Abang Abdul Karim speaks at the launch of the CEO Talk at OUM. — Photo by Chimon Upon
KUCHING: The Malaysia Productive Corporation (MPC) plans to hold more business excellence (BE) programmes in Sarawak next year.
According to MPC board of directors member Datuk Abang Abdul Karim Tun Openg, the BE programme is a significant sharing-and-learning session for all stakeholders.
It serves as a learning platform not only for the MPC stakeholders and the participants, but also for the invited speakers.
“I call it a great sharing (session) because we (MPC) are inviting speakers – people who have been successful in business – to share their successful stories (with the participants),” he spoke at the launch of the ‘BE Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Talk 2017’ at Open University Malaysia (OUM) here yesterday.
Abang Abdul Karim believed that the BE programme would be the most effective of its kind, given that the sharing-and-learning process is vital for both the business community and those in the government sector to move forward.
“Initially, we attempted to run only three BE programmes for the whole year, but today’s event is the fifth.
“We have exceeded our initial target because of the massive response that we have received from the stakeholders, in both government and business sectors,” he said.
Abang Abdul Karim said MPC Sarawak would also strive to be part of the processes in the development of human talents in the digitalisation sector.
He said while the academic institutions are more towards providing training and preparing the human capital, MPC would strive to support the business community and also the government machinery in providing the eco-system that the state would need for the process to happen.
“When we talk about eco-system, it must include supporting the process of the transformation. Now that the government is talking about digitalisation, we at MPC will try to help in inspiring our people to possess the correct mindset in order for them to be active partners in the process,” he said.
Abang Abdul Karim noted that in business, organisations must not be satisfied with what they have become today, adding that everyone in the business community should look forward and aim to grow bigger.
“Today, we are not talking only about Sarawak as our market. We are talking about penetrating the world market through e-commerce (and) through digital process because the world is small now, but the market is big.
“Now we are targeting a market of at least three billion people in China, India and South East Asia.We at MPC wish to contribute in whatever programme that we can do for Sarawak — programmes that we feel would benefit the stakeholders in years to come,” he said.