EMPLOYEES PRODUCTIVITY AMONG NON- ACADEMIC EMPLOYEES AT KOLEJ AL-QURAN TERENGGANU
Prepared for:
MADAM NORLAILI BINTI HARUN
Prepared by:
NUR SYAHIRAH BINTI MOHD RIDZA
BACHELOR IN OFFICE SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT (HONS.)
UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA (UiTM) FACULTY OF BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT
JULY 2017
ABSTRACT
The physical aspects of a workplace environment can have a direct impact on the productivity, health and safety, comfort, concentration, job satisfaction and morale of the people within it. The quality and quantity of work generated by employees are influenced by the work environment while poor environmental conditions can cause inefficient worker productivity as well as reduce their job satisfaction. The purpose of this research is to study the relationship between office environments and employees productivity among non-academic employees at Kolej AI-Quran Terengganu. The study used Pearson Correlation Coefficient research to identify the relationship between office environments and employee's productivity.
The scope of this study was the non-academic employees at Kolej Al-Quran Terengganu.
The data of this study were gathered through the distribution of questionnaires using convenience sampling technique. The total of the questionnaires used in this study were 30 questionnaires and give by face to face to the respondents and collected immediately. The data gathered were analyzed by using the Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) software version 20.
The result of the study has been generated and tabulated and based on the findings, the researcher has successfully achieved the objectives, and the tested hypothesis of this study.
Keyword Office environments, productivity.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ABSTRACT ii
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT iii
LIST OF TABLE vi
LIST OF FIGURE vii
CHAPTER 1 1
INTRODUCTION 1
Background of the Study 1
Statement of problems 3
Significance of the study 5
Significance to the employees 5
Significance to the Top Management 5
Significance to Organization 5
Definition of terms 6
Scope of the study 7
CHAPTER 2 8
LITERATURE REVIEW 8
Employees' Productivity 9
Workplace Environment 10
Office Design 11
Air Quality... 12
Noise 13
Office Equipment 14
CHAPTER 3 " 17
METHODOLOGy '" 17
Introduction 17
Population 18
Sampling technique 18
Sampling frame 18
Sampling size 19
Unit of analysis 19
Research instrument 19
Data collection procedures 20
Data analysis 20
Plan for data analysis 21
CHAPTER 4 22
FINDINGS OF THE STUDy 22
Data Collection and Data Entry 22
Frequency Analysis 23
Reliability Test 28
Nonnality Test 29
CHAPTER 5 36
CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 36
Introduction 36
Demographic Background 37
Conclusions 38
Recommendations 39
Future Research 40
REFERENCES , 41
APPENDICES , 45
A) QUESTIONNAIRE 45
B) SPSS OUTPUT 51
C) APPLICATION FOR ACADEMIC RESEARCH 54
D) THESIS CORRECTION REPORT 55
LIST OF TABLE
Table3 1:Research Instrument 19
Table3 2:Data Collection Procedure 20
Table3 3: Planfor Data Analysis 21
Table4 1:Percentage ofRespondent's Gender 23
Table4 2:Respondent's Age 25
Table4 3: Working experience ofthe respondents 26
Table4 4:Marital status ofrespondent 27
Table4 5:Reliability Test 28
Table4 6:Normality Test 29
Table4 7: Correlation Coefficient 30
Table4 8:Mean table for office environment and employees productivity 31 Table4 9:Mean table for office environment and employees productivity 32 Table410: Correlation table for office environment and employees productivity 33 Table4 11: Correlation table for noise toward employee's productivity 34 Table412:Correlation table for air quality toward employee's productivity 34 Table4 13:Correlation table for office equipment toward employee's productivity 35 Table4 14 : Correlation table for office design toward employee's productivity 35
