Board Governance Attributes and Organizational Characteristics of Mosque Co-Operatives in Malaysia

  • Authors

    • Abdullah Sallehhuddin
    • Azizi Shamsudin
    • Al Mansor Abu Said
    • Mohammad Jais
    • Mohd Ariff Mustafa
    • Md Shukor Masuod
    • Nor Hasmanto
    • Hishamuddin Ismail
    2018-05-22
    https://doi.org/10.14419/ijet.v7i2.29.13646
  • Board Attributes, Organisational Characteristics, Mosque Co-operatives

  • Performances of mosque co-operatives rely on the effectiveness of the board of governance. The board has responsibilities to determine the strategic direction of mosque co-operatives, oversight management, and ensure the integrity of members’ rights and interests. The board of governance functions is becoming more challenging since the launching of National Co-operative Policy II (2011-2020), which among another, place greater emphasis on the expansion of mosque co-operatives movement via initiative of 1 Community, 1 Co-operative. Furthermore, the board of governance of mosque co-operatives is expected to deliver not only economic performance but also socio-economic governance, especially in supporting the activism of mosque institutions. Hence, as an initial observation, this study attempts to highlight the board governance attributes and mosque co-operatives organisational characteristics. The initial findings are essential in assisting regulator and policy maker like Ministry of Domestic Trade, Co-operative, and Consumerism (KPDNKK), Malaysia Co-operative Societies Commission (SKM), and Malaysia National Co-operative Movement (ANGKASA) in preparing the Mosque Co-operative Strategic Plan 2017-2020, and National Co-operative Policy III (2021-2030).

     

     

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    Sallehhuddin, A., Shamsudin, A., Abu Said, A. M., Jais, M., Ariff Mustafa, M., Shukor Masuod, M., Hasmanto, N., & Ismail, H. (2018). Board Governance Attributes and Organizational Characteristics of Mosque Co-Operatives in Malaysia. International Journal of Engineering & Technology, 7(2.29), 321-325. https://doi.org/10.14419/ijet.v7i2.29.13646