Browsing by Author "Jayawardhane, A.A.K.K."

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    Can the organizational Culture Make Impact on the Growth of Customer Base in Hospitality Industry (With Special Reference to Trincomalee District)
    (Uva Wellassa University of Sri Lanka, 2010) Najeeb, J.; Jayawardhane, A.A.K.K.
    The tourism industry in Sri Lanka is getting more significant development in recent years. Consequently, hotel industry has taken new entrance and considered as a mode of foreign income therefore background of the research is identified in accordance with the development of tourism industry. This research intends to carry out the identification and an analysis of the characteristics of organizational culture on growth of customer base in hotel industry by giving the special reference to Trincomalee District. The research problem of the study is identified in hotel industry with the growth of customer base in Trincomalee district. Therefore, it is focused whether characteristics of organizational culture have impacts or not on the growth of customer base in hotel industry in Trincomalee district Seven primary characteristics have been identified such as innovation and risk taking, attention to detail, outcome orientation, people orientation, team orientation, aggressiveness, and stability within the scope of this study. 15 hotels in Trincomalee District are selected for data collection by using questionnaires and interviews based
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    Effect of Knowledge Management Practices on Product Innovations: Study with Special Reference to Hospitality Industry in Southern Province Sri Lanka
    (Uva Wellassa University of Srilanka, 2011) Prasadani, M.G.M.; Jayawardhane, A.A.K.K.
    Note: See the PDF Version 21' century is considered as the Knowledge era. The knowledge is the factor that drives the businesses in the 2I51 century. It can be seen as an asset raising traditional asset questions to management such as when, how much and what to invest in. Owing to the particular properties of knowledge, however, knowledge assets require special attention (Uwe et al., 2003). Knowledge Management (KM) is defined as the internal modes of collaboration in innovation activities between different departments that involve in the exchange of knowledge. The significant determinants of KM include consumer orientation, continuous R&D activity, and number of employees, high-tech manufacturing and knowledge intensives services (Annelies and Dirk, 2009). Innovation is doing something newly and uniquely to what the competitors are producing or practicing. Companies collect new ideas and forms new products and processes based on those ideas. Innovation is crucial to the success and survival of companies. It can be identified as the single most important building block of competitive advantage. There are two common forms of innovations, product innovation and process innovation. Product innovation generally involves in the introduction of new products or services to meet market needs (Allan, 2008). In accordance with the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO), hospitality is an industry that generates three billion dollars per day globally, and one out of twelve people around the world are employed by tourism industry. Potentially, tourism will become Sri Lanka's largest industry and employer. According to Karr R, the 'Pearl of the Indian Ocean', Sri Lanka's diverse attractions have always lured tourists from all over the world. Since the war ended in May 2009, there has been a rapid growth in the numbers of tourists visiting Sri Lanka and as a sector, tourism is booming (Business Today, 2W 0). This study aimed to identify whether there is a relationship between Knowledge Management practices (KMP) and product innovations and assessing the impact of KMPs on product innovations since these two concepts are very important to the business world. Accordingly, the sub objectives of this study were to observe current degree of KMPs in hospitality industry and the degree of KMPs in different classes of hotels, the effect of different types of KMPs on product innovation and to explore the relationship between KMPs and product innovation.
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    The Effect of Strategic Knowledge Management Intentions on Firm Innovativeness: A Study with Reference to Software Development Industry in Sri Lanka
    (Uva Wellassa University of Sri Lanka, 2013) Wasantha, R.; Jayawardhane, A.A.K.K.
