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<title>Vol. 1 No. 2 (2008)</title>
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<entry>
<title>Employability of Graduates of Sri Lankan Universities</title>
<link href="http://dr.lib.sjp.ac.lk/handle/123456789/11084" rel="alternate"/>
<author>
<name>Ariyawansa, R. G.</name>
</author>
<id>http://dr.lib.sjp.ac.lk/handle/123456789/11084</id>
<updated>2022-04-19T05:50:56Z</updated>
<published>2008-01-01T00:00:00Z</published>
<summary type="text">Employability of Graduates of Sri Lankan Universities
Ariyawansa, R. G.
The aim of this paper is to review determinants of graduates’ employability of Sri Lankan&#13;
universities. As the education is a major criterion of measuring the development of a&#13;
country and many Sri Lankan families give higher priority for their children’s education,&#13;
it is important to realize the problem of graduate employability of the country. This study&#13;
reviewed available literature to comprehend different views relating to the issue in&#13;
general. Primary data was collected through discussions and telephone conversations&#13;
with managers in government sector, private sector and non-government organizations.&#13;
Also an examination of a random sample of 50 newspaper advertisements of job&#13;
opportunities in weekend news papers was made. Further, the study used quality&#13;
assurance judgement review results relating to the degree programs in Sri Lankan&#13;
universities conducted by Sri Lanka Quality Assurance Council. It is found that there are&#13;
many jobs for engineering/science and management graduates in current job market and&#13;
fewer opportunities are available for humanities and social sciences. However, as far as&#13;
quality of degree programs is concerned humanities and social sciences degree programs&#13;
are better than even some degree programs offered by medical faculties in Sri Lanka.
</summary>
<dc:date>2008-01-01T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Performance Appraisal System and Business Performance: An Empirical Study in Sri Lankan Apparel Industry</title>
<link href="http://dr.lib.sjp.ac.lk/handle/123456789/11083" rel="alternate"/>
<author>
<name>Ali, M.A.M.H.</name>
</author>
<author>
<name>Opatha, H.H.D.N.P.</name>
</author>
<id>http://dr.lib.sjp.ac.lk/handle/123456789/11083</id>
<updated>2022-04-19T05:37:57Z</updated>
<published>2008-01-01T00:00:00Z</published>
<summary type="text">Performance Appraisal System and Business Performance: An Empirical Study in Sri Lankan Apparel Industry
Ali, M.A.M.H.; Opatha, H.H.D.N.P.
</summary>
<dc:date>2008-01-01T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Competences as Human Assets: A Perspective</title>
<link href="http://dr.lib.sjp.ac.lk/handle/123456789/11081" rel="alternate"/>
<author>
<name>Opatha, H.H.D.N.P.</name>
</author>
<id>http://dr.lib.sjp.ac.lk/handle/123456789/11081</id>
<updated>2022-04-19T05:27:20Z</updated>
<published>2008-01-01T00:00:00Z</published>
<summary type="text">Competences as Human Assets: A Perspective
Opatha, H.H.D.N.P.
This paper seeks to give a perspective with regard to competences as human assets. It is&#13;
argued that an individual who wants to be successful on work life and non-work life as&#13;
well needs to possess seven competences, i.e., technical competence, human relation&#13;
competence, conceptual competence, intelligence, personality, individual character, and&#13;
personal management competences which have to be learnt by acquiring knowledge,&#13;
attitudes and skills from the two sources, i.e., heredity and environment which consists of&#13;
education, training and experience. Motivation of the individual moderates the&#13;
relationship between the seven competences and success. Finally a personal approach&#13;
for building competences is presented.
</summary>
<dc:date>2008-01-01T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Determinants of Training and Development Practices in SMEs: A Case of Japanese Manufacturing Firms</title>
<link href="http://dr.lib.sjp.ac.lk/handle/123456789/11079" rel="alternate"/>
<author>
<name>Gamage, A.</name>
</author>
<author>
<name>Sadoi, Y.</name>
</author>
<id>http://dr.lib.sjp.ac.lk/handle/123456789/11079</id>
<updated>2022-04-19T05:10:55Z</updated>
<published>2008-01-01T00:00:00Z</published>
<summary type="text">Determinants of Training and Development Practices in SMEs: A Case of Japanese Manufacturing Firms
Gamage, A.; Sadoi, Y.
Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) constitute a large proportion of the overall&#13;
business population of industrially developed and developing nations. Despite the&#13;
growing importance of SME research during the last decade, very little attention has&#13;
been paid to the study of training and development practices in SMEs. This article sets&#13;
out to redress this imbalance in current SME research. It outlines the preliminary results&#13;
of a recent study that focused on determinants of training &amp; development practices in&#13;
manufacturing SMEs in Japan. The results of the analysis indicate that the attitude of&#13;
owner/manager and organizational support towards training &amp; development are the key&#13;
determinants of training intensity in SMEs in Japan.
</summary>
<dc:date>2008-01-01T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
</entry>
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