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    The Impact of On-the-Job Training on Employee Performance: A Study of Production Assistants in Noritake Lanka (Pvt) Limited
    (International Conference on Business and Information (ICBI – 2019), [Human Resource Management], Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya Sri Lanka, 2019) Nawarathna, K.J.N.M.D.V.; Abeykoon, M.W.M.; Harshani, M.D.R. M.D.R.
    Although a plenty of researches have conducted to assess the effects of employee training in manufacturing industry in other countries, in Sri Lankan context research findings in this regard are very limited. Therefore, the objective of the current study was to assess the impact of employee on-the-job training on performance of production assistants in one of the leading manufacturing organizations in Sri Lanka. The independent variable and the dependent variable of this study were the level of on-the job training and the employee performance respectively. The reliability of the instruments was tested by using Cornbrash’s Alpha coefficient. The type of this study is hypothesis testing ant it was conducted in the natural setting with the minimum interference of the researcher. The study is a cross-sectional in time and the primary data were collected by using random sampling technique and sample size was 100 production assistants who were working in Noritake Lanka (Pvt) Limited located Matale District. Data was collected through a structured questionnaire via an offline survey. The correlation and regressions analysis were performed to test hypotheses and analyzed data. Finding revealed that on-the-job training has a significant impact on employee performance. Correlation analysis shows that on-the-job training has a strong positive relationship with employee performance. As a significant factor, this would mean that it is very significant to pay a high attention regarding the on-the-job training methods, because it directly affects to the performance of the employees in addition to that proper and wellstructured on-the-job training are required to meet with the desired outcomes of the organization.
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    Assessing the Implementation of Total Quality Management in Education Administration Institutions in Central Province, Sri Lanka
    (2014) Abeykoon, M.W.M.; de Alwis, C.
    The purpose of this study was to assess the implementation of TQM aspects among education administration institutions in the central province, Sri Lanka. This study focused on identifying the level of Hard TQM implementation and Soft TQM implementation among selected education administration institutions. A five point Likert scale questionnaire was used as the key instrument of data collection. The data were obtained from a survey of 41 administrators in education administration institutions in central province. The findings suggest that the level of hard TQM implementation is at a high level and the level of soft TQM implementation is at a moderate level. Further the study reports that the level of hard TQM implementation is higher than the level of soft TQM implementation. Among the studied Hard TQM techniques Quality Circles is reported as the most adopted technique. Customer / Citizen Satisfaction and Top Management Commitment and Support are the top principles adopted among the studied Soft TQM practices. In addition to that, report revealed that there is no significance difference in between districts in central province when implementing hard TQM and soft TQM.