Malang Municipality Research Articles

Bridge Structural Deformation Monitoring Using Digital Camera

Burgeoning off-the-selves Digital Single Lens Reflector (DSLR) cameras have been gaining attentions as a fast and affordable tool for conducting deformation monitoring of man-made engineering structures. When a sub millimetre of accuracy is sought, deliberate concerns of their usage must be considered since lingering systematic errors in the imaging process plaque such non metric cameras. This paper discusses a close range photogrammetric method to conduct structure deformation monitoring of the bridge using the digital DSLR camera. The bridge is located in Malang Municipality, East Java province, Indonesia. There are more than 100 images of the bridge’s concrete pillars were photographed using convergent photogrammetric network at distance variations between 5m to 30m long on each epoch. Then, the coordinates of around 550 captured retro-reflective markers attached on the pillars facade are calculated using self-calibrating bundle adjustment method. The coordinate differences of the markers from the two consecutive epochs are detected with a magnitude between 0.03 mm to 6 mm with a sub-millimetre precision measurement level. However, by using global congruency testing and a localization of deformation testing, it is confirmed that the bridge pillar’s structures are remain stable between those epochs.

WORKERS’ MENTAL WORKLOAD IN INDONESIAN SMALL FOOD-PRODUCING BUSINESS: PRELIMINARY FINDINGS AT A CORN CHIPS BUSINESS

This research investigated conditions of mental workload among workers in Indonesian small foodproducing business, and how work and workers characteristics might influence the workers’ mental workload. A corn chips business located in an industrial central of corn chips in Malang municipality, Indonesia was the research object, in which its seven workers were involved as participants. NASA-TLX measurement involving six mental workload subscales was deployed to observe the current state of workers mental workload, along with determination of mean WWL value as representation of mental workload level. Measured NASA-TLX subscales varied among tasks and subscales, with indications of exposures of mental workload to the workers. This was indicated by high ratings of Mental Demand, Temporal Demand, Effort, and Frustration subscales which reached 70, 80, 90, and 70, respectively. Mean WWL values were in the range of 46.00 to 70.67, with the highest value observed was on Task 2 with 70.67 and Task 5 has the lowest value of 46.00. It is suggested that tasks and workers characteristics could have different influence on the observed mental workload subscales ratings and WWL. This research provides base of understanding and findings on states of workers’ mental workload in Indonesian small food-producing business.

Behaviour of brand switching of milk product for young children aged 1-3 years in consumers of middle to lower socioeconomic class in urban communities in malang

A total of 56.7% of Indonesia’s population today is concentrated in urban areas. More than 80% of Indonesians belong to the middle and lower socioeconomic class and this segment is the biggest consumer of milk products for young children aged 1-3 years called growing-up milk (GUM). Understanding the brand and customer behaviour is significantly important. This study aimed to examine the behavior of GUM brand switching on middle to lower socioeconomic class consumers in urban communities. The research was conducted in Malang Municipality, East Java Province, using guided interviews with questionnaires. The research respondents were 102 consumers of GUM that were selected by proportional random method in all five sub-districts. The data were processed using Structural Equation Modeling-Partial Least Squares (SEM-PLS). The results showed that the prior experience in purchasing variables had a highly significantly negative effect and the consumer dissatisfaction had a significantly positive effect on the process of brand switching for consumers of GUM products. Empty product stock in the store is one of the real examples of bad prior experience as well as dissatisfaction of the consumers that trigger them to change the old brand to new brand. The GUM companies have to maintain product suppliability.

The profile of students HOTS at Malang, Indonesia in responding to higher-thinking biology questions

Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) is one of the primary 21st-century skills that Indonesian schools have not optimally developed. The present study was aimed at 1) presenting the profile of students’ HOTS in Malang and 2) investigating the influence of grades on students’ HOTS. This quantitative study involved 559 students from 18 schools in Malang municipality as the participants. The data were collected using ten essay questions as the instrument and analyzed through descriptive statistics and one-way ANOVA as the data analysis techniques chosen in this study. This study revealed that first, the students of Junior High School in grades VII, VIII, and IX at Malang acquired a low level of HOTS. Second, the students of Senior High School performed an excellent level of HOTS. Third, there was a significant influence of the student's grades to the level of the students’ HOTS in which senior high school students accomplished a higher level HOTS than junior high school students. Therefore, to improve this essential skill, the students in Indonesian schools should be given as much exposure to teaching and assessment based on HOTS.

