medical and healthcare,electronic devices, construction and furniture.(Tandel 2015). In Sri Lanka, manufacturing of plastic consumer products and packages and industrial polymers is a growing industry that developed over 45 years. Currently there are about 400 companies in Sri Lanka involved in plastic industry. In addition, significant amount of plastic enters to Sri Lanka as imported plastic products and goods. Sri Lanka imports about 500,000 metric tons of virgin plastic in every year according to Central
During the Sri Lanka Genocide, crimes against humanity were committed against the Tamlins by the Sri Lankans. Sri Lanka is an island in the Indian ocean, located south-east of India. The original name of the island is the Democratic Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka had their own language. “In 1956, the Official Language Act was enacted” (Mitchell, pg. 2). This act made the Sinhalese language the 1st language that 74% of the people on the island spoke. The different languages caused many issues on the island
Intergenerational Mobility; from Sri Lanka to Canada My father was a farmer in Sri Lanka and due to his financial situation, he couldn’t attain a proper education. After he immigrated to Canada he worked as a chef at a restaurant and he had financial stability. As a result of an unforeseen car accident, he lost his well-paying job and he works currently as a janitor for minimum wage. I might experience intergenerational mobility as I am currently studying in university with aspirations to become
Ceylinco Insurance is the leading insurance company and it ranked among top 25 companies in the Sri Lanka. Better understanding of the customer needs and expectations is the main reason behind the success of Ceylinco. In order to expand their customer base and to give better service, the General Division consist with 191 branches and 106 service centres while the Life Division consist with 211 branches. Ceylinco has utilized 8.5 billion rupees as net claims benefits for their customers and it is
The role of Management Consultancy in a fast changing and volatile business environment in Sri Lanka vis a vis its interface with rest of the world Continuous Assessment - Essay (Individual Assignment) MCP 2258 – Management Consultancy Skills MBA in Human Resource Management Batch II - Semester III Course Director : Prof. Sudatta Ranasinghe - Professor of Management Mr. S A D Senanayake Head, The Department of Management Studies Dr. Udan Fernando, Senior Lecturers, Resource Person : Gamini Hettiarachchi
competitive and strive to higher levels. Sri Lanka a developing nation also needs to compete in this race. Economic and Technological Cooperation Agreement is a free trade agreement between India and Sri Lanka which the present government has presented. It has his benefits as well as its disadvantages. One of the key benefits will be that ETCA will provide that framework for deeper economic engagement with India which will open up a larger market for Sri Lankan exporters. This will also
Business opportunities Sri Lanka has immense economic opportunity for aspiring entrepreneurs. The route that I would personally take if I lived in this country would be the venture into the Information technology industry. Sri Lanka is a developing country and with that IT can be a promising venture for any entrepreneur. According to the CIA, only 32.1% of the population are internet users and this could convey a possible business opportunity to inspiring entrepreneurs. A business startup that targets
Sri Lanka is a country with very rich and vast cultural diversity that located in southern part of the Asia, an island in the middle of the Indian Ocean which is close to south of Indian sub-continent. The country has a very old history, which is dated to 2500years that made Sri Lank very rich in culture. It has a population of around 20 million with various cultures and languages. Sri Lanka was colonised by British, until 1948, for more than 200 years. Sri Lanka was known as Ceylon during the period
Within countries like Sri Lanka, debates prevail with regards to national and official languages, minority language rights, and particularly issues surrounding access to capital (Bratt-Griffler, 2002; Wickremasuriya, 1976). The questions based on which communities are privileged and marginalized in post-colonial countries cannot be taken lightly, as Sri Lanka stands as an example of how these inequities led to a horrific ethnic conflict (Canagarajah, 2005). Furthermore, Sri Lanka provides an excellent
public sector in Sri Lanka. During 1996- 2003 there were only two research articles published in Sri Lanka which related to BSC and used as a framework to analyze the rubber goods and tea export firms. Therefore, Sri Lanka as a developing country provides an immense opportunity to examine how new management accounting techniques such as BSC travel as a concept to a usable management technique and how new management accounting techniques are entering organizational practices in Sri Lankan public sector