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LAPORAN TAHUNAN
UNIVERSITI PERTAHANAN
NASIONAL MALAYSIA
2015
penyel idikan
dan inovasi
Produk
Measuring Combat
Readiness in The
Malaysian Army
Optimization
Preparation
Conditions of
Cellulose Microfibril/
Nanofibril (CMNF)
Based Banana
(Musa Acuminata)
Stem Waste by
Alkaline Treatment
and Bleaching
Method
Nama Penyelidik
Kol Kwong Fook Wen, Lt Kol
Inderjit Singh A/L Tara Singh
Prof. Dr. Fauziah binti Hj
Abdul Aziz, Prof. Dr. Shahidan
bin Radiman, Nurazlin binti
Ahmad, Norien binti Azraaie,
Nurul Aimi binti Mohd Zainul
Abidin, Nur Amira binti Mamat
Razali, Nur Ain binti Ibrahim
Bil.
8.
9.
Anugerah
Emas
Emas
Ringkasan Produk
Measuring the combat readiness in military
forces involves the measures of tangible and
intangible elements of combat power. However,
the mathematical models and formulae used
for the measure are focused mainly on either
the tangible or the intangible elements. The
purpose of this research is to provide a model
that portrays a comprehensive measure
of the Malaysian Army combat readiness
depicting its status of capability and operability
by incorporating the tangible and intangible
elements of combat power. The research has
adopted the quantitative approach using post-
positivism paradigm philosophy and quantitative
method design. The survey method research
design looked into the variables of capability,
morale and quality of life on combat readiness
through a non-experimental correlation design
survey questionnaire so as to generalise the
sample to the Malaysian Army’s population. It
used the probability proportionate stratified
random sampling technique for data collection
from the four Divisions of the Malaysian Army.
Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) was used
for the statistical treatment as it catered for the
multiple regression analyses of factors to predict
the combat readiness of the Malaysian Army.
The result of the research provides a model
that the Malaysian Army could use to predict
the function of combat readiness or any of its
variables by using the formula Y = 0.42 X1 +
0.18 X2 + 0.56 X3 . The tangible and intangible
elements of combat power contribute towards
the measure of combat readiness in the
Malaysian Army with regression weights of the
independent variables capability (0.42), morale
(0.18) and quality of life (0.56). The minimum for
the model is achieved in reaching a convergent
solution by yielding a Chi-square goodness-of-
fit value of x²=1938.913 (n=1,132, df=224 and
p=0.000). The fitness indices indicate good-
fit values with RMSEA=0.0045, CFI=0.981,
TLI=0.975, NFI=0.973 and ChiSq/df=3.305.
The results enable the Malaysian Army to use
the combat readiness measurement model in
prioritising the allocation of resources for its
tangible and intangible elements of combat
power during its policy-setting and decision
making process. As such, the Malaysian Army
can address any shortfalls and augment its
combat readiness.
After bunches of banana were harvested
from the trees, large amount of pseudo-stem
residue are left over. These bare pseudo-
stems are usually abandoned in the soil
plantation to become organic waste and cause
environmental pollution in the sight of visual
look. Extraction of fibers from these pseudo-
stem will aid natural degradation, hence results
in ecological balances. Therefore, exploitation of
the banana pseudo-stem, which was previously
considered as waste, will be significantly
beneficial to the environment and bring
additional profits. The re-use of by-product and
low environmental impact procedures represent
a sustainable alternatives for new material.