Farm Owners’ Perception toward Farmland Conversion: An Empirical Study from Indonesian Municipality

Malang Municipality, the second-largest municipality in East Java Province, has a role as an education and business growth pole. The increasing housing and public service demands in the area correspond with the population growth. It then triggers agricultural conversion, which is predicted to be fully converted in 2024 without any control measurement. Therefore, farm owners have an essential role in agricultural land use. The present study aimed to identify the factors that affect farm owners’ decisions in converting their lands. This study employed correlation analysis to determine the factors influencing the degree of intention to convert farmers’ farmland to settlement. This present study addressed farmland conversion intention, socio-economic factors of farm owner, land use condition, and spatial regulation based on farm owners’ perception. The results showed that the degree of farmland conversion corresponded with the importance of the variable to land conversion. This study demonstrated that farm owners’ perceptions were important and had an essential role in farmland conversion. Moreover, the upcoming regulation should address farm owners’ perception along with tangible variables, such as total income.

Categories and Roles of Non-Governmental Organizations for Strengthening Public Participation in Malang Municipality

Categories and Roles of Non-Governmental Organizations for Strengthening Public Participation in Malang Municipality

The effect of urban tourism on an urban economy (the case of Malang Municipality)

As the economy of cities grew at unprecedented rate, urbanites’ changing perceptions of the way they see urban space – the city as an entertainment machine – creates a challenge that becomes the background for this study. Malang urbanized area is chosen as the unit of observation due to its potentials as the site for urban tourism development. New tourism icons and economic activities continue to emerge which begs the question as to why such things exist in Malang. Primary and secondary data are garnered through field observation, in-depth interview and from government policy related to tourism development. Mixed method is employed to reveal the effects of tourism sector development on the economic growth of the city. The findings indicate strong correlation between the two; however, cautionary note should be taken as there are many external factors beyond tourism sector development which affect the economic growth of Malang urban area during the observed period. Culinary activities create direct impact as seen through the increase of locally-owned revenues while thematic neighbourhood tourism development affects the local economy and informal sector.

Primary School Students’ Creative Thinking Skills in Mathematics Problem Solving

<p style="text-align:justify">This study aims to analyze students’ creative thinking skills in answering the problem-solving questions. This study employs qualitative design, involving 110 fifth graders in Malang Municipality and Regency as the subjects. The obtained data were analyzed using the descriptive-explorative approach. The findings reveal that the high-achievers in Mathematics showed good skills in the aspects of fluency and flexibility, but were still struggling in the novelty aspect. The average-achievers showed good skills in flexibility aspects but were lacking in the fluency and novelty aspects. They showed an understanding of Mathematics problems but found it difficult to decide the solving strategies, and thus their answers were lacking in structure and less systematic. When solving a problem, the calculation made seemed rushing, was less careful, and frequented with trial and error strategy. The low-achievers showed difficulties in understanding the problems. Their answers were not systematic, not well-structured, and not detailed. This indicates that the low-achievers had not shown creative thinking skills in fluency, flexibility, and novelty aspects.</p>

Innovation speed and competitiveness of food small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) in Malang, Indonesia

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the role of creative destruction as mediation between the speed of innovation and competitiveness of food small and medium enterprises (SMEs). Creative destruction that is competence-based and market-based is usually done by incumbent enterprises to create barrier to entry and widen the distance with similar businesses, then the role of creative destruction as a mediation to strengthen the competitiveness is investigated. Design/methodology/approach To test this, data were collected from 161 SMEs that is the food SME population in Great Malang covering three areas namely Malang Municipality, Malang Regency and Batu Municipality. warp partial least square-structural equation modeling (WarpPLS-SEM) was applied because parameter estimation with WarpPLS-SEM is very efficient because it has greater statistical requirements than other covariant-based methods, which is more likely to deliver results that match the population condition (significant if that is in fact significant in the population). Findings The pace of innovation development is very important to improve the competitiveness of food SMEs. The idea of innovation is quickly realized and products that enter the market faster have a greater chance to improve competitiveness through profit and productivity. The pace of innovation development enhances the competitiveness of food SMEs. This study proves that competitiveness can be increased once the pace of innovation development is followed by creative destruction. Creative destruction in this case is done through increased competence and maintain the innovations that have been achieved by food SMEs. Increased business competence could be conducted through cost efficiency enhancing product quality and improving worker skill. It is conducted while maintaining the achieved innovation to strengthen the market network customer service and innovation in product packaging. The government’s role is proven not to strengthen the relationship of the pace of innovation development and competitiveness of food SMEs. The role of the government is reflected through credit facilities business licensing promotion marketing and training. These have been carried out by the government. Nevertheless, these activities do not generate widespread impact in strengthening the pace of innovation development to enhance the competitiveness of food SMEs. Research limitations/implications The main limitation of this study is that it analyzes processed foods and innovations in general. Future research should investigate one type of processed food based on the typology of innovation so as to provide more effective and efficient recommendations. Originality/value This is the first known analysis of innovation speed and creative destruction for SMEs of food sector.

