Mohamed Abdul Madhar

Bio: Mohamed Abdul Madhar is an academic researcher. The author has contributed to research in topics: Accounting & Business. The author has an hindex of 2, co-authored 3 publications receiving 12 citations.

Knowledge Management in Higher Educational Institutions with Special Reference to College of Applied Sciences (CAS), Ministry of Higher Education, Sultanate of Oman

Abstract: Emerging Perspective: KM is one of the hottest subject - the word Knowledge refers any useful information, which creates value - the concept of Knowledge Management was evolved by management philosophers- later it has got great importance because of technological advancement in the field of Information Technology- originally KM refer managing useful information to optimize the results-KM is Intangible Assets (invisible) for an organization- the latest phase of KM has brought out new dimensions like Management Information System (MIS), Artificial Intelligence (AI), Reengineering, Group Ware, Interactive IT Web Pages - E-Business, E-Commerce, On-line Transactions, Intellectual Capital etc..The Value of KM: It is regarded as one of the effective management tool for today’s modern management - every organization wants to Buildup New knowledge, Sharing of Existing Knowledge and Creating Value from knowledge - in this regard there is a need of support from human ware (human resource) and advance IT applications - organizations need to spend lot of resources on Human Infrastructure and IT Infrastructure to build up proper KM.Knowledge Managers: Right from first human being Adam, who all help to transfer knowledge to another is called Knowledge Managers - (example person who invented fire and transfer the knowledge of making and using fire) - activities of Knowledge Managers include Innovate new knowledge, share/ transfer of acquires knowledge, and help to apply knowledge - the people like Librarians, Teachers, Data base managers (traditional), Chief Knowledge Officers, Knowledge Engineers, Intellectual Capital Directors, Intellectual Capital controllers (modern) etc. are some of the noted Knowledge Managers.Knowledge Management Initiatives: There are three types of initiatives- namely External Structure Initiative (gain information and knowledge from outsiders), Internal Structure Initiative (built knowledge sharing mechanism in the organization) and Competence Initiative (IT applications to enhance its utilization).Role of KM in Higher Education Programs: The growing importance of KM does not spare any filed. Its success is being felt in corporate business and industry. Now there is a need to apply its techniques in Higher Educational Program. World wide the higher education programs are heading towards application oriented educational pattern. The countries which are able to adopt applied educational programs, have succeeded in managing Human Resource in a optimum way.KM in Colleges of Applied Sciences in Sultanate: A detailed study on this topic has been done to find out the possibilities of having KM in Colleges of Applied Science in Sultanate. Some empirical data have been collected in this regard. The core part of the paper brings about details of those study.

