Publishing my First Research

Alhamdolellah I am happy to announce that my first research is now published in the TQM journal. Our research aimed at bringing a new perspective for the business excellence area where we developed a new business concept, BEVUCA (pronounced as BE-VU-CA) to examine how companies can achieve Business Excellence in a Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and …

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Publishing my Research with Emerald Publishing Group: Lessons Learned

The act of publishing a research was my utmost goal of doing a masters degree. When I started conducting my dissertation, I was keen to deliver a high quality and original research, not only to get a good mark but to publish it in an international journal. As I discussed here, I wanted to contribute …

How to Look at your Literature Review as anything but not a Nightmare

No one would argue about the importance of a rigorous literature review in any scientific research. In my experience, that was the longest and the exhausted step. Before discussing the literature review process that I used in my research, I am going to share a very powerful resource that helped me in my master's degree. …

Academic Research Skills: Critical Reading and Writing

As a postgraduate student, there are many skills that you need to master in order to get excellent results. Depending on your background, education and experience, you may have countered some of them before. Skills such as time management, note taking, critical reading and writing, oral presentations to name but a few of the key …

You’re Never Too Old to Dream a New Dream: Five Steps to Go Back to School

If there is one advice that I almost read in every single book in personal development, then it is "invest in yourself". Every author tells you that it is the most profitable investment you ever make. Unfortunately, the road is not always clear, and most often you will walk alone. I have always dreamed about …

Six Sigma Certificate: Lessons Learned

Do you enjoy problem-solving? And do you want to learn a structured problem-solving methodology to do that? Then, Six Sigma area might be an option to explore. Sigma (σ) by itself is a statistical phrase that is used as a measure of the variability in a process. Six Sigma means that a process is capable …

Scheduling Professional (SP) Certificate: Lessons Learned

Following to my previous articles about 10 Reasons to Go for a Professional Certificate and my lessons learned for two certificates; PMP and PMI-RMP, this post will discuss my lessons learned for another certificate I got from PMI (Project Management Institute) which is PIM-SP (Scheduling Professional). I studied for this certificate because I believed it …

Risk Management Professional (PMI-RMP) Certificate: Lessons Learned

Are you looking for a new career opportunity in risk management? Are you curious to understand a structured process for managing risks? Or you already have a good experience in the risk management area but looking for an official recognition? Then, the Risk Management Professional certificate that is provided by Project Management Institute (PMI-RMP) is …

Project Management Professional (PMP) Certificate: Lessons Learned

In a previous post, I discussed the value of getting certified versus going for an academic degree. This post is dedicated to providing my lessons learned when I prepared for my PMP (Project Management Professional) certificate, which is provided by PMI (Project Management Institute). Firstly, congratulations on deciding to peruse this challenge. Regardless of the …

10 Reasons to Go for a Professional Certificate

Stuck in your career and need some change? Confused between going back to the University for an academic degree and going for a short certificate? Started looking for a new position but you lack some skills? Interested in pursuing your studies but not ready to invest a lot of time and money? Well, you are …