Lawatan Penandaarasan Amalan Persekitaran Berkualiti 5S

INTAN Wilayah Utara telah menerima kunjungan penandaarasan 5S dari Lembaga Hasil dalam Negeri, Sungai Petani Kedah pada 28 Ogos 2014. Seramai 20 orang wakil dari pelbagai unit telah hadir untuk mendalami konsep 5S dan melihat sendiri bagaimana warga INTURA mengaplikasikan konsep 5S darap urusan kerja seharian.

Antara pengisian lawatan termasuklah ceramah mengenai “Ekosistem Kondusif Sektor Awam” oleh En. Norshuhaidy bin Shabudin dan taklimat “Pengalaman dan Cabaran 5S” oleh Pn. Zahidah bt. Abdul Jalil selaku Penyelaras 5S INTURA.

Sejurus selepas ceramah, para pelawat telah dibawa meninjau sekitar Pentadbiran, Latihan, Pusat Sumber Maklumat dan Domestik untuk menimba pengalaman dan sesi perkongsian ilmu diberikan oleh Ketua Zon setiap unit berkenaan.

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Twelve Cs for Team Building

Executives, managers and organization staff members universally explore ways to improve business results and profitability. Many view team-based, horizontal, organization structures as the best design for involving all employees in creating business success.

No matter what you call your team-based improvement effort: continuous improvement, total quality, lean manufacturing or self-directed work teams, you are striving to improve results for customers. Few organizations, however, are totally pleased with the results their team improvement efforts produce.

If your team improvement efforts are not living up to your expectations, this self-diagnosing checklist may tell you why. Successful team building, that creates effective, focused work teams, requires attention to each of the following.

• Clear Expectations: Has executive leadership clearly communicated its expectations for the team's performance and expected outcomes? Do team members understand why the team was created? Is the organization demonstrating constancy of purpose in supporting the team with resources of people, time and money? Does the work of the team receive sufficient emphasis as a priority in terms of the time, discussion, attention and interest directed its way by executive leaders?
  Read more about Clear Performance Expectations.


• Context: Do team members understand why they are participating on the team? Do they understand how the strategy of using teams will help the organization attain its communicated business goals?
  
  Can team members define their team's importance to the accomplishment of corporate goals? Does the team understand where its work fits in the total context of the organization's goals, principles, vision and values?
  Read more about Team Culture and Context.


• Commitment: Do team members want to participate on the team? Do team members feel the team mission is important? Are members committed to accomplishing the team mission and expected outcomes? Do team members perceive their service as valuable to the organization and to their own careers? Do team members anticipate recognition for their contributions? Do team members expect their skills to grow and develop on the team? Are team members excited and challenged by the team opportunity?

• Competence: Does the team feel that it has the appropriate people participating? (As an example, in a process improvement, is each step of the process represented on the team?) Does the team feel that its members have the knowledge, skill and capability to address the issues for which the team was formed? If not, does the team have access to the help it needs? Does the team feel it has the resources, strategies and support needed to accomplish its mission?

• Charter: Has the team taken its assigned area of responsibility and designed its own mission, vision and strategies to accomplish the mission. Has the team defined and communicated its goals; its anticipated outcomes and contributions; its timelines; and how it will measure both the outcomes of its work and the process the team followed to accomplish their task? Does the leadership team or other coordinating group support what the team has designed?


• Control: Does the team have enough freedom and empowerment to feel the ownership necessary to accomplish its charter? At the same time, do team members clearly understand their boundaries? How far may members go in pursuit of solutions? Are limitations (i.e. monetary and time resources) defined at the beginning of the project before the team experiences barriers and rework?
  
  Is the team’s reporting relationship and accountability understood by all members of the organization? Has the organization defined the team’s authority? To make recommendations? To implement its plan? Is there a defined review process so both the team and the organization are consistently aligned in direction and purpose? Do team members hold each other accountable for project timelines, commitments and results? Does the organization have a plan to increase opportunities for self-management among organization members?