Craft Entrepreneurship on Environmental Waste Recycling in Malang Municipality

<p>The purpose of this study is to examine the effectiveness of <em>Sanggar Asta Karya Panca Wiguna</em> (AKPW) in Malang Municipality, Indonesia, in garbage-recycling business. Garbage has been turned into valuable and artistic products that is also environmentally friendly. The products produced include <em>dammar kambang</em>, <em>suket wayang</em>, lampshade, and others. This study uses qualitative method to examine the entrepreneurship behaviour of the AKPW. The key informant is the chairperson of the studio. AKPW works in the fields of environment, education, economy, culture, and health. The result of the research shows that the garbage-recycling business takes creativity and product innovation based on persistence and perseverance. AKPW works on the concept of social green entrepreneurship that combines the concept of three pillars of ecological, economic, and social sustainability through art and culture. AKPW should conduct more efforts to socialize more intensively.</p>

The Participatory and Responsiveness of Local Budget Policy in Malang, Indonesia

Since political reform in 1998, the Indonesian government has decentralized governance practices in order to provide a space for local governments to develop the local potential of each region. Consequently, the local government should be responsive to people’s needs and more accountable for regional development. Therefore, local governments should be willing to involve local citizens in the public policy-making process. On the other side, local communities should actively engage in development processes, particularly in budget policy planning. This article reports on a study to determine to what extent the local government is responsive and accountable to the local citizens in Malang Municipality in Indonesia. A qualitative approach was applied to the process of data collection and data analysis. The results show that the local government has low responsiveness and accountability to local citizen’s needs and local preferences. The findings reveal a lack of willingness on the part of local government to involve local citizens and civic groups in budget planning, and elected officials demonstrate little responsibility in arranging budget policy support to achieve social welfare, one of the main points of decentralization. These findings show that central government should pay more attention to improving the awareness of local governments and the capacity of local communities so that decentralization may be supported.

PERSEPSI MASYARAKAT TERHADAP PEMIDANAAN PEKERJA SEKS KOMERSIAL JALANAN DAN PENGARUHNYA TERHADAP KEBIJAKAN PEMKOT (Studi di Kota Malang, Jawa Timur)

This present study was intended to understand the peoples perception on the comdemnation of street prostitutes and to know and explain the influence of the comdemnation of the prostitutes on the municipal government in formulating policies on this case using value or policy approaches. This study was based on the idea the criminal sanctions that have so far been given to the prostitutes. The peoples perception on the comdemnation of the prostitutes that the concemnation is ineffective in terms of the aspect of criminal sanction. The perception is from social affairs department and also municipal police unit. However, according to the 2005 local regulation no. 8 as a new regulation in malang municipality, the subject of the actors is widened. Therefore, the application of the local regulation is in line with the factors inherent in the doers (prostitutes), for example, economic or unhappy marriage factors. Based on the condition, it is necessary to maximize the guidance. Dealing with the influence on the malang municipality government, preventive action as a tool to avoid penal actions is thought to be ineffective in line with the application of the regulation. Therefore, the malang municipality government should develop a certain policy i.e, providing a rehabilitation centre as a non-penal prevention as suggested by the social affairs department and the municipal police unit. Kata kunci: Persepsi, pemidanaan, pekerja seks komersial, kebijakan

Interaction among actors in retail market competition in malang city

In several countries, traditional market lose in competition with supermarket. Supermarket has several advantages compared with traditional market. It can provides consumers with lower prices, offer more varieties of products and higher quality products than traditional retailers, has more comfortable place for shopping. In Malang City, the existence of traditional traders was threatened. In a competitive retail market, traditional traders get less protection from the Government of Malang Municipality. Massive demonstrations conducted by traditional traders along with other society elements unable to stem the rapid growth of modern retail. This paper focus on the interaction of Malang Municipality actors in the local retail market competition. How those interaction can make imbalance retail market competition. The author uses descriptive-analytic method with a qualitative approach in this work. As a result, the interaction tend to produce imbalance retail market competition. Interaction between legislative, executive, bureaucracy and mass media tend to support modern retail growth than traditional one.

Increase the Public Role of Labour Women Through Civic Education Training (Study in Cigarette Industry in Malang Municipality East Java Province)

Based on our previous research it was known that women workers were in weak position both personally and in the context of industrial relations. The weaknesses were caused by the lack of knowledge and understanding of: rights and obligations as workers, gender, and the rights and obligations as members of society and citizens. The research aimed to increase civic knowledge (cognitive) and understanding (affective) of labour women, especially related to politics. This research use qualitative experimental approach. The data were mainly obtained from interviews with labour women at post-civic education training. The results of the study show that, first, after training, there were little increase in knowledge and understanding about the politics of labour women. Second, qualitatively the improvement of knowledge and understanding was influenced by the quality of labour women’s education and the patriarchy culture shared by the family of labour women. Keywords: politics , women, labour, gender, civic education