Emotional Intelligence of Teachers and Effective Class Room Management

Abstract: Emotional intelligence: EI is the ability to understand your own emotions and those of people around you. The concept of emotional intelligence means you must have a self-awareness that enables you to recognize feelings and manage your emotions. It has become popular after the immense success of Daniel Goleman's book in 1995, Emotional Intelligence, 'Why It Can Matter More Than IQ'. Emotions: Emotion refers to a feeling state or felt-tendency. It is similar to waves of the sea, no stop it may come again as like wave one after another, totally unpredictable of its power and strength, some time it may take you along. That come to you with rush, you wipe your tear that threatening to fall on to your cheeks in a little while. Negative emotions would affect our normal life and emotional decisions would lack fairness of judgment and affect others. Judging our own (teachers) state of Emotional Intelligence: Let us examine the following statements: Is it a sign of weakness to show emotions? Emotional health is related to physical health. The most important relationship in life is the relationship with your life partner. When you are sad, some times you feel like a child, it means you are emotionally immature, the world does not tolerate a weakling. Since you cant change the past, it is a waste to go back to childhood events and examine childhood experience. People with high self-esteem focus on their positive qualities and do not see their negative attribute. It is best to reject illogical and unpleasant feelings. Emotional Intelligence (Emotional Health) of Teachers: It is useful to look at Goleman's five major factors of emotional intelligence. He summarizes emotional intelligence into the following components: Emotional self-awareness, managing one's own emotions, using emotions to maximize intellectual processing and decision-making, including self-motivation and developing empathy (the art of social relationships and managing emotions in others). Why EI (Emotional Health) is important for teachers? It influences what we do: A sad designer can’t design beautiful portrait. It affects who we meet: An angry nurse can’t show his/ her empathy to ailing patient. It determines how we look: Unpleasing facial gesture of teacher demotivates students. It express how we feel: Just seeing our face students can understand how we feel. It decides our course of life: Happiness is voyage (road) it is not destiny, job satisfaction of teachers depends on their attitude. It helps to express emotions appropriately instead ignore them. Escape from one problem is not solution for that problem, instead react naturally and try to find the root cause of that problem. A person start using drugs just to hide his disappointment, this would add more pain to his life, better he has to get conviction to overcome it. The Four Branch Model of Emotional Intelligence: The four branch model of emotional intelligence describes four areas of capacities or skills that collectively describe many of areas of emotional intelligence (Mayer & Salovey, 1997). Emotional Intelligence and Quality Assurance in Higher Education Quality is the catchy word today. Is quality is important for customer or client satisfaction: Is educational services different from other services? Emotional health of staff working in educational institution is key for its quality delivery. Positive Emotions of teacher would leave positive impact on students. What Islam says about Emotions/ Anger Management? It is a handy work of shaithan to make the human being a loser. It eats your good deeds of faithful. Sabaar (patience) and salath (prayer) will be rewarded abundantly. Person who shows his muscle power is not stronger, rather one who control his anger. It is against sunnah (tradition) of prophet (pbuh), who always restraint from anger. Smiling at others face is considered as sadakha (charity), husband smiling at his wife is considered as ibadhah (prayers). Before take any crucial decision pray two rakaths of salath’e isthi-hara, it helps a person to take decisions with peace instead of acting emotionally. How to measure EI: A look at what the "E.Q.-I" measures contributes to an understanding of the components of emotional intelligence. Empirical Data from Action Research conducted among students and teachers: A detailed version is given in the paper.

Growth of Medical Tourism in Asian Countries Its Relevance, Importance and Scope in Sultanate of Oman

Abstract: Introduction: This paper attempts to examine the current trends of medical tourism in some Asian countries, identify the challenges and concerns faced by it and suggest policies that may help it grow as an important economic contributor for the Sultanate of Oman in near future. This paper also analyzes many reasons why Omani patients travel abroad for medical care because they do not have access to a particular treatment or domestic limitations in technology, training, or infrastructure; or because of long waiting lists. Many others travel simply because they cannot afford a particular procedure in their own country. On the supply side, several developing countries have dramatically improved the quality of care they can offer. This growing supply is able to meet the increased demand in substantial part because of the Internet, which enables foreign providers to contact patients and signal their credentials. Outsourcing of Medical Services: Labour surplus in developed countries has often caused immigration of skilled workers, including medical and paramedical personnel, to developed countries. In recent times, the same labour surplus has created opportunities for outsourcing of services from developed to the lesser developed world. During last few years, such outsourcing is increasingly observed in the field of medical care, in a form that is often referred to as "medical tourism‟ and is growing throughout the globe, including Asia. Thailand, India, Singapore, Malaysia and Philippines are increasingly experiencing the inflow of patients from outside their borders, thereby making medical tourism an industry in its own right with significant potential for growth. Growth of Medical Tourism in Asia: It has exploded in recent years, aided by globalization in the health services industry. Gradually, countries have opened their borders, now there are thriving international markets for health care professionals, telemedicine, medical technology and drugs. In 2003, an estimated 350,000 patients from various countries traveled to Cuba, India, Jordan, Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand for medical care. In 2005, over 55,000 Americans visited Bumrungrad Hospital in Bangkok for medical care. In India alone, the number of medical tourists visiting the country tripled between 2002 and 2005, and is expected to rise by 600% over the next few years.

