Maintenance organization at Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM)
Proper maintenance of buildings is to extend the life span of buildings [1]. In order to maintain the buildings, apart from maintenance work, is the organization aspect, one of the important elements in building maintenance [3]. The organization will have to be carefully structured and designed s...
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| author | Yasin, Mohd Norazam Abdullah, Abd Halid Mustakim, Fajaruddin Abd. Hamid, Abd. Rahim Singh, Bachan |
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| description | Proper maintenance of buildings is to extend the life span of buildings [1]. In order to
maintain the buildings, apart from maintenance work, is the organization aspect, one of the
important elements in building maintenance [3]. The organization will have to be carefully
structured and designed so that the staff can function efficiently [8,9,10,11,13]. The staff will have
to be given training from time to time so that they are acquainted with the current technology and to
tackle the challenges [6,12]. The objectives of this study are to examine the current maintenance
organizational structure, to identify the main problems faced by the maintenance staff, to evaluate
the level of job satisfaction and to identify the types of training to be provided to the maintenance
staff. The study is carried through questionnaires and interviews. A total of fifty (50) questionnaires
are distributed to the respondents consisting of engineers, technical assistants and technicians. The
data is analyzed using average index. From the study, it was found that the type of organization
structure of the maintenance department in UTHM is of line and staff. |
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| spelling | uthm-45122021-12-07T04:43:19Z http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/4512/ Maintenance organization at Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM) Yasin, Mohd Norazam Abdullah, Abd Halid Mustakim, Fajaruddin Abd. Hamid, Abd. Rahim Singh, Bachan TH3301-3411 Maintenance and repair Proper maintenance of buildings is to extend the life span of buildings [1]. In order to maintain the buildings, apart from maintenance work, is the organization aspect, one of the important elements in building maintenance [3]. The organization will have to be carefully structured and designed so that the staff can function efficiently [8,9,10,11,13]. The staff will have to be given training from time to time so that they are acquainted with the current technology and to tackle the challenges [6,12]. The objectives of this study are to examine the current maintenance organizational structure, to identify the main problems faced by the maintenance staff, to evaluate the level of job satisfaction and to identify the types of training to be provided to the maintenance staff. The study is carried through questionnaires and interviews. A total of fifty (50) questionnaires are distributed to the respondents consisting of engineers, technical assistants and technicians. The data is analyzed using average index. From the study, it was found that the type of organization structure of the maintenance department in UTHM is of line and staff. Trans Tech Publications 2015 Article PeerReviewed text en http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/4512/1/AJ%202015%20%282%29.pdf Yasin, Mohd Norazam and Abdullah, Abd Halid and Mustakim, Fajaruddin and Abd. Hamid, Abd. Rahim and Singh, Bachan (2015) Maintenance organization at Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM). Applied Mechanics and Materials, 773-77 (7). pp. 834-838. ISSN 1662-7482 http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.773-774.834 |
| spellingShingle | TH3301-3411 Maintenance and repair Yasin, Mohd Norazam Abdullah, Abd Halid Mustakim, Fajaruddin Abd. Hamid, Abd. Rahim Singh, Bachan Maintenance organization at Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM) |
| title | Maintenance organization at Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM) |
| title_full | Maintenance organization at Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM) |
| title_fullStr | Maintenance organization at Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Maintenance organization at Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM) |
| title_short | Maintenance organization at Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM) |
| title_sort | maintenance organization at universiti tun hussein onn malaysia (uthm) |
| topic | TH3301-3411 Maintenance and repair |
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