Browsing by Author "Senaratne, C."

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Aligning organizational cultures with national culture: an overview
(University of Kelaniya, 2006) Senaratne, C.
Do young adults of Sri Lanka know what to do at a road traffic accident?
(Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2021) Keerthi, L.D.; Senaratne, C.; Mendis, D.; Nisansala, H.; khans, M.X.N.; Chandima, T.
Introduction: Road traffic accidents (RTAs) are responsible for thousands of deaths in Sri Lanka per year. Time sensitive emergency management following an RTA is critical to reduce morbidity and mortality. Laypeople are the first responders in most of these situations, it is important to assess the knowledge among the young adult generations, about emergency management in an RTA. Objective: To assess the knowledge about emergency management in RTAs among A/L students in Colombo district. Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study comprising 239 A/L students in Colombo district was conducted to describe the socio-demographic and other related factors associated with knowledge about emergency management following an RTA. Awareness about common practices was assessed and categorized using a validated scoring system as good and poor. Exclusion criteria included A/L students below 18 years of age and students of foreign A/L examinations such as London A/L Examination and EDEXCEL. Snowball sampling technique was used to collect data via a self-administered questionnaire by a google form. The significance level was set at 5%. Results: Majority (57.3%) of the students had poor knowledge about basic emergency management. Almost half of the population (46.9%) had never received any training related to management of RTA. A statistically significant association was found between knowledge and previous training on emergency management. Conclusion: Most of the participants had inadequate knowledge and training which indicates there is a necessity to improve knowledge and to implement training on emergency management among lay persons.
Employability of Human Resource Management (HRM) Graduates in Sri Lanka
(University of Kelaniya, 2005) Senaratne, C.
This study examined the impact of three factors namely skills, personality, and influences on the employability of HRM graduates passed out from the Sri Lankan state universities. Data was collected from the HRM graduates passed out from the University of Kelaniya and the University of Sri Jayewardenepura, which are the premier universities in producing HRM graduates in Sri Lanka. And the data collection was based on a structured questionnaire supplemented by interviews and the study was conducted among 116 graduates. The selected sample was categorized into two groups: employed and unemployed HRM graduates. A conceptual model was formulated for the study. Employability (Dependent variable0 was measured on nominal scale and skills, Personality, and Influences (Independent Variables) were measured on ordinal scales. The ordinal data was converted into nominal data for finding out the relationship between dependent and independent variables. On-parametric statistics such as Chisquare test and Mann-Whitney test were used to analyze the data in order to identify the difference in skills, personality, and influence levels of both employed and unemployed graduates. Findings suggest that there is no significant difference in terms of Skills and Personality among the employed and unemployed graduates of HRM in Sri Lanka.The influence level found to be significantly different among the unemployed and unemployed graduates. Employed graduates used high level of influence and unemployed graduates used moderate level of influence. The results of the study indicate that HRM graduates have obtained employments largely on the base of influences made through various sources like family, school, university, political activities, and memberships of associations.