A review on 'Legal' from My E-Commerce blog - "New rules for cyber cafe soon"

11:59 PM Anonymous
Malaysian government announced that there will be some new guidelines to be enforced soon on Internet and cyber cafes.


From my point of view, this is good to have guidelines to control the cyber cafe. As we know, the cyber cafe in the market nowadays normally attracts kids and children to play games. This is not a good sign as social ills will be caused. Initially cyber cafe should be the place for the public to obtain Internet access services but not the place for the children to play games. Therefore, I strongly agree that enforcement of new guidelines onto the cyber cafes is a starting point to reduce the social ills.

One of the guidelines to be enforced is those under 12 years old must be accompanied by parents and only allowed to stay up to 10pm. This would be a good way to restrict the children from being addicted to the Internet games. Parents are playing an important role to control their children in this case. They should always educate their children and guide them while using the Internet.



Besides, the cyber cafe is prohibited from providing gaming activities, gambling, pornography, music and publications with negative elements. Moreover, cigarettes and alcohol are also to be prohibited from being sold. This is good way to prevent the cyber cafe from turning into the possible source of social ills.



Illegal cyber cafe should be punished. For example, those who fail to meet the important guidelines will have their licenses revoked. This would be a good way to reduce the social ills that are happened seriously in our country recently. However, commitment from each party is important in order to deal with this cyber cafe problem.




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E-learning offered in Malaysian universities: Pros and Cons from the students perspective

6:58 PM Anonymous

Nowadays, E-learning has become more and more popular in Malaysian universities due to the rapidly changing of technology. E-learning is a modern method of education where part of the learning experience takes place without the face to face communication between the lecturer and the students. The lecturers will use the technology devices to post up all their teaching materials to educate the students.


In Malaysia, there are some universities has begun to implement E-learning such as Universiti Malaya(UM), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), Open University Malaysia (OUM) and so on.


The persons that have impact the most by using the E-learning are the students. Hence, below are the pros and cons of E-learning from the students perspective.


Pros

Time flexibility
Students can learn anytime and anywhere but in the condition that they must have Internet access. They are not bound to a specific day/time to phisically attend classes. Therefore, they can adjust their time more effectively.



Convenience
Students do not need to travel to the campus to attend the class personally. By having the Internet access, they can download all the online education resources from the Internet. Besides, if they find difficulties on study, they can just drop an email to the lecturer. It is easy and convenient.


Capability to study at own pace
In traditional education setting, students always need to submit the assignments in a particular period of time in order to meet the set deadline. However, through E-learning, students can study whenever they are free. The online faculty will assign projects with a deadline and students can finish their projects at whatever time that they find feasible within that particular deadline.


Cons


Lack of face to face communication with the lecturer
Students find it difficult to understand the course well without the face to face communication with the lecturer. The lecturer may not understand the students' demands, interests and behaviors. Moreover, miscommunication can also be occured by using the email between the lecturer and the students. As a result, the learning progress of the students has been obstructed.


Lack of motivation
Students need to study and do their assignments by their own. They will not get any guidance from the lecturer easily when they are facing problems in their studies. They have to do all the work under unsupervision. Hence, the students will become lazy and have no motivation to study hard.


E-learning brings a lot of benefits for the students. However, there are some drawbacks that can limit the student's learning progress. Therefore, those limitations need to be solved in order to get better outcomes form E-learning.




~For more information, please visit to the following websites:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_learning
http://www.kst.utm.my/kst/download/eLearning%20Implementation%20in%20Malaysian%20Universities_the%20UTM%20Experience.pdf

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Corporate Blogging: A new marketing communication tool for companies

10:50 PM Anonymous

Corporate blogging is a great marketing tool. It is an investment that may produce a measurable return to the company which is same as other marketing initiatives. One of the advantages of blogs is that post and comments are easy to reach and follow due to the centralized hosting and generally structured conversation threads. So, it can create and maintain a conversation with the customers and stakeholders and build thought leadership.

The three successful corporate blogging are as follows:

GK from Elite Sportswear

In 2008, GK fro Elite Sportswear which is a manufacturer of gymnastics apparel around the world began to turn to business blogging as a means of increasing organic search traffic and converting more business. The 30 blogs launched by GK Elite had increased its revenue from organic search by 39 percent, and also increased 30 percent for the net online revenue as a result of the blogs.

Roto-Rooter

Roto-Rooter is the largest provider of plumbing and drain services in North America. In a competitive environment, the company’s blogs has humanized the company in the eyes of consumers. Rota-Rooter blogging about the way its plumbing service professionals double as superheroes to rescue family pets, needy animals and prized personal possessions for customers. These blogs give Roto-Rooter a true personality and give confidence to the customer for the company’s professional services.

HH Gregg

HH Gregg is one of the nation’s leading retailers of home appliances and consumer electronic with more than 111 stores. HH Gregg has established several hundred blogs that focused on its product and also community involvement when notice that much of its products are researched online before customer ever go to the store for purchase it.

