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    An internal and external factors affecting customer loyalty: a case study of fast food industry in Kulim, Kedah
    (AIP Publishing, 2023) ; ;
    Suraiya Ibrahim
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    S. M. S. Izwaan
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    Marniati Marniati
    Malaysia is one of the countries which show the largest household budget spending in food. Fast food industries which operating in Malaysia, having a rapidly expanding and balanced growth for the past few years. It is very convenience to the busy lifestyles. McDonald is the highest leading fast food brand among the food and beverages. It is the most successful fast food chain in the world. McDonald's was originated in California, USA in 1954. It has been the most recognized brand in the world. McDonald's has successfully established more than 30,000 franchising in 119 countries. McDonald's also enhancing its brand image through the social activities and sponsorship of special events sports such as sponsorship for the Champions League Football. Based on the results, the highest mean is Satisfaction which has 3.6614 mean and 0.53362 for standard deviation. The lowest mean is Customer Loyalty whereby the mean is 3.1980 and for the standard deviation is 0.78547. It tells that each business should show the primary focus to the customers because they are the source of income for a company. Furthermore, the fast food business is necessary to create customer loyalty for long term endurance in the market. This research includes the factors that affect the customer loyalty towards the McDonald's. The respondents are among 100 customers' who dine in Kulim McDonald's. This study is aimed to examine the internal and external factors affect customer loyalty. This can craft loyalty customers to their business. Customer's loyalty is an important element for a company or business to generate profit and maintain sustainability in the market. Loyal customers are the customer who purchase the company's products and services and maintains the positive assertiveness towards the service provider. Loyalty is also considered as long term pledge which involves the repeated benefaction and favorable point of view.
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    Application of ant colony optimization (ACO) algorithm in the short rute search for completing travelling problem (TP)
    ( 2020-11-02)
    Mutiawati M.
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    Nelly
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    Travelling in the community has become a lifestyle. Factors that become obstacles in every travelling activity include determining the destination. In this process, the traveler needs a short route. The Ant Colony algorithm is one of the heuristic methods for finding the right solution in a discrete optimization problem. The purpose of this study is to apply the workings of the Ant Colony Optimization algorithm in Travelling Problem. The information needed is information related to a location between cities and route planning for destination locations. The distance calculation is done by summing the initial distance to the end of the trip and calculating the cost of fuel. ACO has been applied to find optimal solutions to the Travelling Salesman Problem, by giving a number of n points.
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    A study on employees resistance to change in managing organization: a case study of public and private sector in Perlis
    (AIP Publishing, 2023) ; ;
    Suraiya Ibrahim
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    S. M. S. Izwaan
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    M. Marniati
    This research study is implemented to identify the problems faced by employees that bring of resistance to change in private and public organizations. The objection made by employees is the main obstacles for organization to improve their performance and achieve the goals of company. This study involves number of factors that have been chosen from the previous studies as the components of resistance to change among employees. This study will touch on some factors that contributing to this problem such as employee behaviour, organization culture and employee perception. The research method used in this study is the quantitative research design by using questionnaire that will be distributed to 100 of respondent from the public and private sector in the state of Perlis. The analysis that conducted in this study includes correlation analysis, regression analysis and cross tabulation analysis to investigate the relationship between the selected variables to achieve the research objectives. From the study, the result showed the variables involved such as employees behaviour and organization culture are not having a strong influence to the causes of resistance to change but the employees perception has a strong influence to the causes of employee's resistance to change that would be run by the organization. This study is important and helpful to provide a guideline for the local organization to plan the change management in nowadays and for the future organization.
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    Determinants of unmet need at working area of health centre Peukan Bada Aceh Besar in 2019
    ( 2020-11-02)
    Safitri F.
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    Kana I.
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    Unmet need is a multidimensional problem and will not only be a cause of population explosion but can also affect the high maternal mortality rate (MMR) in Indonesia. The percentage of national unmet need itself in 2015 was 14.87%. Unmet need in the province of Aceh amounted to 14.25% and with a percentage of the incidence in Aceh Besar as much (16.28%). The purpose of this study was to determinants of unmet need at working area of Puskesmas Peukan Bada Aceh Besar in 2019. This type of research is analytic with cross sectional approach. The research was carried out on 10th until 30th June 2019 in at working area of Puskesmas Peukan Bada Aceh Besar. Sampling by purposive sampling with a sample of 32 people. The research instrument used a questionnaire and data collection techniques by interview. Analysis of data by univariate, bivariate and multivariate methods. The results of the bivariate analysis obtained determinants of age (p=0.000 OR=27.00), education (p=0.002 OR=17.00), knowledge (p=0.018 OR=7.93), number of children (p=0.002), husband support (p=0.006 OR=12.60) and health workers role (p=0.002 OR=18.00). The results of multivariate analysis found that the most dominant factor was health workers' role (OR=11.379). It can be concluded that there is a relationship between age, education, knowledge, number of children, husband's support, and the role of health workers with the Unmet need events at working area of Puskesmas Peukan Bada Aceh Besar. It is expected that health workers can provide more education to the community in the form of family planning health education, so as to reduce the number of unmet need events.
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