INTRODUCTION Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad and Bill Gates are two prominent figures who are well-known for their astound list of achievements. Tun Dr Mahathir is the fourth Prime Minister of Malaysia who had been ruling the country for twenty two years, the longest period of all prime ministers. Mahathir is known as Father of Modernisation because during his tenure of ruling, he had imposed a series of improvisation projects which made Malaysia to go through rapid development in many aspects. Mahathir had brilliantly
politician can inspire a medical student like me? As a medical student, I often have problems in life, especially in my studies, but Dr. Mahathir has shown me that a problem does not depend on how big or how small it is, but how we look at the problem and the way to solve it. By it he taught me to solve problems efficiently and make good decisions quickly. Dr. Mahathir is Malaysia’s fourth Prime Minister.4,5 He was born on December 20, 1925 in Kedah, Malaysia.3,5 He had his early education at Seberang
Conclusion Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad is surely the longest and successful Prime Minister that Malaysia ever has, servicing to the nation for the 22 years enough to put him among the longest Prime Minister that hold onto that position in this region. But does he is a great Malaysian leader? This paper will discuss what are among the criteria that can put him on the same level with the greatest leader that the world ever witness such as ......... To further discuss on this topic, this paper will review
used; it was not just for education purpose, but was gradually spread in other sectors, especially in the economic sector. On 6th May 2002, the then Prime Minister Tun Dr. Mahathir announced that government willing to reintroduce English as a medium of instruction. And on 11th May 2002, the then Education Minister Musa Mohamad established a bilingual system that set up with English used for teaching science and mathematics (Tan, 2005, p. 50). Before this announcement was made, the Education Art
In the business world, vision must be realistic, convincing and attractive interpretation of what the organization want to be in the future. This is because vision delivers direction, indicator and sets priorities that telling us what have been achieved by the organizations. According to Bouhali et al. (2015), successful leadership requires a vision. Therefore, vision is one of the importance of leadership. This is because creating an inspiring vision of the future is done by the leaders. In order
An organization can have a great image or identity worldwide at start but without a proper leader to manage the organization, it is certain that the organization is doomed to failure in the long run. According to DuBrin (2007), leadership can be defined as “the ability to inspire confidence and support among people who are needed to achieve organizational goals” (p. 2). In terms of leadership, transformational leadership is known to be the style of leadership which leads to the effectiveness of an
countries. Since 1965, Malaysia has had one of the best economic records in Asia, with GDP average of 6.5% growth for almost 50 years. The economical development especially boosted during 1981 and 2003 under the governance of Prime Minister Mahathir bin Mohamad. Malaysia succeeded in diversifying its economy from dependence on exports of raw materials to expansion in manufacturing, services, and tourism. Also, the current Prime Minister continues to pursue pro-business policies . The dramatical