This study examines organisational capabilities as a potential mediator in the link between SPMS use and organisational competitive advantage. The data was collected using a mail survey to top management of listed companies in Malaysia. The results show that SPMS makes a significant contribution with organisational competitive advantage and capabilities. However, diagnostic use is not significantly associated with organisational capabilities. The findings contribute to the body of knowledge by showing the role of SPMS from the perspective of the resource-based view theory and levers of control framework. The findings acknowledge that SPMS can be an indirect source for competitive advantage through its ability to enhance organisational capabilities.

Research findings from previous studies had pointed out that many public universities in different countries had been facing with decreasing trend of government funds to finance their operational and research expenditures. As such, this study attempts to provide the funding trends of five Research Universities in Malaysia over the period of five years from 2006 until 2011. The objectives of study are to identify the types of funding sources and to analyse the funding trends of five Research Universities in Malaysia in financing their operational and research activities.

The purpose of the study is to propose a conceptual structural equation model to investigate the relationship between soft TQM practices and organizational enactment and to demonstrate the indirect impact on organizational enactment from the perspectives of OHSAS18001 standard. The tool of analysis is used of the study through stratified random sampling by structural equation model (SEM) analysis of quantitative method of survey data collection. The finding of the study showed that all soft TQM dimensions are well implemented as part of RMG industry of human related indicator measured with OHSAS18001 enabling to perform a dominant practice. The result of the study is also prescribed potential implications for the management of RMG industry in Bangladesh is supported of human related aspect of TQM as integral part of business's strategic visualization to obtain higher level indicators of leadership, employees, and customer by ensured of workplace health & safety toward organizational enactment.

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