No of Diploma Holders
200+
Annual Intake
100+
THE DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT AND ORGANIZATION
STUDIES
The Department of Management and Organization Studies offers BBA (Special) degree programme which provides students with knowledge, skills and the required attitudes to be Management Professionals in any functional area of business or successful entrepreneurs.
The department offers undergraduate students opportunities by conducting several annual events as Business Idea Competition (BIC) which generates and commercializes innovative business ideas of students, Research Development Forum (RDF) which builds the platform for the young academics to present their initial research ideas and to develop such ideas in a research culture through the comments of other academics, Diploma in Entrepreneurship and Business Management (DEBM), Higher Diploma in Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management (HDESBM), Postgraduate Diploma in Entrepreneurship and Business Management (PGDEBM), Residential Workshops, Outbound Trainings, Factory Visits, Guest Lectures, Seminars, and Workshops.
Ms. M. Shanika Dilhani Senavirathna
Coordinator-HDESBM Programme
PROGRAMME STRUCTURE
The HDESBM is a two-trimester programme which will be completed within a period of one year. Within these semesters the programme is structured under twelve subjects as given below.
| Semester | Course Code | Course Title | No of Credits |
| Semester I | HDESBM 501
HDESBM 502 HDESBM 503 HDESBM 504 HDESBM 505 HDESBM 506 |
Creativity and Innovation
Commercial Law and Business Ethics Business Statistics Financial and Management Accounting Managing People in Small Businesses Business Economics |
2
2 2 2 2 2
|
| Semester II | HDESBM 507
HDESBM 508 HDESBM 509 HDESBM 510 HDESBM 511 HDESBM 512 HDESBM 513 |
Managing Quality
Operations Management for Small Businesses Entrepreneurship Development and Case Analysis Business Strategy and Sustainability Contemporary Concepts and Issues in Small Businesses Business Research Methods Self-study independent report |
2
2 2 2 2 2 6
|
| Total | 30 |
TEACHING FACULTY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT AND ORGANIZATION STUDIES
The greatest strength of the Faculty of Management and Finance and the Department of Management and Organization Studies of the University of Colombo is its Teaching Faculty consisting of well-trained academics. Faculty members have acquired their academic and professional training from well reputed institutes all over the world and thus have brought diverse experiences, tradition and perspectives, which are definite requirements to train the professional managers who very often need to cross the boundaries of cultures, disciplines and experiences in the continuous flux of their organisational lives.
In addition to this core faculty, the department draws well-trained academics from other local universities and foreign universities as well as well-experienced professional managers and entrepreneurs in Sri Lanka.
ACADEMIC STAFF MEMBERS
Professor K A S P Kaluarachchi
[PhD (Hosei, Japan), MBA (Col, Sri Lanka), BCom (Special) (Hons.)(SJP, Sri Lanka) CTHE (Col, Sri Lanka)]
Professor
TI: Management Process and Practice, Organizational Behaviour, QualityManagement, Impression Management, Cross Cultural Management, Contemporary Issues in Management
RI: Management Theory and Practices (MTPs)
Professor. Kumudinei Dissanayake
[PhD (Meiji, Japan), MBA (Meiji, Japan), MBA (Colombo, Sri Lanka), BCom (Special) (Colombo, Sri Lanka), Diploma in Counseling (SLFI)]
Professor
TI: Organization Theory, Organizational Behavior, Research Methods
RI: Values in organizations, Sustainability practices and SMEs, Generation Z at Work
Professor. B Nishantha
[PhD (Ryukoku University, Japan), MBA (University of Colombo), B.com (Uni-versity of Colombo, CTHE (University of Colombo)]
Professor
TI: Entrepreneurship, Management Process and Practice, Strategic Management
RI: Entrepreneurship, SMEs, SME growth dynamics
Professor R Senathiraja
[PhD (India), MSc (SJP), BCom (Jaffna), CTHE (Col)]
Professor
TI: Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management, Culture & Management,Creativity and Innovation, Research Methods
RI: Creativity & Innovation, Corporate Entrepreneurship, Micro Finance &Social Entrepreneurship
Professor Tissa Ravinda Perera
Ph.D. (China), MBA (Colombo), B.Com (Colombo), CTHE (Colombo), FMAAT, LICA]
Professor
TI: Entrepreneurship Development, Small Business Management, Creativity andInnovation, Management Process and Practice, Contemporary Management Issues, Cross Cultural Management, Case Study Development and Analysis
RI: Entrepreneurship Development in Developing Countries, MSME Sector Development in Developing Countries, Management Practices in Different Countries,Contemporary Issues in Management, Creativity and Innovation in the MSMESector
Mr. S. Sasidaran
[MEcon (Col), BCom (Col), CTHE (Col)]
Senior Lecturer
TI: Psychology, Sociology, Culture and Organizational Response, Organization Theory, Environmental Management, Organizational Design and Structure, Behaviour.
RI: Cultural Impact on Organizations, Sociological Issues and Their Impacts on Organizations and Organizational Design and Structure
Dr. Seuwandhi B. Ranasinghe
[PhD (Glasgow, UK), MBA (UOC), BBA (UOC), SEDA (UK)
accredited teacher in Higher Education, CTHE (UOC)]
Senior Lecturer
TI: Organization Theory and Design, Personality Development, KnowledgeManagement, Critical Perspectives of Organization Studies
RI: Organization studies, postcolonial studies, feminist studies
Ms. K. K. Kapiyangoda
[MBA (Col, Sri Lanka), BBA (Col, Sri Lanka), CTHE (Col, Sri Lanka), Staff and Ed- ucational Development Association (SEDA, UK), Passed Finalist CIMA, Reading for PhD (Col, Sri Lanka)]
Senior Lecturer
TI: Auditing, Taxation, Organization Theory
RI: Organizational culture and management, Entrepreneurship, Family businesses, Management controls
kumudukapiyangoda@mos.cmb.ac.lk
Ms. T. Kuhendran
[MBA (PIM, SJP), BBA (Col, Sri Lanka), ACCA Affiliate (UK), CTHE
(Col, Sri Lanka), Staff and Educational Development Association(SEDA, UK)]
Senior Lecturer
TI: Organization Theory and Design, Academic Writing, Personality Development
RI: Careers of women, Gender studies
Dr. J. C. Athapaththu
[PhD (QUT-Australia) Msc. (USJP, Sri Lanka), BSc in Computation & Management (Peradeniya, Sri Lanka), PQHRM (IPM, Sri Lanka), CTHE (Col, Sri Lanka), Staff and Educational Development Association (SEDA, UK)],
Senior Lecturer
TI: Management Information Systems E-Business Managing Technology in hospitality industry
RI: E-Commerce Social commerce ICT in small business
Mr. M.S.J. Fernando
Reading for PhD (Deakin, Australia), MBA (Col, Sri Lanka), BBA (Col, Sri Lanka), PQHRM (CIPM, Sri Lanka), CTHE (Col, Sri Lanka), SEDA (UK)]
Senior Lecturer
TI: Strategic Finance, Crisis Management, Entrepreneurship and Venture Creation
RI: Entrepreneurship, Sustainability
Ms. D.C.L. Digoarachchi
[MBA (PIM, SJP), BBA (Col, Sri Lanka), SEDA (UK) accredited teacher in Higher Education, CTHE (Col, Sri Lanka), Reading for MPhil, (FGS, Col) ]
Lecturer
TI: Personality Development, Sociology & Psychology, Organization Changeand Development
RI: Organization Studies, Organizational Leadership
ACADEMIC STAFF MEMBERS
Ms. L. N. Edirisuriya
Mr. N.M.S.Banduthilaka
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