the Indonesian population becomes aware of the importance of the herpetofauna as an essential component of the country’s biodiversity. To address these issues, this paper (1) gives an overview of the herpetofauna as part of Indonesia’s biodiversity, (2) outlines the history of herpetological research in the region, (3) identifies major gaps in our knowledge of the Indonesian herpetofauna, and (4) uses this framework for discussing issues and problems of the conservation of amphibians and reptiles in Indonesia. In particular, the contents and shortcomings of compilations of lists of protected or threatened species by national and international authorities are discussed, major threats to the Indonesian herpetofauna or certain components thereof are described, and a set of measures for better longterm conservation is proposed.Abstrak.—Indonesia adalah suatu negara kepulauan yang terdiri dari sekitar 17.000 pulau dengan ukuran bervariasi dan mempunyai asal usul geologi yang kompleks seperti yang terlihat dalam komposisi tumbuhan dan hewannya. Indonesia, sebagai salah satu pusat keanekaragaman yang terbesar di dunia, baik dari segikekayaan alam jenisnya maupun dari segi tingkat endemisitasnya. Menurut Biodiversity Action Plan for Indonesia, 16% dari amfibi dan reptil dunia terdapat di sini, dengan jumlah lebih dari 1100 jenis. Kegiatan penelitian yang dilaksanakan pada masa yang baru lalu menunjukkan bahwa jumlah tersebut di atas masih jauh di bawah keadaan yang sebenarnya. Indonesia mungkin sekali sebuah negara yang mempunyai jumlah amfibi dan reptil terbesar di dunia. Yang patut menjadi pertimbangan ialah bahwa penelitian amfibi dan reptil di Indonesia jauh lebih lambat di bandingkan dengan kemajuan di negara tetangga. Sebagai gambaran, jumlah jenis di Indonesia apabila dibandingkan dengan jumlah jenis di seluruh Asia Tenggara dalam kurun waktu 70 tahun telah merosot dari 60% menjadi 50%. Hal ini terjadi karena jumlah taksa baru kebanyakan ditemukan di luar Indonesia. Banyak diantara jenis-jenis tersebut kemudian ditemukan di Indonesia. Dalam 70 tahun terakhir, 762 jenis taksa dipertelakan dari luar Indonesia dan hanya 262 pertelaan dari Indonesia. Pada umumnya herpetofauna Indonesia tidak banyak dikenal, baik dari segi taksonomi, ciri-ciri biologi maupun ciri-ciri ekologinya. Daerah penyebaran suatu jenis sangat sedikit diketahui. Meninjau dari cepatnya penebangan dan pengalihan fungsi hutan, usaha untuk melindungi komponen biologi (dalam hal ini amfibi dan reptil) sangat diperlukan. Hampir semua status perlindungan baik secara nasional maupun dengan mengikuti kategori IUCN atau CITES tidak banyak diketahui atau dipahami. Kebanyakan informasi mengenai organisme Indonesia sulit diperoleh di dalam eri. Sebagai akibat, maka diperlukan suatu mekanisme untuk mengatur kegiatan penelitian sedemikian rupa sehingga timbul kesadaran bahwa amfibi dan reptil merupakan salah satu komponen yang sangat berharga dari kekayaan keaneka-ragaman Indonesia. Makalah ini memberikan (1) gambaran komponen biodiversitas herpetofauna Indonesia, (2) memaparkan sejarah perkembangan herpetologi di Indonesia, (3) mengidentifikasi kekosongan dalam pengetahuan herpetologi di Indonesia, (4) memaparkan masalah dan jalan keluar dalam konseravsi keanekaragaman herpetofauna Indonesia. Daftar herpetofauna Indonesia yang dilindungi undang-undang, CITES dan IUCN dibahas, hewanhewan yang mulai terancam dan kiat untuk melindunginya dibahas

Upaya Peningkatan Kemampuan Guru dalam Menyusun Rencana Pelaksanaan Pembelajaran (Rpp) melalui Supervisi Klinis di Sekolah Dasar Negeri 001 Panipahan Kabupaten Rokan Hilir

This school action research (PTS) aims to improve teachers' ability in making RPP through clinical supervision.This research is conducted in four stages, namely planning, implementation, observation and reflection, anddone in two cycles. The first cycle of researchers directly observed the increase in teacher competence in makingRPP. Results from the observation of the overall teacher's RPP assessment in cycle I showed a mean score of72,1% with good rating category. In cycle II the average value of teachers in making RPP is 86% with thecategory of assessment is very good. The improvement of teacher's RPP assessment per cycle also increased, ieclass I, II, IV, and V teachers showed an increase in scoring score of two points or 16,7 ,. while grade 3 andgrade 6 teachers showed an increase of one point or 8,4%. This proves that the implementation of clinicalsupervision can improve the competence of teachers in the preparation of learning tools

