Vol 1, No 1 (2022): Desember

The aims of the study were to analyze the influence of the COVID-19 pandemic on the online purchase decision of commodities and services and to analyze how extensive the influence of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the online purchase decision of commodities and services is. This study used a quantitative method and took 116 people as samples by using the accidental sampling technique. The data analysis technique used in this study was single linear regression analysis. The results showed that there was a significant and positive influence of COVID-19 pandemic on the online purchase decision of commodities and services and influences extensive are 33,1%.

Human resources are the company's most vital assets, which essentially function as a driving factor for every activity within the company. The existence of human resources in the company should not be replaced by other resources. Therefore, human resource management is needed to improve the quality of the company's human resources. One of the factors that can improve the performance of human resources is the work environment, both physical work environment and non-physical work environment. One of the efforts made by PT. PLN (Persero) UP3 Kotabaru in producing good employee performance and even improving employee performance is by creating a comfortable, safe, conducive, and pleasant work environment. Employees of PT. PLN (Persero) UP3 Kotabaru will feel at home in their work environment and will affect their performance and the work will be completed properly, on time and employees will feel happy with their work. This study aims to determine the effect of physical and nonphysical work environments on the performance of employees of PT. PLN (Persero) UP3 Kotabaru. This study uses quantitative descriptive methods, data analysis using SPSS statistical program 25. The population and sample are 43 people. The results of the study partially show that the physical work environment has no effect on employee performance, while the non-physical work environment affects employee performance. Taken together, the research results show that the physical and non-physical work environment variables affect employee performance.

This study aims to determine how the use of audiovisual media in learning English at SMP Negeri in Kotabaru and to determine the factors that influence the use of the media. There are several methods used to obtain the data needed in this study, namely through observation, questionnaires, interviews, and documentaries. After the data has been collected, it is processed and interpreted, then the data is presented and analyzed with the data obtained using qualitative descriptive analysis techniques. From the results of data analysis that students' preference for techniques used by teachers in learning English using audiovisual media is in the high category, students' understanding of teacher explanations in learning using audiovisual media in English subjects, which is in the high category, teacher's ability to help facing student difficulties, in the very high category, the teacher's ability to respond to student questions, in the high category, the situation or condition of the class when learning to use audiovisual media is not calm, the students' interest in English lessons is in the very high category, the students' motivation when learning English by using audiovisual media in the High category, the frequency of English teachers in using audiovisual media when learning English at SMP Negeri in Kotabaru is in the high category of the total time spent.

The leadership and members of the regency/municipal DPRD have inherent financial rights since they are appointed. This financial right is regulated in Government Regulation of the Republic of Indonesia (PP) Number 18 of 2017 concerning Financial and Administrative Rights of Leaders and Members of the Regional House of Representatives. Of all the welfare benefits that are the rights of the leadership and members of the DPRD, there are several regions that have not been able to provide official housing/office houses. So, the local government is obliged to provide payment allowances as. This also happened in Kotabaru Regency. This housing allowance is given on a monthly basis since the leadership and members of the Kotabaru Regency DPRD are sworn in at the time of their inauguration. The value of the allowance is determined through Perbup Number 26 of 2017 concerning the Implementation of the Regional Regulation of Kotabaru Regency Number 13 of 2017 concerning Financial and Administrative Rights of Leaders and Members of the Regional People's Representative Council of Kotabaru Regency. The DPRD chairman gets an award of Rp. 13,000,000,-, the Deputy Chairperson of the DPRD gets Rp. 12,000,000, - and Rp. 10,500,000,- (ten million five hundred thousand rupiah) for DPRD members. The current financial condition, of course, is very different from the situation when Perbup Number 26 of 2017 was made. The increase in prices due to inflation that must occur every year certainly affects the price of renting houses. So it is necessary to re-do the amount of allowances for the Leaders and Members of the Kotabaru Regency DPRD. The purpose of this review of the Kotabaru Regency DPRD Housing Allowance Review is to determine the amount of the Housing Allowance value for Kotabaru Regency DPRD Leaders and Members that is appropriate and guided by the principles of decency, fairness, rationality, in accordance with price standards in Kotabaru Regency. This study uses a qualitative descriptive method. The data obtained explain the facts about the market price of house rent, the value of land, the standard of facilities that should be accepted by DPRD members, economic conditions and the rules that become the legal umbrella in determining allowances. Furthermore, Juridical Analysis, Calculation Analysis, and Policy Analysis are carried out. From the calculation results, three alternative values of Housing Allowance were obtained for the leaders and members of the Kotabaru Regency DPRD. For the Chairman of the DPRD Kotabaru, the proposed value of the Housing Allowance is Rp. 20,832,000 (High), Rp. 18,927,000 (Medium) and Rp. 17,022,000, - (Low). The value of the Housing Allowance for the Deputy Chairperson of the Kotabaru Regency DPRD is proposed at Rp. 16,662,000 (High), Rp. 15,074,000 (Medium) and Rp. 13,487,000, - (Low). Meanwhile, for members of the Kotabaru Regency DPRD, the proposed housing allowance is Rp. 15,624,000 (High), Rp. 14,195,000 (Medium) and Rp. 12,767,000 (Lace).

A face whitening product attracts consumers of WIN Kotabaru minimarket as a society with a tropical climate to get clean and white skin that will make your appearance more beautiful and charming. One of the face whitening products that make consumers interested is Pond's. Consumers buy the product because it is able to offer the best product attributes. The excess contribution of product attribute factors consists of Price, Packaging, and Quality of Pond's facial whitening consumers. The type of research uses descriptive verification. The population of this study was visitors of WIN Kotabaru minimarket. The sampling technique is random with data collecting techniques using a questionnaire. Analysis of the data uses factor analysis. Based on the factor analysis test result, it is known that there are 12 indicators that bring in 3 factors. Product quality is the first factor contributing to the value of 35.146% with a representation of 4,217. Product packaging is the second factor with a diversity contribution of 15.377% with a representative value of 1,845. Price is the third factor with a contribution of 14.197% with a representation of 1.704.