• Collaboration: Does the team understand team and group process? Do members understand the stages of group development? Are team members working together effectively interpersonally? Do all team members understand the roles and responsibilities of team members? team leaders? team recorders?
  
  Can the team approach problem solving, process improvement, goal setting and measurement jointly? Do team members cooperate to accomplish the team charter? Has the team established group norms or rules of conduct in areas such as conflict resolution, consensus decision making and meeting management? Is the team using an appropriate strategy to accomplish its action plan?


• Communication: Are team members clear about the priority of their tasks? Is there an established method for the teams to give feedback and receive honest performance feedback? Does the organization provide important business information regularly?
  
  Do the teams understand the complete context for their existence? Do team members communicate clearly and honestly with each other? Do team members bring diverse opinions to the table? Are necessary conflicts raised and addressed?


• Creative Innovation: Is the organization really interested in change? Does it value creative thinking, unique solutions, and new ideas? Does it reward people who take reasonable risks to make improvements? Or does it reward the people who fit in and maintain the status quo? Does it provide the training, education, access to books and films, and field trips necessary to stimulate new thinking?

• Consequences: Do team members feel responsible and accountable for team achievements? Are rewards and recognition supplied when teams are successful? Is reasonable risk respected and encouraged in the organization? Do team members fear reprisal? Do team members spend their time finger pointing rather than resolving problems? Is the organization designing reward systems that recognize both team and individual performance? Is the organization planning to share gains and increased profitability with team and individual contributors? Can contributors see their impact on increased organization success?


• Coordination: Are teams coordinated by a central leadership team that assists the groups to obtain what they need for success? Have priorities and resource allocation been planned across departments? Do teams understand the concept of the internal customer—the next process, anyone to whom they provide a product or a service? Are cross-functional and multi-department teams common and working together effectively? Is the organization developing a customer-focused process-focused orientation and moving away from traditional departmental thinking?


• Cultural Change: Does the organization recognize that the team-based, collaborative, empowering, enabling organizational culture of the future is different than the traditional, hierarchical organization it may currently be? Is the organization planning to or in the process of changing how it rewards, recognizes, appraises, hires, develops, plans with, motivates and manages the people it employs?
  
  Does the organization plan to use failures for learning and support reasonable risk? Does the organization recognize that the more it can change its climate to support teams, the more it will receive in pay back from the work of the teams?
  Read more about culture change

Spend time and attention on each of these twelve tips to ensure your work teams contribute most effectively to your business success. Your team members will love you, your business will soar, and empowered people will "own" and be responsible for their work processes. Can your work life get any better than this?

Dizziness, Fatigue, Feeling Faint and High Blood Pressure [Information]

There are 88 conditions associated with dizziness, fatigue, feeling faint and high blood pressure. The links below will provide you with more detailed information on these medical conditions and help provide a better understanding of causes and treatment of these related conditions.

