tardiness research

1. TARDINESS
AMONG UITM
PUNCAK ALAM
STUDENTS

2. INTRODUCTION
• On the 1ST of October 2015, Nurul izzaty bt Mohd Rosman, Ir.Anisah binti Ag.Delin and
Raja Muhammad Syafiq bin Raja Shahmizan from the faculty of Business Management
UiTM Puncak Alam from Retailing Management class were instructed by our EWC 556
lecturer Mrs Kiranjeet Kaur Dhillon to write a report on The Tardiness Among Student
of UiTM Puncak Alam and to submit the report on week 13 of the semester that is 2
December 2015.
• The study are being conducted with the student of UiTM Puncak Alam as to identify
the causes toward the tardiness issues, determine the number of student who comes
late, and to identify ways for the student to solve the problem.

3. METHODOLOGY
• Research instrument:
- questionnaires.
• Research respondents:
- both male and female of 50 respondents of UiTM Puncak Alam students.
• Research procedure:
- distributing the questionnaire at the specific location of where many students
gathered such as cafe, students routes to FSK6 and “tangga kejayaan”.

4. FINDINGS
Male, 5, 10%
Female, 46, 90%
GENDER
Male Female

5. FINDINGS
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
AM240 BM245 HM240 BM231 BM242 ACC220 BM249 BM235 BM247 BM244 BM232 BM250
Male Female
FACULTY

6. FINDINGS
1
1
3
2
6
6
18
13
1
SEMESTER 1 SEMESTER 2 SEMESTER 3 SEMESTER 4 SEMESTER 5 SEMESTER 6
Male Female
SEMESTER

7. FINDINGS
1
2
2
23
5
1
17
BUS (RAPID/EXPRESS) WALK MOTORCYCLE CAR
Male Female
MEDIUM OF TRANSPORTATION

8. FINDINGS
PERCENTAGE OF STUDENT MISSED THE CLASS BECAUSE OF TARDINESS
4
1
17
29
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
YES NO
MALE FEMALE

9. FINDINGS
3
1
16
1
3
9
1
2
2
OVERSLEPT TAKE TIME TO
WALK THROUGH
TANGGA
KEJAYAAN
TRAFFIC JAMMED WAITING THE BUS DISTANCE FROM
FACULTY TO
COLLEGE IS FAR
SEARCHING FOR
PARKING
WAITING THE LIFT
THE MAIN REASONS OF TARDINESS
male female

10. OTHER REASONS OF TARDINESS
IS IT DIFFICULT TO FIND AVAILABLE PARKING SPACE?
5
35
11
YES NO
MALE FEMALE

11. OTHER REASONS OF TARDINESS
DID THE BUS COME ON TIME?
1
4
11
35
YES NO
male female

12. OTHER REASONS OF TARDINESS
NUMBER OF HOURS TAKEN BY STUDENTS
1
1
3
5
17
4
20
1 - 15 MIN 16 - 30 MIN 31 MIN - 1 HOUR 2 HOURS AND MORE
MALE FEMALE

13. OTHER REASONS OF TARDINESS
DOES THE PROBLEM WITH THE ELEVATORS LEAD TO STUDENTS’ TARDINESS?
4
1
36
10
YES NO
MALE FEMALE

14. CONCLUSIONS
• Oversleep habit had become the main reason and cause for student tardiness problem.
• The main reason of tardiness among the UiTM Puncak Alam students is overslept.
• The other reasons of tardiness are the number of hours taken by students to get ready
for class, elevators, parking space and bus.
• Most of the students agreed that wake up early can help to reduce the tardiness
among the students.

15. RECOMMENDATION
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
wake up early provide more bus provide more elevator provide more student
parking
car pooling provide more college provide more student
parking
SUGGESTIONS ON HOW TO REDUCE TARDINESS AMONG UITM PUNCAK ALAM STUDENT
resident non- resident