    Knowledge forms an important asset in modern organizations. In order to gain and sustain competitive advantage, knowledge has to be managed. Based on the resource based view, Strategic Knowledge Management (SKM) is known as the center of a business concerned that leads the organizations forward success by creating competitive edge. Grant (1996) suggests that early resource based view of a firm strategically changed to the knowledge centered. In addition, Day and Wendler (1998) explain that the development of knowledge management strategies includes all the operations related to the creation, acquisition, integration, storage, transmission, protection and application of knowledge. Knowledge management is observed as an important subject in contributing to a firm’s achievement of competitive advantage through innovation (Foss, 1999).According to the OSLO Manual (2005), an innovation is the implementation of a new or significantly improved product, or process, a new marketing method, or a new organizational method in business practices, workplace organization or external relations. The organizations innovations and its success are depending on the various variables and modern organizations are keen with their SKM. The overall research is focused on the results of the question, whether SKM intentions affect on firm innovativeness (FI).Consequently, this research has conducted to investigate the relationship between SKM on FI in Software development industry. Methodology Methodology is designed to create the framework for the research collaborative with below working variables. A structured questionnaire and an interview method were used to collect data. The questionnaire consists of 3 parts namely general information, SKM and FI. In addition, few open ended questions were included to capture overall picture about the knowledge management mechanisms.
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    Impact of Crowdsourcing on Generating Innovations
    (Uva Wellassa University of Sri Lanka, 2021) Jayasekara, J.R.S.; Jayawardhane, A.A.K.K.; Amarawansha, T.G.A.H.C.
    Crowdsourcing is an innovation technique implement through a combination of crowd and outsourcing. It is a kind of internet-based people outsourcing to accomplish organizational tasks. Traditional innovational aspects are a burden for companies because innovative ideas are only generated through internal organizational methods. In that case, crowdsourcing has become popular within the business sector in the last few years. Since people outsourcing through internet platforms is a common factor within IT sector, the IT industry is known as one of the most innovative business sectors. The Sri Lankan IT sector plays a major role in the country‟s economy as the fourth largest export income generator. The influence of crowdsourcing on generating innovations in Sri Lanka has not been explored in the existing literature. Therefore, this research has been carried out to find the impact, association, and the existing usage of crowdsourcing and innovations in Sri Lanka. The data were collected by distributing a self-developed questionnaire across 50 IT firms that are registered in SLASSCOM in the Colombo district. Data analysis was performed through descriptive analysis, correlation coefficient, and simple linear regression analysis. The results of the study denote that there is a strong positive relationship between crowdsourcing and innovations in Sri Lanka and also the existing usage of the concepts on developing innovations at a satisfactory level in the country. Outcomes of the research will lead policy makers to make decisions to increase the activities related to the crowdsourcing. The overall research findings provide managerial and theoretical implications for further enhancement of the crowdsourcing on generating innovations in Sri Lanka. Keywords: Crowdsourcing; Innovations; Internet; IT Industry
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    Product Innovations Lead to Higher Organizational Performance: An Evaluation with Special Reference to Insurance Industry in Sri Lanka
    (Uva Wellassa University of Srilanka, 2011) Niroshan, N.H.P.; Jayawardhane, A.A.K.K.
    Note: See the PDF Version Innovation is identified as the backbone of the organizational success. Innovation can be defined as the "New way of doing things that are commercialized (Poter, 1990).. According to Jessen (2003), there are four types of innovations namely, product or service innovation, process innovation, position innovation and paradigm innovation. In recent years’ service sector has become a fast growing sector in the world economies including Sri Lanka. GDP contribution of Banking, Insurance & Real Estate sector is highly considerable in the Sri Lankan economy. Insurance industry in Sri Lanka is comprised with 18 Insurance companies and 11 of them are engaging in both General and Long Term Insurance businesses, 5 companies are engaging in General Insurance business and two companies are engage only in Long Term (Life) Insurance business (Sri Lanka Insurance Board). Insurance total Premium has shown a considerable negative growth in 2009 and this has been continuing during the last consecutives yeas. However, the total premium income from long term and general insurance has shown a negative growth of 1.57% in 2009 with compared to a positive growth of 12.11% in the previous year. Not only that but also from 2008 to 2009, the premium income from general insurance has declined by 3%, while the premium income from long term insurance has grown only by 0.65%. Hence, the primary purpose of this research was to identify the lead of product innovation on the performance of the life and general insurance industry.