This paper investigates the effects of working capital management on profitability of manufacturing companies in Sri Lanka for the period 2008 to 2013. It was analysed using both pooled ordinary least squared and fixed effect model. Working capital management were measured using accounts...

Purpose The purpose of this study is to identify the fundamental elements necessary for formulating criteria to be used when recruiting politicians into the Sri Lankan political system with a view to professionalization. By means of a thorough examination of political practice issues, the paper...

Five‐S, a simple tool was utilized as the initial step towards total quality management activities at a public hospital in Sri Lanka. This paper introduces the system improvement activities at the hospital which won several awards for quality of service at national level. Though there are...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore and compare current practice of the measurement and reporting of human resource (HR) information by firms belonging to the manufacturing and service sectors in Sri Lanka. Design/methodology/approach – Survey methodology was used and 30 firms...

Purpose – The present study was undertaken to identify what practices are considered best business practices by business firms in Sri Lanka and to explore whether there exist different practices in different sectors. Design/methodology/approach – Data were collected from managers attending...

Purpose – As the number of studies reported on the new leadership approach in the South Asian region and especially in Sri Lanka is very limited, the present study aims to explore to what extent the Conger and Kanungo (C‐K) model can be employed to explain the leadership phenomenon in Sri...