• Acute stress reaction
  Acute stress reaction symptoms include shortness of breath, anxiety, nervousness, sense of doom and more.
• High blood pressure (hypertension)
  High blood pressure, often asymptomatic, can cause headaches, shortness of breath, nosebleeds, and anxiety.
• Dehydration (Children)
  Dehydration, or not getting enough fluid, causes dry and sticky mouth, tearless crying, and more in children.
• Sleep deprivation
  Sleep deprivation occurs when the lack of restful sleep is severe enough to compromise basic body functions.
• Heart rhythm disorder
  Some heart rhythm disorders can cause a fluttering in the chest, shortness of breath, chest pain or dizziness.
• Low blood pressure (hypotension)
  Low blood pressure, or hypotension, can make you feel lightheaded and dizzy
• Medication reaction or side-effect
  Medication side effects include nausea, vomiting, stomach upset, weakness, dizziness, seizures, and more.
• Dehydration (Adult)
  Dehydration, or not getting enough fluid, causes low blood pressure, weakness, dizziness, fatigue, and nausea.
• Exercise or physical activity
  Exercise is vital for good health, but overdoing it can lead to muscle aches, dehydration, headache, and more.
• Multiple sclerosis
  Multiple sclerosis is a disease of the nervous system causing difficulties with balance, speech, and movement.
• Heat exhaustion
  Heat exhaustion causes intense thirst, heavy sweating, pale, cool, and moist skin, muscle cramps, and more.
• Atrial fibrillation
  Atrial fibrillation is a heart condition that causes heart palpitations, confusion, dizziness and more.
• Mononucleosis
  Mononucleosis is a viral infection causing extreme fatigue, sore throat, fever, rash, muscle aches, and more.
• Anemia
  Anemia, a lack of red blood cells, can cause fatigue, pale skin, weakness, dizziness, headache and more.
• Hay fever
  Hay fever, an allergic reaction to outdoor pollens and molds, causes nasal congestion, itchy eyes, and more.
• Acute sinusitis
  Acute sinusitis, an inflammation of the sinuses, causes sinus pain and tenderness, facial redness and more.
• Depression (Adult)
  Depression is a painful sadness that interferes with daily life and includes hopelessness, anxiety, and more.
• Diabetes, type 2
  Diabetes can make you feel hungry, tired, or thirsty; you may urinate more than normal and have blurry vision.
• Viral syndrome
  Viral syndrome is an unidentified cause of typical virus symptoms sore throat, stuffy nose, aches and more.
• Sleep apnea
  People with sleep apnea stop and restart breathing multiple times while sleeping.
• Chronic sinusitis
  Chronic sinusitis, or sinus infections, cause a stuffy or runny nose, tooth pain, fever, sore throat and more.
• Cystic fibrosis
  Cystic fibrosis is an inherited disease that causes the body to produce abnormally thick and sticky mucus.
• Diabetes, type 1
  Diabetes can make you feel hungry, tired, or thirsty; you may urinate more than normal and have blurry vision.
• Bipolar disorder
  Bipolar disorder causes extreme mood swings between depression and mania.
• Eating disorder
  People with eating disorders have extreme and dangerous eating habits.
• Emphysema
  Emphysema is a chronic lung condition that causes shortness of breath, a chronic cough, wheezing, and more.
• Glomerulonephritis
  Glomerulonephritis is a type of kidney disease and causes swelling, abnormal urine, fever, achiness, and more.
• Hepatitis A
  Hepatitis A is an inflammation of the liver. Symptoms include fever, fatigue, yellowing of the skin, and more.
• Hepatitis B
  Hepatitis B is an inflammation of the liver that may cause fever, fatigue, dark urine, jaundice, and more.
• Hepatitis C
  Hepatitis B is an inflammation of the liver that may cause yellowing of the skin and eyes, tiredness, and more.
• Mumps
  Mumps is a contagious viral disease that causes painful swelling of the glands that produce saliva.
• Pre-leukemia (myelodysplastic syndrome)
  Myelodysplastic syndromes are diseases that affect the bone marrow and blood, causing anemia and tiredness.
• Pulmonary hypertension
  Pulmonary hypertension can cause shortness of breath, a fast heart rate, or lightheadedness.
• Rheumatoid arthritis
  Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disease that causes pain, swelling, and joint damage.
• Transient ischemic attack (mini-stroke)
  Transient ischemic attacks cause headache, numbness, tingling, or weakness in the face, arm, or leg, and more.
• Tuberculosis
  Tuberculosis usually infects the lungs, causing a bad cough with blood, chest pain, fever, chills, and fatigue.
• Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFIDS)
  Chronic fatigue syndrome is a condition that causes extreme tiredness that doesn't get better with rest.
• Congestive heart failure
  People with congestive heart failure can have shortness of breath, fatigue, irregular heartbeat and more.
• Depression (Child and Adolescent)
  Depression is a painful sadness that interferes with a child's schoolwork, family life, and social activities.
• Drug overdose
  A drug overdose can be fatal and causes sleepiness, confusion, coma, vomiting, and other symptoms.
• Gastrointestinal bleeding
  The symptoms of gastrointestinal bleeding include black or bloody stool or vomit, dizziness, and cramping.
• Hyperthyroidism
  Hyperparathyroidism can cause fatigue and weakness, increased thirst, impaired thinking, and bone fractures.
• Iron poisoning
  Iron poisoning causes abdominal pain, vomiting, diarrhea, lethargy, and dehydration.
• Chronic kidney disease