Intensitas Kegiatan Musyawarah Guru Mata Pelajaran, Frekuensi Penataran, Kompetensi Dasar Mengajar, dan Performansi Mengajar

This expost facto study was aimed at knowing the intensity of Subject Matter Teachers Convention (Musyawarah Guru Mata Pelajaran, MGMP) activities, frequency of training, degree of basic competence in instruction, and teaching performance of Senior High School (SMU) teachers. The study was carried out at State Senor High Schools (SMUs) in Malang municipality. The sample consisted of 104 out of 514 teachers from 9 SMUNs drawn randomly. Data were gathered by administering a questionnaire and then analyzed statistically by applying the path analysis. The result showed that teaching performance was influenced directly by intensity of MGMP activities and degree of basic competence in instruction, and indirectly by frequency of training

Persepsi Tenaga Edukatif dan Administrstif terhadap Gaya Pengambilan Keputusan Kepala Madrasah Ibtidaiyah Negeri

The objective of the study was to know the academic and administrative personnel's perception on the decision making style of Madrasah Ibtidaiyah Negeri (MIN) principals at Malang municipality. Employing the descriptive design, the study involved the academic and administrative personnels in MIN. Data were collected by questionnaire and statistically analized in descriptive measures. The main findings of the study were that the academic and administrator personnel's perception on the MIN principals decision making included all of the decision making styles; participated, concultative, instructive, and delegative style

Pengambilan Keputusan Kepala Sekolah Ditinjau dari Dimensi Jender, Sosiokultural, Psikologis, dan Geografis

This descriptive study was aimed at mapping decisions made by principals in terms of gender, socio-cultural, psychological, and geographical dimensions. The sample consisted of 100 principals taken randomly from the primary schools in Malang municipality. Data were gathered by a questionnaire and analyzed descriptively. It was concluded that the decisions made by male and female principals, or by urban, suburban and rural principals seemed to be influenced by socio-cultural and psychological factors. In making decisions, the male principals were influenced by cooperation factor as a sociocultural dimension, and by creativity factor as a psychological dimension

Pelaksanaan Pembelajaran Pendidikan Sistem Ganda di Lembaga Pasangan Sekolah Menengah Kejuruan

The purpose of this study was to describe the dual system of education implemented by vocational secondary schools (SMK) and their counterparts, especially in student selection, instructional process, evaluation, and the student's and instructor's readliness. The sample consisted of 68 SMK students from 17 departments of SMK and 34 instructors from 17 industrial institutions in Malang Municipality. Data were collected by administering a questionnaire. The results revealed that there was no selection applied to recruit the SMK students. The delivery system, training materials, evaluation of student's performance, and the student's and instructor's readliness were good enough, but the training facilities were inadequate

Influence Of Government Regulated On Performance Business By Entrepreneur Orientation And Environment Adaptability Small Medium Enterprice Chips Industry

This research has the general aim to examine empirically and to analyze the effect of government regulation on business performance through entrepreneurial orientation and environment adaptability. The specific goals of this research are : (1) to examine empirically the effect of the government regulation on entrepreneur orientation and environmental adaptation; (2) to examine the effect of government regulation on the business progress ; (3) to examine the effect of the government regulation on the business progress by entrepreneur and environmental adaptability. The research takes place in East Java are in Malang municipality, Lumajang county, Pasuruan county, and Trenggalek county amount 394 business units. Collecting data in this study was done by using proportional random sampling technique of 198 business units. The data analysis use she structural Equation Modeling. The result of this research showed that: (1) The government regulation has no effect to improve progress, and only had significant effect through entrepreneurial orientation,. (2) The government regulation has no significant effect to increase business progress, and only had significant effect by environmental adaptation, (3) The government regulation could increase the business progress of the underlined chip business in East Java by entrepreneurial orientation and environmental adaptability.

Local Elites and Public Space Sustainability: The Local Elite Roles in the Presence and Usage of Public Space in Malang Raya, Indonesia

Public space has become a major concern in urban area development due to its close relation with human security issues such as socio economic, health, and environmental security. In the development of urban area in Indonesia, decentralization system giving greater authority and power to the local government has increased the dynamics of local political constellation. Consequently, the presence and usage of public space in urban area cannot be separated from the interest of local political elites. This study investigated the roles of local political elites in the presence and usage of public space in urban area in Indonesia‘s decentralization era. The focused areas were Malang Municipality, Batu Municipality and Malang Regency that commonly known in Indonesia as the Metropolitan Malang Raya. The result of this study revealed that local political business elites frequently influenced economical and political decisions to steer a public space utilization in order to defend and expand their wealth and power. In this case, lobbying and negotiation among elites had big influences. Moreover, the access to the local mass base such as the Aremania soccer fans society seems to be significant to their strategies. The results of this study revealed that the utilization of public spaces as a part of human security fulfillment is often defeated by business and political interests.