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This study investigates the influence of job satisfaction on teacher performance at Omba Tana Rara Public School, a rural educational institution located in a geographically remote area with distinct contextual challenges. Despite the crucial role of teachers in shaping educational outcomes, limited research has explored how job satisfaction contributes to teacher performance in such isolated settings. Employing a quantitative approach, the research surveyed 32 teachers using a validated Likert-scale questionnaire designed to measure key dimensions of job satisfaction, including recognition, professional development, remuneration, interpersonal relationships, and work environment. Data analysis was conducted using simple linear regression to determine the statistical relationship between job satisfaction and teacher performance. The results revealed that job satisfaction has a significant and positive impact on teacher performance (β = 0.67; p < 0.01), indicating that increases in satisfaction levels are associated with higher levels of effectiveness and engagement among teachers. Among the satisfaction factors examined, recognition from leadership, opportunities for professional growth, and supportive working conditions were identified as dominant contributors to improved performance. The findings of this study contribute to filling the research gap concerning human resource issues in remote schools and offer practical insights for stakeholders in education. In particular, the study emphasizes the importance of designing context-specific strategies that prioritize teacher welfare as a means of boosting instructional quality and learning outcomes. It recommends policy interventions focused on enhancing intrinsic and extrinsic satisfaction elements through improved school management practices. By highlighting the correlation between teacher satisfaction and performance, especially in rural and under-resourced areas, this research underscores the need for holistic human resource development in education. It advocates for a welfare-centered approach in managing and supporting teachers to ensure sustainable improvements in school effectiveness.

The main pillar in building quality individuals is education. In pursuing education, people today will go to school, where at each level there are rules that must be followed and prohibitions that must be avoided by students. This is useful for building discipline and a sense of responsibility. Motivation can be said to be a tool that can move and encourage people because it can trigger a feeling of enthusiasm and can also change individual behavior to a better place. This research aims to determine the influence of motivation on the discipline of Stambuk Entrepreneurship Students 2023, Medan State University. This research is quantitative research using the ex-post facto method. In analyzing the data that has been collected, this research uses manual calculations with Quantitative Descriptive Statistical Analysis techniques. Based on the results of the analysis, it was found that there was an influence of motivation on the discipline of the 2023 UNIMED Entrepreneurship students with X and Y correlation results of 0.58 or 58%, while the remainder, namely 0.42 (42%) was determined by other variables.

This research aims to find out how the management control system at the Cita Hati Foundation is regarding the incentive system given to local teaching staff and foreign teaching staff.  The data source for this research uses primary and secondary data.  The aim of this research is to display, explain and analyze the function of implementing a management control system.  This research uses a qualitative descriptive approach, which is usually used to describe and describe current phenomena, whether human engineering or natural.  Primary data was obtained directly from the Cita Hati Christian School, which was the subject of the research.  By conducting direct observations at the Cita Hati Christian School and interviews with people at the school who are related to this research.  The results obtained are that the Cita Hati Foundation has teaching staff who are competent in their fields, not only local teaching staff, but also bringing in foreign teaching staff to improve the quality and value of education.  The presence of foreign teaching staff has both positive and negative impacts on the foundation, especially local teaching staff.  This is due to the differences in treatment given by the foundation to the two.  So the researchers suggest that the Cita Hati Foundation evaluate and revise the incentive program that will be given to employees, in accordance with the policies that have been determined or agreed and the point is that the policies made must be in accordance with the Foundation's ability to provide incentives in accordance with employee performance.  This will encourage better performance so that the company can also develop forward with employees who are loyal and willing to develop together.

The younger generation is the largest group of internet users, they are the first generation to grow up with computers, the internet, smartphones, online social media and online shopping. They tend to have similarities in their online shopping behavior. This research aims to analyze the behavior and preferences of the younger generation towards e-commerce and their opinions regarding demands for the closure of e-commerce by some people in Indonesia. This research is quantitative research using a questionnaire method with 22 respondents aged 17-25 years and from high school students to university students. The findings of this research show that the younger generation is more likely to use e-commerce for shopping and tends to reject demands to close e-commerce by some members of society. The implication of this research is that e-commerce must improve service quality, user experience, and transaction security to meet the needs and expectations of the younger generation.