  Chronic kidney disease is a condition of the kidneys that can cause high blood pressure, fatigue, and weakness.
• Anemia, chronic disease
  Anemia of chronic disease (ACD) can cause fatigue, pale skin, weakness, dizziness, headache and more.
• Anemia, iron deficiency
  Anemia , a lack of red blood cells, can cause fatigue, pale skin and gums, brittle nails, irritability, and more.
• Atrial flutter
  Atrial flutter is an abnormality of the heart's rhythm that causes rapid and sometimes irregular heartbeats.
• Carbon monoxide poisoning
  Carbon monoxide poisoning can be fatal, symptoms include headache, dizziness, nausea, and vomiting.
• Rectal cancer
  Rectal cancer appears in the rectum and causes bloody stool and constipation.
• Dementia in head injury
  Dementia resulting from a head injury may cause memory problems, difficulty speaking, and personality changes.
• Hypothyroidism (adult)
  Hypothyroidism your body functions slow down, making you gain weight and feel tired all the time.
• Narcotic abuse
  Narcotic abuse can cause fatigue, shallow breathing, anxiety, euphoria, vomiting, confusion, and constipation.
• Lung cancer (small cell)
  Small cell lung cancer is the least common type of lung cancer and can cause a cough, chest pain, and more.
• Thalassemia
  Thalassemia is a rare group of genetic blood disorders effecting red blood cells and leading to anemia.
• Aortic regurgitation
  Aortic regurgitation, when the aortic valve doesn't close completely, can cause severe heart symptoms.
• Pleural effusion
  Pleural effusion is buildup of fluid in the pleura and can cause difficulty breathing or chest pain.
• Metabolic syndrome
  Metabolic syndrome is a group of risk factors that together increase the risk of developing health problems.
• Polycystic kidney disease
  Polycystic kidney disease can cause abdominal pain, headaches, and pain in the sides and back.
• Radon exposure
  Breathing in high levels of radon over time can cause lung cancer.
• Restless legs syndrome
  Restless leg syndrome causes intense discomfort in your legs and an overpowering urge to move them.
• Sarcoidosis
  Sarcoidosis is a rare disease that can cause swelling and hard lumps in the lymph nodes and organs.
• Supraventricular tachycardia
  Supraventricular tachycardia is fast heart rhythm starting in one of the upper chambers of the heart.
• Vitamin B12 deficiency
  Vitamin B12 deficiency symptoms include fatigue, pale skin, weakness, sleepiness, numbness, weakness, and more.
• Lyme disease
  Lyme disease is a bacterial infection spread through tick bites; symptoms include rash, fever chills, and more.
• Meniere's disease
  Meniere's disease is a chronic inner ear condition that causes vertigo or extreme dizziness, and more.
• Low blood sugar (hypoglycemia)
  Low blood sugar, or low glucose levels, causes shakiness, anxiety, clammy skin, irritability, hunger, and more.
• Lung cancer (non small cell)
  Non-small cell lung cancer is the most common type of lung cancer and can cause a cough, chest pain, and more.
• Hyperparathyroidism
  Hyperthyroidism causes weight loss, shakiness, tiredness, sensitivity to heat, insomnia, and more.
• Histoplasmosis
  Histoplasmosis is a fungal infection of the lungs causing muscle aches, fever, chest pain, cough, and more.
• Motion sickness
  Motion sickness is a feeling of queasiness or nausea caused by moving in a car, bus, boat, or plane.
• Myasthenia gravis
  Myasthenia gravis is caused by abnormal immune responses that weaken muscles, particularly of the face.
• Malnutrition
  Malnutrition occurs when the body isn't getting enough nutrients; sometimes the condition is life-threatening.
• Cocaine withdrawal
  Cocaine withdrawal may cause feelings ranging from anxiety, irritability and sleepiness to suicidal thoughts.
• Obesity
  Obesity is having too much body fat, marked by a BMI of 30 or higher.
• Underweight
  Being underweight means weighing less than you need for good health.
• Chemical burns
  A chemical burn can cause symptoms ranging from burning and blisters to pain and shortness of breath.
• Renal cell (kidney) cancer
  Renal cell cancer is a type of kidney cancer that can cause bloody urine and persistent pain in the side.
• Radiation sickness
  Radiation sickness is caused by a high dose of radiation, and causes vomiting, diarrhea, hair loss, and more.
• Small intestine cancer
  Small intestine cancer is rare and often has no symptoms, but can cause symptoms in its advanced stages.
• Mesenteric lymphadenitis
  Mesenteric lymphadenitis is an inflammation of abdominal lymph nodes causing pain, diarrhea, fever, and more.
• Anemia, hemolytic
  Hemolytic anemia occurs when there aren't enough red blood cells in the blood.
• Pseudohypoparathyroidism
  Pseudohypoparathyroidism is a rare inherited condition that can lead to cramps, muscle spasms, and more.
• Lead poisoning
  Lead poisoning causes sudden pain on either side of the lower back, urinary issues, nausea, fever, and chills.
• Typhoid fever
  Typhoid fever is a life-threatening illness and causes fever, general aches and pains, headache, and weakness.
• Hypopituitarism
  Hypopituitarism is a rare disorder of the pituitary glands, which can cause many different symptoms.
• Throat cancer
  Throat cancer can cause symptoms including difficulty swallowing, hoarseness, and chronic cough.
• Bird (avian) flu
  Bird flu is spread to people from birds and causes fever, cough, sore throat and muscle aches.
• Cat-scratch disease
  Cat scratch disease is a bacterial infection caused by a cat scratch or bite.

