JOB SATISFACTION AND EMPLOYEES’ WORK PERFORMANCE: A CASE STUDY OF PEOPLE’S BANK IN JAFFNA PENINSULA, SRI LANKA

For the purpose of this study, the data was extracted from the branches of people’s bank operating within Jaffna peninsula, Sri Lanka. Here, we analysed the data by employing simple correlation analysis. In the analysis, it is found that there is a positive relationship between job satisfaction and employees’ work performance. That is high level of fair promotion, reasonable pay system appropriate work itself and good working condition leads to high level of employees’ performance. In other words, employee’s job satisfaction has positive impact on their performance. Moreover, outcome of the research would be helpful to the academicians, practitioners, researchers, planners, and policy makers who are involved in the concerned area.job satisfaction employees’ work performance and people’s bank

A detailed investigation of microbial cell disruption by hydrodynamic cavitation for selective product release

Includes bibliographical references.Hydrodynamic cavitation is a novel method for microbial cell disruption, mediated by intense pressure fluctuations caused by cavity oscillation and collapse. Selective release of intracellular microbial products is desirable to reduce the cost involved in their downstream processing. A study of the process variables that affect microbial cell disruption by hydrodynamic cavitation is presented in order to ascertain the conditions required for a selective release. Two model systems were considered (yeast and E. coil). Enzymes from different locations of the cell were studied and the release compared with other methods of disruption

Working capital management practices: a case study of listed manufacturing companies in Sri Lanka

A study of working capital management (WCM) is a major importance to internal and external analysis of business. The goal of WCM is to ensure that the company is able to continue its operations and it has sufficient cash flow to satisfy both maturing short-term debt and upcoming operational expenses. Thus, the data were collected from secondary sources mainly from financial report (i.e., financial year from 2003 to 2007) of the selected companies which were published by Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) to analyse the WCM practices in listed manufacturing companies in Sri Lanka. The study used one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) along with necessary ratio analysis (i.e., ratio of inventory conversion period (ICP), debtors' conversion period (DCP), creditors' conversion period (CCP) and cash conversion cycle (CCC)]. The study analysed statistically which reveals that Abans Electricals Limited (ABANS); ACL Cables Limited (ACL); and Lanka Aluminium Industries Limited (LALU) manage their working capital more efficiently than other companies tike ACME Printers and Package Limited (ACME); Associated Electrical Corporation Limited (AEC); BOGALA Graphite Lanka Limited (BOGA); Central Industries Limited (CIND); Ceylon Glass Company PLC Limited (GLAS); Dipped Products PLC Limited (DIPP); and Kelani Cables Limited (KCAB). In addition, operational hypotheses were formulated which publicize that mean ratios of ICP; DCP; CCP and CCC of all companies differ significantly. Hence effective management of inventories in this industry can ensure this growth more rapidly

A Study of Security Limitations in Virtual Local Area Network Implementation

Virtual Local Area Network (VLAN) in simple terms is defined as a group of Local Area Network (LAN) that has different physical connections, but communicates as if they are connected on a single network segment.VLAN was developed mainly for the need in network segmenting solution, since network traffic increases in proportional to the network size in the same time to offer additional network security.This technology has now become possible by the advancement of various LAN Switches which offer the VLAN feature.Few researches has been carried out which explain the technology part of the system.This thesis provides a study on VLAN mainly covering the implementation of the system and the security weakness present in certain conditions of implementation.For the VLAN system,an onsite study was conducted to explore the implementation of the system in real life environment followed by a practical test conducted to examine the weaknesses part of the system.The results obtained from the test showed that under certain type of implementation, the security features of the VLAN system can be exploited. Solutions are proposed to further improve the security of the system in which certain part of the solution was gathered upon verifying the issue with the switch manufacture

The study of G.C.E (O/L) students who are not qualified for studying advanced level

The formal education is the crucial part of a Student’s educational process. In that way G.C.E O/L is also an important stage for further educational Development. According to the studies, most of the students who sit for G.C.E (O/L) examination are unable to qualify the exam to continue G.C.E (A/L). Although they possess enough qualification to study further, they break down in the mid journey in leering with no hopes and interest on education. There for this research gives opportunity to boost the Students of G.C.E O/L in upgrading towards A/L and promote their achievement through various ways. This study finds the reason why students are unable to get qualified to study A/L even though they spent 11 years in this educational liner period. In this context it is important to understand the role of students, teachers, and parents. It is very important to identify the background of the research area, and the factors influencing on student’s achievement. This research is done thought Survey method. Quantitative and qualitative methodologies are also used. Six Schools from the Batticaloa North division has been selected for sampling. Observation, questionnaire and in-depth interviews are mostly focused, date has been also collected thought written structured questionnaire from Z.D, principle, teachers, students. Secondary date is collected from relevant literature, official documents and administrative reports

