TY  - JOUR
T1  - The Factors That Differentiate High Level and Low Level of Adoption of Problem
Solving Tools in Malaysia: A Discriminant Analysis
AU - Quan Low, Rong AU - Suhaimi Baharudin, Ahmad AU - Chee Lim, Seng 
JO  - The Social Sciences
VL  - 12
IS  - 3
SP  - 489
EP  - 494
PY  - 2017
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1818-5800
DO  - sscience.2017.489.494
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=sscience.2017.489.494
KW  - Problem solving tools
KW  -problem solving
KW  -compatibility
KW  -resources
KW  -SME
KW  -government support
AB  - The adoption level of problem solving tools in manufacturing sector of SMEs could be divided into
two groups which is The low level of adoption and high level of adoption. The low level of adoption is the
companies that adopt problem solving tools at a very low level such as one department whereas high level of
adoption is the companies that adopt the tools at the problem solving processes of most of the departments.
This research found out three predictors which is compatibility, organizational resources and government
support that differentiate the levels of Adoption. About 1000 questionnaires of this research are sent out to
the respondents through post and 281 respondents replied which is having the response rate of 28.1% but in
the end only 141 valid for final analysis process. The results are analyze using the discriminant analysis
technique using the SPSS Software. The result of the analysis found out that compatibility is found to be the
most significant predictors that differentiate the groups in the dependent variable.
ER  -