The Perception on the Importance and Practice of Top Management Commitment and Leadership in Palm Oil Industry Benchmarking Implementation

The palm oil industry is the backbone of Malaysian commodities market that contributed to the nation economic stability. In order to sustain and stay competitive, this industry needs to continuously improve its productivity and process efficiency. Benchmarking techniques can be used to identify and...

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Main Authors:	Fatimah, Mahmud, Baba, Md Deros, Dzuraidah, Abdul Wahab, Norazidah, Shamsudin
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English
Published:	Advances in Global Business Research 2015
Subjects:	H Social Sciences (General) S Agriculture (General)
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spelling	ump-153252018-02-06T01:16:04Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/15325/ The Perception on the Importance and Practice of Top Management Commitment and Leadership in Palm Oil Industry Benchmarking Implementation Fatimah, Mahmud Baba, Md Deros Dzuraidah, Abdul Wahab Norazidah, Shamsudin H Social Sciences (General) S Agriculture (General) The palm oil industry is the backbone of Malaysian commodities market that contributed to the nation economic stability. In order to sustain and stay competitive, this industry needs to continuously improve its productivity and process efficiency. Benchmarking techniques can be used to identify and investigate palm oil industry best practices adopted by palm oil planters and millers. Past studies showed that the success of benchmarking initiative is very much dependent on top management’s commitment and leadership. This paper aims to discuss managers’ perception on the importance and actual practice of eight attributes of top management’s commitment and leadership in palm oil industry benchmarking implementation. A survey questionnaire was sent 700 middle managers involved in oil palm plantation and palm oil mill in Malaysia. The survey response rate was 49%. Analysis of the survey results shows significant differences between respondents’ perception on the importance and actual practice of the eight attributes of top management’s commitment and leadership. In other words, they have high perception of importance for the eight attributes; however, in reality the practice of attributes are still low. In conclusion, to ensure benchmarking implementation success, top management need to practice these attributes systematically. Advances in Global Business Research 2015 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/15325/1/fim-2015-fatimah-Perception%20on%20the%20Importance%20and%20Practice.pdf Fatimah, Mahmud and Baba, Md Deros and Dzuraidah, Abdul Wahab and Norazidah, Shamsudin (2015) The Perception on the Importance and Practice of Top Management Commitment and Leadership in Palm Oil Industry Benchmarking Implementation. In: Book of Abstracts 12th Annual World Congress of the Academy for Global Business Advancement (AGBA), 16-19 November 2015 , Kuantan, Malaysia. p. 170., 12 (1). ISSN 1549-9332 http://www.agba.us/pdf/2015-AGBA-Book-of-Abstracts.pdf
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spellingShingle	H Social Sciences (General) S Agriculture (General) Fatimah, Mahmud Baba, Md Deros Dzuraidah, Abdul Wahab Norazidah, Shamsudin The Perception on the Importance and Practice of Top Management Commitment and Leadership in Palm Oil Industry Benchmarking Implementation
description	The palm oil industry is the backbone of Malaysian commodities market that contributed to the nation economic stability. In order to sustain and stay competitive, this industry needs to continuously improve its productivity and process efficiency. Benchmarking techniques can be used to identify and investigate palm oil industry best practices adopted by palm oil planters and millers. Past studies showed that the success of benchmarking initiative is very much dependent on top management’s commitment and leadership. This paper aims to discuss managers’ perception on the importance and actual practice of eight attributes of top management’s commitment and leadership in palm oil industry benchmarking implementation. A survey questionnaire was sent 700 middle managers involved in oil palm plantation and palm oil mill in Malaysia. The survey response rate was 49%. Analysis of the survey results shows significant differences between respondents’ perception on the importance and actual practice of the eight attributes of top management’s commitment and leadership. In other words, they have high perception of importance for the eight attributes; however, in reality the practice of attributes are still low. In conclusion, to ensure benchmarking implementation success, top management need to practice these attributes systematically.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Fatimah, Mahmud Baba, Md Deros Dzuraidah, Abdul Wahab Norazidah, Shamsudin
author_facet	Fatimah, Mahmud Baba, Md Deros Dzuraidah, Abdul Wahab Norazidah, Shamsudin
author_sort	Fatimah, Mahmud
title	The Perception on the Importance and Practice of Top Management Commitment and Leadership in Palm Oil Industry Benchmarking Implementation
title_short	The Perception on the Importance and Practice of Top Management Commitment and Leadership in Palm Oil Industry Benchmarking Implementation
title_full	The Perception on the Importance and Practice of Top Management Commitment and Leadership in Palm Oil Industry Benchmarking Implementation
title_fullStr	The Perception on the Importance and Practice of Top Management Commitment and Leadership in Palm Oil Industry Benchmarking Implementation
title_full_unstemmed	The Perception on the Importance and Practice of Top Management Commitment and Leadership in Palm Oil Industry Benchmarking Implementation
title_sort	perception on the importance and practice of top management commitment and leadership in palm oil industry benchmarking implementation
publisher	Advances in Global Business Research
publishDate	2015
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