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    The Impact of Talent Management on Organizational Performance: A Study of Organizations in Apparel Industry in Sri Lanka
    (Department of Human Resource Management,Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies,University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2017) Munasinghe, M. H. L. H.; De Alwis, C.
    This research focused to find out the impact of talent management on organizational performance in the apparel industry in Sri Lanka. In the current study it has been recognized major four areas under the talent management Such as Talent Attraction, Talent Retention, Learning and Development and Career Management. Research analysis aimed to find out those four independent variables has impact on organizational performance. A cross-sectional survey design was used and convenient sampling method was used to select the respondents from the apparel industry in Sri Lanka. Population of the study was 350 apparel manufacturing organizations in Sri Lanka. Out of them 40organizations responses picked as the sample of the study. The convenience sampling method was used to select the sampling units. Data was collected through a structured questionnaire that created by Lyria (2014).The data was analyzed using correlation and regression analysis. It is found that talent retention and learning and development had demonstrated that those affected on organizational performance. However, there was not significant impact of learning and development on organizational performance in current field. And other two independent variables: career management and talent attraction had positive relationship with organizational performance although it is not significant. The results of the study implied that HR professionals of Sri Lankan apparel industry highly emphasize on talent retention to increase the organizational performance. This research may be a reflection of the development in the apparel industry and human resource strategy makers who try to come up with talent management concept.
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    Factors Affecting the Enterprise Recourse Planning (ERP) Systems on Organizational Performance
    (Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016) Roshantha, L.M.D.; Edirisinghe, S.D.
    Technology has become great connectors of all societies and countless platform for the people. As technology becomes more powerful, more and more capabilities are merged. Therefore people do more new forms of value to create, new ways to connect people, deliver capabilities. ERP systems are sophisticated information technologies that enable companies to gain noticeable advantages over their rivals. However, these systems are neither a remedy to competition, nor a medium guaranteeing success. During the last decade controversial discussion opened and a lot of criticism and constructive agreement came out on decision –making benefits from ERP systems. Even though a lot of attention has been paid to the decision-making benefits of ERP systems in practice, there is limited amount of empirical research that explores the nature of end-user satisfaction and perceived organizational performance with ERP systems especially in Sri Lankan context. Therefore examining the factors that constitute ERP users’ satisfaction and to explore whether ERP users varies among the different users are of timely importance. The purpose of this research paper is to present the synthesized theoretical and empirical literature to help in the development of propositions and suggestions of a research agenda on the acceptance of ERP systems and investigate their link with organizational performance. Further the paper develops the technology acceptance model (TAM) to synthesize relevant literature and to develop propositions for future research agendas. A quantitative approach will be employed in the data analysis and multi-stage stratified sampling method will be used to select the respondents of ERP implemented companies. This study will use the descriptive statistical techniques and the structural equation method as the statistical techniques. Additionally, questionnaire and interview methods will be utilized as data collecting instruments.
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    The relationship between inventory management practices and organizational performance of manufacturing companies in Sri Lanka
    (Department of Accountancy, University of Kelaniya, 2015) Iroshani, M.B.M.
    In current context manufacturing firms use various techniques to manage their inventories. Past literature reveals the practices adopted by the companies have a significant impact on organizational performances. Most of manufacturing companies which use proper inventory management practices have shown great performance. Inventory management practices are differ from one company to another because of the size of the industry, economic stability ofthe place, infrastructural facilities available, transportation network and many more which are called constraints. The purpose of this study is to identify weather there is any significant relationship between inventory management and the organizational performance of manufacturing companies in Sri Lanka. The study will be conducted by analyzing to which extend the companies are applying EQO, JIT, ERP practices to manage their inventory. The sample consists with twenty five (25) listed manufacturing companies in Sri Lanka from the period 2009-2014. Data will collect through both primary and secondary sources. To examine the applications of inventory management practices, structured and semi structured questionnaires will be used and to examine the organizational performance audited annual reports will be analyzed. The relationship between inventory management variables and organizational performance variables (Return on Assets-ROA & Return on Sales-ROS) will be tested by using descriptive statistics. Magnitude of the relationship will be measured by using correlation. The importance of the study is to provide a proper understanding to the management of manufacturing companies about how they should manage their inventory for an excellent organizational performance.