All of these examples represent great corporate blogs because they were initiated with specific goals in mind. These organizations have all looked to leverage social media to help building their business in ways that are both human and mutually beneficial to both their clients and their companies.


~For more information, please visit the following websites:

  • Corporate blog
  • Corporate blogs list
  • 15 companies that really get corporate blogging
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    E-Government in Malaysia: Its implementation so far and citizen's adoption strategies.

    11:11 PM Lee Chin Han


    “A Government-Connected People, A People-Connected Government”-a message from managing director, Microsoft Malsysia.



    Do you all know that what is the meaning of E-Government?
    E-Government is an E-commerce model in which a government entity buys or provides goods, services, or information to businesses or individual citizens.


    For example, Malaysia government’s main portal is http://www.malaysia.gov.my/EN/Pages/default.aspx.

    According to the news of Thestar online (25 June 2009), I found that Malaysia’s government portal (myGovt) has been ranked top 11 among 198 countries which provide E-Government services.


    Goals of E-Government...

    **Assist strengthening government’s drive toward effective governance.

    **Enhance access to and delivery of government services to benefit of citizens.




    Malaysia E-Government successful applications...

    Malaysia E-Government implementations so far...
    The implementation of E-government requires strong leadership and vision. It also requires a comprehensive strategy that is not only benchmarked on global best practices, but also sensitive to existing political realities and economic conditions.


    Advantages of E-Government...

    **Reduce costs: E-Government allows harvesting of data from different systems and different areas.

    **Good quality: E-Government increases the quality of feedback to managers and policy makers.

    **Well management: E-Government reinforces traditional bureaucratic structures, cultures, and links from administration to citizens and politics.





    Problems faced in E-Government implementation in Malaysia...

    **Language barriers: Some of the government websites use only Bahasa Malaysia version. So, government should design the multi language websites to citizens.

    **Take slow action: Some complaints have not been responded quickly due to without any action from concerned specific authorities.

    **IT infrastructure: Shortage of reliable networks and communication. It is very hard to redesign the websites due to the high complexity in understanding the process and systems.

    **Operational costs: The cost of IT professionals and consultancies is high in developing countries.



    Citizen’s adoption strategies...

    In Malaysia, E-Government adoption requires citizens to show their high levels of satisfaction and security with the online services provided by the government.

    The E-Government websites should provide:

    **Best services: The problem solving is effective and efficient enough to reply to citizens such as E-complaint portal.

    **Convenience: Save time to make the payment such as renew driving license online.

    **Confidentiality: The information of citizens is protected.

    **Cost saving: The E-transaction cut-off paper work and makes it easy to use.

    **Friendly user websites: The websites is provided by multi language version.


    In conclusion, E-government in Malaysia have improved our understanding of what works and what does not, what practices are transferable, and under what conditions.

    ~For more information, please refer to following websites




    INFORMATION SHARING
    Malaysia was ranked 157 out of 198 countries in 2005. In recent, the ranking leapfrogs to top 11!!! This proved that Malaysian government put efforts in promoting their E-Government services.

    E-GOVERNMENT DATA EXCHANGE



    Reference: http://www.egov-coe.com/

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    Review a local, transactional e-commerce site

    9:42 PM Jian Zhong
    Hello passengers, we are in Malaysia Airline now~! We will fly you to the Malaysian Airline Company & find out what are the E-Commerce services offered by the company in malaysiaairlines.com!!!

    Malaysia Airline System Bhd (MAS) is a local company that provides flight services to its customers through online. The high quality of online ticket booking services assisted the company to gain competitive advantage from its competitors.





















    What are the Features of E-Commerce Services provided in MAS Website?

  • Allows customers to book the flight tickets through online at anytime & anywhere
  • Facilitates the registration & payment of airline tickets through online
  • Fast & secure online payment services
  • Permits its customers to choose their prefer destinations when online
  • Different holiday packages are provided for customers to choose through online
  • Ticket booking information & timetable are available on the company website
  • Attracts customers by offering stimulus packages on internet
  • User-friendly online services such as dealing with queries from customers



    • Flight Packages Promotion on MAS Website:

    MAS offered its Free & Easy Packages to customers and allow them to book the tickets through online. This E-Commerce strategy is able to attract more customers to use the services offered by MAS.



    Destiinations Available on Free & Easy Packages:



    What are the Potential Impacts from E-Commerce provided by MAS?

  • Trust, loyalty, & satisfaction of customers increased
  • Reputations of MAS enhanced
  • Long-term competitive advantage of MAS developed
  • Enhance public confidence


    Conclusion:

    E-Commerce is useful to the company who trades goods & services to customers through electronic online. The implementation of an E-Commerce site from Malaysian Airlines Bhd not only can create benefits for both company & consumers, but it also able to assist the company to sustain long-term achievement.


    Related Website Links:

  • Malaysia Airlines
  • Selamat Datang > Welcome to Malaysia Airlines
  • Malaysia Airlines - Free & Easy Packages
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