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also responsible to enhance the statistical literacy and understanding of
statistics among members of the public service and the community at large.
During those years, method of training was through traditional ways which
were mainly conducted in classroom and face-to-face mode.
In order to enhance the training management following to the larger
numbers of staff and training volume, DOSM initiated the development of
DTIMS in 2017. The system was inspired mainly to solve and overcome
problems and challenges faced by ILSM in planning and managing the training
throughout the years. It is also a need to produce a comprehensive report
based on the records either by individual or group.
Transformation in training mechanism was innovated through exploration
of DOSM e-learning platform which is known as MySUL. Rapid development
of ICT as well as changes of the statistical global is the factors that necessitated
creation of online training solutions. DOSM’s staffs are located at different
geographical locations and training them the traditional way is time
consuming and costly. Due to these reasons, it became imperative for DOSM’s
staffs to be constantly updated on their knowledge and skills. This means
training has to be continual and on-going. That is how e-Learning came into
picture.

2. DOSM Training Information & Management System (DTIMS):
The development of DTIMS is in line with the establishment of ILSM,
DOSM’s centre of excellence which is responsible to provide a comprehensive
and quality learning package as well as high impact outcome delivery to the
stakeholders. Due to this, the development of DTIMS was initiated in 2017 in
order to enhance the training management following to the larger numbers
of staff and training volume. The system will also assist ILSM to overcome
problems and challenges faced in planning and managing the training
throughout the years.
DTIMS was developing with the objectives:
i. To manage competency profiling for DOSM staff including cadres to
determine the competency level and training needed; internal;
external or international;
ii. To enable and manage DOSM’s staff an instructors’ talent;
iii. To provide competency indicator for staff and Panel Pembangunan
Sumber Manusia in managing expertise, career and promotion;
iv. To improve efficiency and flexibility of DOSM’s training management
including a comprehensive facility management at ILSM; and
v. To provide a budget management platform to monitor the return of
investment (ROI) in DOSM’s training management.
DTIMS structure was designed based on all elements involved in the training
cycle. There are eight modules in DTIMS (Figure 1).

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