Kecerdasan Emosi Dan Komitmen Pekerjaan Dosen Di Jambi

Penelitian ini bertujuan mengetahui pengaruh kecerdasan emosi terhadap komitmen pekerjaan dosen Perguruan Tinggi Indonesia di Provinsi Jambi. Penelitian survey yang menggunakan satu set instrumen dengan sampel penelitian sebanyak 265 orang dosen dipilih dengan teknik stratified random sampling dari 3 perguruan tinggi di Provinsi Jambi. Analisis data menggunakan program SPSS. Hasil analisis regresi ganda menunjukkan bahwa kecerdasan emosi memberi sumbangan secara signifikan sebesar 54.40% kepada komitmen pekerjaan dosen perguruan tinggi Indonesia di Provinsi Jambi

Model Tafsir Fiqhi: Kajian Atas Tafsîr Al-munîr Fi Al-‘aqîdah Wa Al-syarî'ah Wa Al-manhaj Karya Wahbah Az-zuhaili

Fiqhi commentary is an attempt interpretation of legal texts. One interpretation is classified as a work of interpretation is fiqhi Tafsir Al-Munir, the greatest work of Az-Zuhaili Wahbah, a contemporary scholar who has a very broad insight. In the work of this interpretation, legal texts are described in the open, in order that people can understand all the issues at hand. The style and method of use has its own characteristics that distinguish it from other works fiqhi interpretation

Reverse Link Cdma System Capacity Evaluation for Stratospheric Platform Mobile Communications

We propose an analysis of reverse link CDMA multispot beam stratospheric platforms (SPF) in this paper. The SPF iscurrently proposed as a novel wireless technology for the development of the next generation fixed and mobilecommunications. The geometry of this technology is different from that of the terrestrial but rather similar to thesatellite based cellular system. However, evaluation on the CDMA system capacity of this technology has not beenmuch reported. This paper addresses all possible multiple access interference analyses including the effects of channelfading and shadowing in order to evaluate the system capacity. Single SPF and multiple SPF model are evaluated underperfect power control and imperfect power control. The results indicate that in SPF systems the reverse link CDMAcapacity is significantly reduced because of the power control imperfections. Moreover, in multiple SPF model theinterference caused by the users in overlapped region is not trivial. We found that because of this problem the capacityis reduced for both speech and real-time data applications compared with the single SPF model even though theassumption of perfect power control can be made. In order to improve the system capacity we proposed two methods,first is to increase the minimum elevation angle definition for each platform and the second is to employ an adaptiveantenna

Pengaruh Karakteristik Individu, Beban Kerja Dan Lingkungan Kerja Terhadap Kinerja Pegawai Pada Kantor Inspektorat Daerah Provinsi Sulawesi Tengah

The objectives of the study are 1.) to define and analyze simultaneous influence of individual characteristics, workloads, and work enviroment on officials performance in The Inspectorate Office of Central Sulawesi; 2.) to define and analyze the influence of individual characteristics on ifficials' performance in The Inspectorate Office of Central Sulawesi; 3.) to define and analyze simultaneous influence of workloads on officials' performance in The Inspectorate Office of Central Sulawesi; 4.) to define and analyze simultaneous Influence of work environment on officials' performance in The Inspectorate Office of Central Sulawesi. The sample in this research consists of 75 officials in The Inspectorate Office of Central Sulawesi who are selected by using census method. Type of research is causal analysis with multiple regressions analysis. The results of the test show that; 1.) individual characteristics, workloads, and work environment simultaneously have significant influence on officials' performance in The Inspectorate Office of Central Sulawesi with Fvalue of 19.175 on the significant level of 0,000; 2.) Individuals' characteristics have a positive and significant influence on officials' performance in The Inspectorate Office of Central Sulawesi sig-t of 0,000<α 0,05; 3.) workloads have a negative and significant influence on officials performance in The Inspectorate Office of Central Sulawesi with sig-t of 0,001<α 0,05; 4.) work environment has a positive and significant influence on officials' performance in The Inspectorate Office of Central Sulawesi with sig-t of 0,000<α 0,05