Demographic Influence on Emotional Intelligence of Science Technology and Engineering Teachers in Region 1 Philippines

Abstract: : This study investigated the Emotional Intelligence (EI) of Science, Technology and Engineering (STE) science teachers based on their demographic profile. Total enumeration was used and 113 STE science teachers in Region 1 Philippines participated in this study. The study adopted descriptive- quantitative research design, frequency count and percentage, weighted mean (WM), t-test and ANOVA were utilized and to look deeper on the magnitude of the demographic profiles on EI, effect size was used. The results showed that some of STE science teachers belongs to 30-39 age bracket. In terms of sex most of STE science teachers are females. In terms of position some are Teacher III. In terms of length of service, some are in service for 0-5 years. STE science teachers have an average EI. Difference of EI on respondents’ age was also investigated and revealed in over-all EI, that there is a significant difference between STE science teachers’ age. Further, an effect size of 0.01 was tabulated which means it has a small effect. Difference of EI between sexes had also been investigated and found out that there is a significant difference between the STE science teachers’ sex and EI. Further, the effect size was 0.27. Differences of EI against the STE teachers’ position had also been investigated results revealed that, there is no statistically significant difference. Difference of EI against respondents’ length of service had also been investigated and revealed that, there is no statistically significant difference between respondents’ length of service and EI. Conclusions include: STE science teachers is female-dominated in their middle-age, and who are relatively young in the service; STE science teachers’ can assess others’ emotion, moreover, they can highly assess their own emotion with high level of emotional control, and thus they can interact excellently with other people, and use their emotion in a positive way with positive outlook in life; STE science teachers EI is dependent on their age and sex.

The Practice of Knowledge Management in Private Higher Education Institutions in Egypt: The Demographics Effect

Abstract: Managing knowledge in higher education institutions is under scrutinizing due to the mismatch between the demands of the labor market and the education output. Knowledge management research focuses on the technical aspect rather than the humane one which includes the employees who directly interact with the system. The aim of this paper is to analyze the interaction of age and gender of Egyptian academicians, and its effect, on Knowledge Management. Data was gathered using questionnaire in which 73 academicians from two private HEIs in Egypt. Results have shown that age and gender did not affect knowledge management processes. The generalized linear model reflects that the interaction of age and gender affects the knowledge disseminating process. Several trends regarding the interaction of age and gender are discussed. This paper raises the attention to how important it is to implement KM processes and communicate KM initiatives within educational institutions.

A Model for Knowledge Management and Information Systems at the Faculty of Education in Kuwait University

Abstract: No one can deny the role of knowledge management and information systems in improving the quality of services being provided by educational institutions. The aim of the current research paper is to propose a model of knowledge management and information systems at the Faculty of Education in Kuwait University, in an attempt to improve outputs obtained from Kuwaiti higher education institutions. To achieve the objective of the study, the researcher will depend on reviewing relevant literature related to knowledge management and information systems to determine the critical elements of the proposed model.

Knowledge Management Practices among the Internal Quality Assurance Network (IQAN)-Member Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in Thailand

Abstract: Knowledge management is one of the essential processes in every organization because knowledge is recently considered an important asset that needs to be managed. However, in Thailand, it was observed that in many organizations more importantly the academe, knowledge management processed are not yet at fully implemented and employees are not really fully aware of the KM processes in their workplace. This research reviewed the status of knowledge management (KM) in the IQAN- member college and universities in Thailand based on the interpretation of the practice of their rank and file staff. This study was able to find out the majority of the staff know about KM and view it as essential and strategic part of their institutions. They consider their HEIs as knowledge –based. Furthermore, most of the staff believe that KM in the HEIs are still in introductory, intermediate and some consider that KM is their institution is its growth stage and rated differently their institutes’ KM practice from adequate, good to very good. The staff also affirmed that there is knowledge creation, storage, sharing and transfer via various modes. However, in the preference of use of technology tools, the rank and file staff least prefer the usage of the technology in KM management and prefer the use of communities of practice in the sharing of knowledge. It is therefore, strongly recommended that there should be continuous and cyclic process in KM wherein review of the different stages will be done regularly to update the staff especially in the use of technology because it is a very important tool in knowledge storage and sharing or communicating knowledge.