e-learning readiness - Asia Pacific Region - Open University Malaysia

2POLICY MAKERS ANDORGANISATIONSThis chapter presents the findings on the extent to which policy makersare enabling or are ready to enable E-learning within their organisation.2.1 Demographic ProfileAs shown in Table 2, this study surveyed a total of 102 policy makersconsisting of 30 (21.4 percent) top-level executives (CEOs, Presidents, ViceChancellors, Vice Presidents, Deputy Vice Chancellors, ExecutiveDirectors, Managing Directors and General Managers) and 47 (46.1percent) middle-level management personnel (Directors, Deans,Managers and Heads). The remaining 25 (24.5 percent) were in otherleadership positions.Of the 102 organisations that participated in the study, 43 (41.7 percent)were located in cities and 59 (57.3 percent) in areas outside the city. Therewere more private than government organisations (55.3 percent and 43.7percent respectively). The majority of the organisations (64 or 62.7percent) were involved in education, training and research anddevelopment, while 20 (19.6 percent) were ICT-based organisations.Other organisations (18 of them) made up the remaining 17.7 percent ofthe sample.The number of employees in the organisations surveyed ranged from lessthan 100 to more than 10,000 per organisation. The majority (68.6 percent)of the organisations had less than 500 employees while 25.5 percent hadbetween 500 and 10,000 employees. Only six organisations (5.9 percent)had more than 10,000 employees each.Sixty-nine organisations indicated that they had a student enrolment. Ofthe 69, about one third (36.2 percent) had a student enrolment of less than1,000. Another 33.4 percent had an enrolment between 1,000 and 5,000students, while 28.9 percent had between 5,001 to 25,000 students. Onlyone organisation reported a student enrolment of above 25,000 in itsinstitution.Joint Study by MEWC and OUM 14