Volume 06 Issue 02
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Item Emerging Approaches of Technology for Teaching People with Special Needs(Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2014) Nawaz, AliModern technology has performed a vital role for teaching people with special needs. There has been a significant effect on the learning of people with special needs with the use of modern technology. The integration of ICT with teacher training programs has been fruitful for the comprehension of people with special needs. The research has been conducted on the emerging approaches of technology to conclude the significant effect on the concept learning of the people with special needs. The people with special needs include the individual requirements (as for education) of a person with a disadvantaged background or a mental, emotional, or physical disability or a high risk of developing one. The nature of research is descriptive. The mixed method approach is used in conducting the research. The relevant documents were being analyzed to meet the objectives of the study. The study will be important for the researchers and academicians. The study will be fruitful for the curriculum developers and policy makers also. The study will be significant for the teacher trainers. The study will also be beneficial for the persons involved in the managing of workshops and training programs for people with special needs.Item A study on the customer orientation of the Sri Lankan Banking Sector(Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2014) Abarajithan, J.W.; Abarajithan, A.N.Organizations are studying their existing and potential customers when developing marketing strategies or programmes in order to assure that customers are satisfied comparatively better than they would be satisfied by their competitors. Therefore marketers have to be oriented with their customers to create value in the form of beneficiates or product. Narver and Slater (1990) describe customer orientation as the “seller has to understand who its potential customers are at present as well as who they may be in the future, what they want now as well as what they may want in the future, and what they perceive now as well as what they may perceive in the future as relevant satisfiers of their wants”. Thus the purpose of the customer orientation is to provide a solid basis of intelligence pertaining to present and potential competitors for executive actions. Meanwhile competition seems to be increasing in a rapid rate in every business; therefore, there is a need to understand their customers fully. The tough competitive environment is prevalent in the Sri Lankan banking sector too, since many new banks are entering into Sri Lankan banking sector; but so far no research has been conducted in Sri Lanka to examine the customers orientation of the Sri Lankan banking sector. Therefore, the main purpose of this study is to analyze the customer orientation of the Sri Lankan banking sector and the research was limited to the Sri Lankan banking sector which consists of 22 commercial banks and 13 specialized banks. The researcher adopted quantitative methodology and used structured questionnaires for data collection. Descriptive statistics were used for data analysis. Collected data were analyzed using SPSS v.13.0 and evaluated as low, moderate, and high level influence of research variables on customer orientation in Sri Lankan banking sector such as Commitment to customers, Creating customer value, and Response to customers’ needs. Results showed that Sri Lankan banks are highly customer-oriented. Hence it can be concluded that Sri Lankan banks have to apply strong customer relationship managerial practices to add value to their customers.Item Democratic system and good governance in Indian perspective(Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2014) Sharma, AnupamModern democratic system is the most appropriate system from the point of view of good governance. With reference to western democracies, it may be opined that they are very near the models of good governance, but in developing countries like India they are still far from the goal of good governance. Indian democratic structure of governance, which is the largest democracy of the world, achieved good level during the last six and half decades. People have got the right to participate in governance directly as well as indirectly, To make this goal more practicable, what steps are required at the administration level so that objective of good governance can be achieved. The objective of the paper is to ascertain as to the extent in which decentralization process has been realized to achieve the goal of good governance. In this perspective the hypothetical question is whether an effective administrative system is necessary for maximum participation of the common people. good governance? -Governmental Organizations and Community Based Organizations can play effective role for the realization of good governance? The above hypothetical questions have been examined in the Indian context. Indian democracy has been running successfully for the last 65 years continuously in the multi-cultural, multi-racial, multi-ethnic society. In this context it has been observed that if decentralization process would take place properly the goal of good governance could be achieved which would help in achieving a good quality of life of the citizens in the country. The results of the study will help to achieve the goal of good governance in other countries especially in Asian perspective.Item Religious Associations and Development in India: A Study of the Ramakrishna Mission(Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2014) Dutta, SumedhaIndia has had a relatively long tradition of religious associations providing autonomous spaces of power, social and civic activism, which dates back to the birth of Buddhism and Jainism, followed by the medieval Bhakti and Sufi movements, through the plethora of socio-religious associations that had cropped up during the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, until the ones that have emerged in the post-colonial era. Notwithstanding the fact that the fundamentalist and divisive politics of certain religious associations has led to several gory riots and the very partition of the country, many of them have played a pivotal role in ensuring that development remains inclusive, although, their role continues to be undermined in academic writings. Again, with the onset of the „LPG era‟ in India by the 1990s, that saw a roll back of the state mechanism, and the phenomenon of development taking a „participatory‟ turn following the 74th Amendment Act of the Indian Constitution, the gaps which evolved in service delivery are increasingly being filled up by civil society associations. In this context, the proposed paper seeks to analyze the contribution of one of the most prominent religious philanthropic associations in India, the Ramakrishna Mission, in the field of development. Using the purposive and snow ball sampling techniques, the study interrogates the members of the Ramakrishna Mission, apart from the beneficiaries of some of its projects and a few state officials, to elucidate as to how a „traditional‟ association negotiates its existence within the paradigm of a „modern‟, bureaucratic and „secular‟ state. The study observes that through its emphasis on Practical Vedanta, the Ramakrishna Mission has made colossal contributions in the field of education, health, relief work, rural and tribal development. In the ultimate analysis, the proposed paper compels one to rethink the relationship which religious associations share with the nebulous concepts of „development‟ on the one hand, and „civil society‟ on the other.Item Impact of Development Strategies in Response to Globalisation on the Onge Tribal Society, Little Andaman Island, India(Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2014) Roy, SaswatiGlobalisation generates a social identity crisis amongst the community residing in remote pockets complacent with nature and who does not have any interest in intermingling with the outskirt world. The tendency of the planners in order to sustain their immediate benefitting policies abstain them from thinking at the grass root level. One amongst the development strategies was the rehabilitation programme that was under taken in this island by settling refugees from mainland India and surplus Nicobarese from Car Nicobar Island. The present author after a precise survey on the present island, compiling the primary with the secondary data and relating with the past literature, has come through several disappointing observations. Such a study was carried out within the undemanding Onge community, residing in the Little Andaman Island of the Andaman Archipelago, in order to extract the impact of globalisation within their periphery. Development strategies in the tag of globalisation are unknowingly portraying a label of monotony by ignoring the latent values within the Onge’s diversified livelihood. Thus, the main objective was firstly to outline the imposed developmental policies in the several sectors of the Onge’s livelihood in the name of globalisation. Secondly, it was to find out the impact of those developmental strategies on the Onge community as a whole. The Onge tribal community as adhered to the nature for ages together has attained a deep essence of understanding the natural dynamics of their surroundings to make hunting and gathering their means of sustenance. Inculcation of foreign policies as sought after by the planners as an apostle of development has been weakening their community philosophies from its root. The author would like to intimate her humane suggestion to the planning systems to think before leaping into the issues of this sensitive tribal community.