Sumber : http://symptomchecker.webmd.com

Program Kecergasan INTURA (i-Fit) 2014

Program Kecergasan INTURA (i-Fit) merupakan aktivi sukan dalaman yang dijalankan secara berkala setiap tahun. Program ini bukan sekadar  sukan semata-mata tetapi peluang untuk bertemu dan mengeratkan silaturrahim antara warga kerja tanpa mengira pangkat dan peringkat.

Program i-Fit pada tahun ini telah dijalankan pada 24 Ogos 2014. Program ini telah dirasmikan oleh YBrs. Dr. Zurina bt. Abdul Hamid dan tema i-Fit pata tahun ini ialah Kearah Transformasi Kecergasan.

Antara pengisian i-Fit kali ini ialah majlis perlantikan pengurus pasukan, senamrobik, bolajaring dan bolatampar. Semua warga menggunakan peluang ini untuk bersama-sama bersukan dan program ini juga merupakan persediaan untuk Kejohanan Sukan Antara Kampus yang akan berlangsung di INTURA pada tahun ini.

Majlis Sambutan Aidilfitri 2014

Pada 19 Ogos 2014 telah berlangsung Majlis Sambutan Aidilfitri Tahun 2014 bertempat di perkarangan bangunan domestik dan pentadbiran, INTAN Wilayah INTURA. Majlis ini dijalankan secara dalaman yang melibatkan lebih kurang 200 orang yang terdiri daripada warga INTURA, peserta kursus dan pekerja kontrak INTURA.

Disamping hidangan juadah hari raya, pertandingan gerai makanan tercantik yang melibatkan peserta DPA dan unit-unit dalaman INTURA juga turut dijalankan bagi memeriahkan suasana.

Majlis ini turut dihadiri oleh YBrs. Dr. Zurina bt. Abdul Hamid, Pengarah INTAN Wilayah Utara.

Secara keseluruhannya majlis ini secara tidak langsung dapat merapatkan hubungan antara warga INTURA dan peserta kursus. Sekalung tahniah diucapkan kepada semua di atas kerjasama dalam penganjuran majlis ini.