This
is an advanced course intends to impart various concepts, principles,
models and theories of strategic management needed to acquire and expose
the students to major issues, problems, challenges, limitations and
realities involved formulation and implementation of strategies. It
further, helps the students to develop conceptual and analytical skills
and creativity needed to develop various strategic managerial views and
perspectives and to become a good strategic manager.
- Lecturer: Dr. Kalyani Kariyapperuma
- Lecturer: Dr. Seshika Kariyapperuma
- Lecturer: Prof.(Mrs) MD Pushpakumari
As the world of business has become more and more international at the beginning of the 21st
century, it is obvious that management must also be international in
its focus. Thus, effective managers will be those who understand the
nature of international business and how cross-national similarities and
differences impact on management. This course provides theoretical
foundations and overview of firm level business structures for companies
that operate internationally. Furthermore, students who follow this
course will understand the importance of regionalization in world trade
and appreciate the importance of diversity and its impact upon global
business practices. Hence, upon successful completion of this course,
the student will understand the scope of the new global economy and the
role of management in successfully directing international trade
activities.
- Lecturer: Mr.Thushara Dassanayake
- Lecturer: Ms. Kalani Madhuwanthi
Business
Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is a novel course
introduced to the B.Sc. Business Administration (General) External
Degree Programme. The prime objective of this course is to make students
realize the necessity of being ethical and socially responsible members
in Sri Lanka’s corporate sector as well as wider society. Thus, this
course, with special reference to Sri Lanka’s corporate sector,
encourages students to critically engage with the basic theories,
concepts and practical issues of Business Ethics and CSR
- Lecturer: Mr. Nirmal Chathuranga
This
is an intermediary level course which introduces the students to the
knowledge and practical application of Productivity and Quality the
pillars of the success of businesses in today's context. This course
intends to provide wide knowledge in the real meaning of productivity
and quality and how to improve them continuously with various
improvement methods and techniques. The course will be thought in three
sections; namely, Section 1 – Managing Productivity, Section 2 –
Managing Quality & Section 3 – Managing Productivity and Quality
simultaneously.
The
concept of entrepreneurship creates a mechanism for creating new
ventures which will positively affect the economic development of the
country. This introductory course incorporates core concepts and
elements of entrepreneurship and business development in order to
develop business related skills and entrepreneurial competencies among
business management graduates that would meet the needs of the society.
And it lays solid foundation to start their own business or to start a
career as an entrepreneurial manager. Hence, this course is designed to
develop students’ entrepreneurial competencies, confidence, and
attitudes in order to identify business opportunities and make use of
those for the benefits of the business ventures and the development of
the society
At
present organizations are operating in a highly turbulent environment
and are facing changes very often. This is mainly due to globalization
and developments in information technology. Further, the present
organizations have become more human than ever before. Survival and
growth within the said environment and being highly human within the
process of achieving organizational goals is a challenging task.Organizational
Development (OD) is the application of the knowledge of behavioural
science to improve organization performance and functioning. This course
is designed to provide students a sound theoretical knowledge of OD,
while enabling them to understand how theory relates to practice. Areas
such as the nature of planned change; the OD practitioner; the process
of OD, OD interventions and the future directions in OD will be covered
in this course
- Lecturer: Ms. Pivindi Alwis
- Lecturer: Mr.Kevin Fernando
- Lecturer: Dr. Hemamali Gunathilaka
- Lecturer: Mr. Pradeep Mr.Kumara
- Lecturer: Prof.(Mrs) GDVR Senadheera
- Lecturer: Mr. J.S. Senevirathna
- Lecturer: Ms. Nikeshala Weerasekara