IPRC - 2016

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Impact of Office Design on Employees’ Performance; A Case Study of Banking Organizations of Western Province in Sri Lanka
(Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016) Hansika, M.; Amarathunga, B.
In simply an office can be defined as a room, set of rooms or building where people work, usually sitting at desk. Accordingly, office design can be defined as the general arrangement of the room, set of rooms or building where people work. Most of times, the office design is unsafe and unhealthy. As a result of that employees get frustrated and they will not perform at their best. So the main objective of this study is to investigate the impact of office design on employees’ productivity with the focus on banking organizations which are located in Western province, Sri Lanka. In order to conduct the study, with the use of random sampling technique 4 banks located in the Western province, Sri Lanka taken in to consideration and 42 respondents use as the sample. Self-developed questionnaires were distributed among the respondents. In order to observe the employees performance in the current office structure, spend two days (4) in each bank (in the office hours). According to the regression results, there is a positive relationship between the independent variable (office design) and the dependent variable (employees’ performance) as well according to the correlation analysis there is high (significant) relationship between independent variable (office design) and the dependent variable (employees’ performance). Finally it is concluded that, the Office design should be done in a careful manner otherwise employees get frustrated and they will not perform at their best. Accordingly employees’ performance will decrease and consequently organizational performance will decreased.
Use of Smart Boards as a Pedagogical Tool in a Public Universities in Sri Lanka
(Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016) Amarathunga, B.; Pathiratne, S.
In engendering this world-class fitness for purport, Sri Lankan universities play a pivotal role by being responsive, demand-led organizations that use e-technology to amend participation, achievements and the progress of their students. Objective of this study is to decide (1) the required skills, (2) the extent of utilization, and (3) the possible challenges facing the utilization of Smart board in the public university in the North- Western province of Sri Lanka. The study adopted descriptive survey research design and was carried in the North- Western province of Sri Lanka, which equipped with Smart board as pedagogical implement. The population for the study was 105. Sampling was not required because of the manageable size of the population. A structured questionnaire was utilized for data accumulation and there were divided into 3 sections predicated on the categorical purposes of the study. Reliability of the instrument was resolute utilizing Cronbach alpha method which yielded 0.78. 105 replicas of the research instrument were administered but 101 were returned and utilized for analysis. Findings of the study revealed that the Smart board is poorly utilized by the lecturers in the University in Sri Lanka and that the lecturers possess average operational skills for the utilization of computers and web browsers but remotely possess the required skills for the efficacious utilization of the Smart board. Withal Findings revealed that unstable power supply interrupting continual use, arduousness in learning the manipulation and operational adeptness and arduousness in preparing electronic note for the course content, etc. are the challenges to efficacious utilization of the Smart board. In Conclusion the study has identified the required skills, extent of utilization and the challenges facing the utilization of Smart boards.