HR 20/20: Developing future-ready HR Capabilities

The rapid evolution of technology is having a significantimpact on work, workplaces and the HR function. Thefunction is under demand to address a range of questionsthat includes adding strategic value, greater use oftechnology in HR processes, and making the workforcemore agile. In the first part, the paper provides aconceptual overview of the complex forces of changeimpacting workplaces, work and HR. Next, currentliterature and industry reports have been reviewed tooffer insights on how companies could choose differentapproaches to respond to these complex forces of change -Pathfinding HR, Searching HR, and Disconnected HR.Finally, the paper makes recommendations on the fourHR capabilities - workforce shaping, passing the culturetest, employee experience by design and workforceinsights - companies need to develop to be future-ready

Comparative evaluation of Ising couplings, kinetic Ising couplings,and partial correlations in inferring structural connectivity

The problem of inferring the structural connections from the functional connections obtained from the activity of the neuronal networks is one of the major challenges in neuroscience. Studies suggest that maximum entropy based Ising models can discount the effect of indirect interactions and provide good results in inferring the underlying structural connections in neuronal networks. Parameters of the kinetic formulation of the Ising models, kinetic Ising models, have been found to agree well with anatomical connectivity in in silico models of neuronal networks. Following this, Ising and kinetic Ising models have attracted attention in the area of connectivity studies. However, the performance of the Ising couplings and kinetic Ising couplings have not been evaluated in comparison with other functional con- nectivity metrics in the microscopic scale of neuronal networks for a varied set of network conditions and network structures. This thesis sets out to resolve this through a comparative evaluation of the ability of Ising cou- plings and kinetic Ising couplings to unravel the structural connections when compared to the widely used functional connectivity metrics of partial and cross-correlations in in silico networks. The thesis presents the finding that the network correlation level deter- mines the relative performance of the functional connectivity metrics in de- tecting the synaptic connections. At weak levels of network correlation, Ising couplings and kinetic Ising couplings yielded better performance when com- pared to partial and cross-correlations. Whereas at strong levels of network correlation, partial correlations detected more structural links when com- pared to other functional connectivity metrics in this study. This result was consistent across varying firing rates, network sizes, densities and topologies. Along with being directional and applicable in nonstationary cases, kinetic Ising couplings also displayed better performance when compared to Ising couplings. The findings of this thesis serve as a guide in selecting the right functional connectivity tool to reconstruct the structural connectivity

Audit committee characteristics and their impact on intellectual capital disclosure: a study of listed manufacturing companies in Sri Lanka / Nimalathasan Balasundaram.

In the today's knowledge based economy, intellectual capital (IC) is considered as a strategic asset which determines the value of the company. Different practices of disclosing IC information in annual reports that do not show the real financial position of a company, is a main problem in Sri Lankan companies. The objective of this study was to find out the impact of audit committee characteristics on Intellectual Capital Disclosure (ICD) of listed companies on the Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) for a period of five- years from 2012/2013 to 2017/2018. The ICD index comprised of 30 items in terms of Relational Capital Disclosure (RCD), Structural Capital Disclosure (SCD) and Human Capital Disclosure (HCD). The data was analyzed using correlations and regression analysis. Most of the Sri Lankan Listed companies disclosed ICD in text, sentences, pictures, tables and graphs in line with the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) guidelines in their annual reports. ICD was measured by a disclosure index score. The independent variables comprised various forms of audit committee characteristics: audit committee size, frequency of audit committee meetings and audit committee independence. The study confirms that the size of the audit committee and audit committee meetings are important attributes to explain ICD in Sri Lanka. However, the study found a negative significant relationship between ICD and audit committee independence

The Applicability of size-factor and Electron Concent-ration Concepts to Alloying behaviour of Copper

The theory of alloy structures deals with many empi-rical correlations involving valencies, size factors etc. and these were advanced by Hume-Rothery and his collab-orators from a study of alloys of simple metals like copper, silver and gold. Through these correlations have been of much use to the practising metallurgist, no clear meaning can yet be seen in these correlations. Attempts have however been made to put them on a quantitative basis but not with much success. This is probably due to the fact that some of the assumptions on which quanti-tative derivations of the correlations have been made are incorrect besides some of them being inadequate. In addition some, recent experimental findings, have begun to question some of the basic assumptions on, which alloy theory is based. In view of these developments it would be advantageous to reexamine the validity of the principles of alloy theory to assess their applicability to the alloying behaviour of metals. In this paper such an exami-nation is carried out in relation to copper