HARAPAN MAHATHIR KEPADA PENJAWAT AWAM MALAYSIA BAHARU: ANALISIS UCAPAN TUN DR. MAHATHIR MOHAMAD
Mahathir's Expectations for New Malaysian Civil Servants: The Analysis of Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s Speeches
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https://doi.org/10.37231/apj.2021.4.2.300Abstract
Abstract: The purpose of this article is to identify the aspects that Mahathir stressed on his first year of office as the 7th Prime Minister of Malaysia. The focus of this study is from the aspect of visionary leadership, namely the vision formation and vision delivery to civil servants through his speeches. This was done by content analyzing Mahathir's five speeches during the YAB Prime Minister's Monthly Meeting with the Public Servants in the Prime Minister's Department (JPM) from May 2018 to May 2019. Themes from the speech texts were analyzed using the NVivo12 qualitative analysis package. The results showed that there were four themes that are often emphasized in Mahathir's speech, namely civil servant responsibility, national recovery, values and loyalty. This study also showed that the combination of these themes formed by Mahathir has its own thoughts in uplifting the spirit of civil servants to restore the country.
Keywords: Leadership communication, Mahathir’s speeches, Visionary leadership
Abstrak: Matlamat artikel ini adalah untuk mengenalpasti aspek-aspek yang ditekankan oleh Mahathir dalam ucapan sepanjang tahun pertama beliau memegang jawatan sebagai Perdana Menteri Malaysia ke-7. Fokus kajian ini adalah dari segi kepimpinan bervisi, iaitu pembentukan dan penyampaian visi Mahathir kepada penjawat awam melalui ucapan beliau. Ini dilakukan dengan menganalisis kandungan lima ucapan Mahathir semasa Perhimpunan Bulanan YAB Perdana Menteri bersama Penjawat Awam di Jabatan Perdana Menteri (JPM) dari bulan Mei 2018 hingga Mei 2019. Tema dalam teks ucapan dianalisis menggunakan pakej analisis kualitatif NVivo12. Hasil kajian menunjukkan terdapat empat tema yang sering ditekankan dalam ucapan Mahathir, iaitu tanggungjawab penjawat awam, pemulihan negara, nilai murni dan kesetiaan. Kajian ini turut memperlihatkan bahawa kombinasi tema ini yang terbentuk daripada Mahathir mempunyai pemikiran tersendiri dalam menaikkan semangat penjawat awam memulihkan negara.
Kata kunci: Komunikasi kepimpinan, Kepimpinan bervisi, Ucapan Mahathir
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