Journal Consolidation Meeting

As the Research Management Institute is now entrusted to monitor the progress of university's journal publications, there will be a monthly meeting of all managing editors of journals with the PNC (Research & Innovation), Prof Abu Bakar Majeed and his publication coordinator Associate Prof Dr Razidah Ismail. The main purpose of the meeting is to ensure that all fifteen UiTM-indexed journals are published on time.
All managing editors are to ensure that all articles will go through stringent double-blind review process before they are published.

IBIMA Conference 2010

The International Business Information Management Association (IBIMA) will be organising its 14th international conference on 23-24 June 2010 in Istanbul, Turkey. IBIMA conferences' proceedings are listed in:
1. The Thomson ISI Index to Scientific and Technical Proceedings® (ISTP®)
2. The Thomson ISI Index to Scientific and Technical Proceedings (ISTP/ISI
Proceedings)
3. The Thomson ISI Index to Social Sciences & Humanities Proceedings® (ISSHP®)
4. The Thomson ISI Index to Social Sciences & Humanities Proceedings (ISSHP/ISI
Proceedings)
All ARI members are encouraged to submit their papers to the conference. For details, please visit http://www.ibima.org/

NAfMA Moderation Meeting

The first moderation meeting of the National Award for Management Accounting (NAfMA) 2009 competition of which UiTM is a partner was held on Friday, 6th November at the Malaysian Institute of Accountants Boardroom in Kuala Lumpur. The moderation meeting was to deliberate on the results of NAfMA's first visits of the shortlisted companies. The second NAfMA visits will take place within the next two weeks after which the winners of the competition will be decided. The NAfMA award night will be held in December 2009.

Sharing a Vision....

As part of the professorial council activities, we (UiTM professors) had a meeting cum hi-tea with the vice chancellor, Y. Bhg Tan Sri Dato' Seri Professor Dr Ibrahim Abu Shah yesterday afternoon at the International Cafe, UIC. It was a "heart-to-heart" discussion on how the professors can effectively contribute towards the university's short & long-term agendas. Centres of Excellence such as ARI can certainly play a big role in spearheading research and publications in high impact journals.
The vice chancellor also announced the university's willingness to allow leacturers who are serious about research and publications to be given reduced teaching workloads but to be located at COEs over a specified period. During the periods the researchers would have to fulfill certain prescribed KPIs related to research and publications.

Asia-Pacific Management Accounting Forum

Prof Ibrahim and Dr Wee Shu Hui represented UiTM and Malaysia for the international annual forum. ARI just received some photos from Dr Wee who arrived yesterday to share with all members. This year's event saw the appointment of new office bearers to the Asia-Pacific Management Accounting Association (APMAA) with Professor Susumo Ueno from Kobe University taking over the president post from Prof Akira Nishimura, Beppu University. . Apart from serious management accounting forum, this year's participants had also enjoyed the foot-bath session. Foot bath theraphy is very famous in Japan and usually every university has the facility at the campus... Next year's Forum will be hosted by Taiwan.

Forum on Human Governance

The Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA)organized a half-day forum on Human Governance at the Impiana KLCC Hotel & Spa, Kuala Lumpur. Themed “Profit Maximisation as the Future Way to Do Business – A Myth or Reality”, the forum discussed a recent research monograph authored by Professor Dr Aziuddin Ahmad and Associate Professor Dr Arfah Salleh from the Graduate School of Management, UPM. Apart from Prof Aziuddin himself, three other invited panelists who were involved with the forum comprised Y. Bhg Tan Sri Megat Najmuddin Megat Khas (President of MICG), Y. Bhg Dato' Dr Abdul Samad Alias (Chairman of MAREF)and Y. Bhg Tuan Haji Rahim (President of MIA). The forum discussion was moderated by MIA past president, Mr Nik Mohd Hasyudeen.

Collaboration with the Ukrainian Academy of Banking

Prof Rashidah & I had just received an e-mail from Prof. Alex Kostyuk from the
Ukrainian Academy of Banking of the National Bank of Ukraine. Prof Kostyuk is also the editor-in-chief of an international refereed journal, Corporate Ownership and Control journal. The email: “…At this time the Ukrainian Academy of Banking is going to fulfil a just approved new strategy of its development. According to this strategy we are going to concentrate our cooperation on Asian countries. We would like to consider the Accounting Research Institute to cooperate. There are many ways of cooperation we could propose: the student and teachers exchange, research cooperation, etc…”. Another potential international collaboration for ARI...

Management Accounting Forum in Japan

The fifth Management Accounting Forum, the annual activity of the Asia-Pacific management Accounting Association (APAMA) of which UiTM is one of the founding members is being held at Beppu, Japan on 31/10/09 - 2/11/09. UiTM is represented by Prof Dr Ibrahim Kamal Abdul Rahman, Dean, Faculty of Accountancy and Associate Professor Dr Wee Shu Hui, Journal Adminstrator of the asia-Pacific Management Accounting Journal (APMAJ). APMAJ is the official journal of the APMA association.

Recent Applied Research Titles

ARI is glad to announce the submission of new applied research monographs by our Master in Forensic Accounting & Financial Criminology:
1. Managing Revenue Recognition: A Case Study of HP Sdn Bhd
2. Creditors Aging Issues at Aldwich Nerhad
3. Money Politics: Legislation Issues and Prevention
4. Collection Discrepencies in the YDEF: A Case Study
5. Inventory Management Towards the VMI Implementation for NGV Business at ACE Sdn Bhd
6. Financial Statement Integrity Through Financial Statement Analysis of Non-Listed
Companies by the CCM: A case Study
7. The Importance of Anti-Corruption Strategies in the Malaysian Public Sector
8. Enforcement of PN17 Conditions and Obligation to Revive Distress Companies
9. Employee Theft and Fraud Prevention Mechanism: An Assessment of a Chocolate
Manufacturing Multi National Corporation in Malaysia
10. Identity Theft: A Case Study on Fraud Prevention Initiatives at a Malaysian
Bank: A Case Study
11. A Study on Tax Auditors' Capabilities and Competency and their Influence Towards
Tax Audit Productivity
12. Ah Long: An Enforcer perspective on the failure to Prosecute
13. Review into Inland Revenue Board Malaysia's Field tax Audit Duration for Sole
Proprietorship
14. Overspending in a Government Agency - A Case Study
15. Audit Quality Control Self-Assessment for Small and Medium Practices
16. Corporate Governance Costs and the Privatisation of Public Listed Companies in
Malaysia: An Assessment
17. An Assessment of the Internal Control System of an International University

Congratulations guys and gals. We are proud of all of you

Call for New FRGS Proposals

The Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE) is now calling for new Fundamental Research proposals from researchers. FRGS is a very competitive grant. First and foremost, the research proposals must focus on fandamental or basic research with specific outcomes through: new methodology, new model, new theory, new policy, improve quality of life. Please submit your proposal by 20th November 2009 to the Research Management Institute (RMI).