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International Cooperation
The Institute is looking forward to
collaborating with institutions of higher
learning in the region and in East
Asia, for the purpose of promoting
research in comparative management,
doctoral studies and development
of specialization in such areas as
Banking, Finance, Technology
Management, and Entrepreneurship.
Cooperation with foreign universities
and foreign management institutes has
been a principal means by which the
groundwork for PIM has been laid over
the past two decades. PIM gives high
priority to the development of links with
reputed educational institutions abroad.
The desire to develop expertise and
promote disciplined development in the
international context is the driving force
behind the quest for cooperation.
The policy of the Institute is to
cooperate with centres of higher
learning worldwide. In particular, PIM
looks forward to forging links with
centres of excellence in the Asia-Pacific
Region, the South Asian Association
for Regional Cooperation (SAARC),
the Indian Institute of Management
(IIM) and Universities elsewhere. PIM
leaves areas of cooperation open
with a view to achieving the wider
purposes of management education. In
practically every field of specialization
at the Institute, collaborative ventures
are welcome. Collaborative research
into local and regional phenomena,
both fundamental and applied, is
one of the primary purposes of PIM.
The faculty of PIM, both regular and
Higher Degrees
Quality in Output
All our graduates in business, public
sector management and doctoral
programmes are expected to
demonstrate high levels of achievement
in three areas:
Distinct operational competencies
in a chosen specialization of
management;
Distinct competencies in the generic
management skills of interpersonal
relations and communication
including IT; and
Distinct competencies in higher
order integrative abilities in systems
integration, strategy formulation and
leadership.
Relevant Education
Courses of study, areas of
specialization and majors, and research
priorities in all programmes of study will
reflect the Institutes response to the
priority needs of industry, government
and national development as perceived
by the Institute. In this process, the
Institute also gives priority to the study
of international business and issues of
globalization.
Research in Management
Training
A Research Fund
Consistent with the above tradition, the
Institute operates a Research Fund
that supports large research projects
which focus on management issues,
industry competitiveness, public policy
and comparative management including
cross-cultural studies. In this direction,
we promote joint research projects with
scholars from overseas, particularly
from this part of the world.
The Sri Lankan Journal of Management,
the quarterly Journal of the Institute
which started in 1996, and the new
Professional Manager Magazine
continue to provide a forum for
publication and discussion.
Core Competency
Development
Faculty Development
We recruit new faculty members with
credentials in academic work and
industry experience and evidence
of academic excellence. There
are schemes that encourage the
professional development of full-time
faculty, and they are unique in the
university system of Sri Lanka.
Foreign Faculty
To augment the faculty requirements,
the Institute recruits faculty
internationally for short-term
assignments (one month onwards). It
offers attractive schemes for local and
foreign academics who are looking for
places to spend their sabbatical leave
productively.
Degree Requirements
The Master of Business Administration
(MBA) is the core degree programme
of the Institute. It takes two years
to complete. Organized into eight
academic terms during this twoyear period, the programme offers
approximately 600 classroom
interaction hours and over 60 hours
of faculty consultation on research,
skills development, directed study
and residential workshops. Since the
degree requirements for group work,
practical assignments, research and
skills projects as well as examinations
are comprehensive, the demand on
students in terms of study hours is high.
Most of the sessions are conducted
during evenings and weekends and part
of the work is done through day-time
workshops and off-campus residential
programmes. All degree requirements
must be completed within five years of
the date of first registration.
A student must earn a total of 60
credits by way of course work, research
work and skills demonstration. These
credit hours (cr) are distributed among
these components of the regular study
programme as follows:
Required Core Courses (34 cr),
Elective Courses (08 cr),
Integrative Course in Management
(03 cr)
Management Research Project or
Management Skills Project or
Management Case Study Project or
Entrepreneurship Skills Project (15 cr).
Time Tables
The academic year is organized on a
term basis. The duration of a term is
three months. A two-credit course which
is 30 session hours, is conducted over
a period of 10 weeks, and a student
will complete three such credit courses
in a typical term. Each course will
have its own scheme of evaluation,
including skills and research-based
assignments and group work, and a
final course examination. Time tables
for sessions vary according to whether
the programme is full-time, part-time or
evening/weekend. The time for evening
sessions is from 1730h to 2030h on
weekdays.
The MBA programme complies with
the Sri Lanka Qualifications Framework
(SLQF)-Exit Level 8. Students have
the option to follow the general MBA
MBA Students
PIMs MBA attracts practising managers
and professionals largely from the
private sector. Candidates come
from different academic and work
backgrounds. Engineering, marketing,
accounting, finance and IT are the
popular ones. The average age of
students in a class is 25 years and they
possess, on an average, 3 to 6 years
of executive experience. Students who
come with adequate preparation in
supportive learning skills in such areas
as computing, statistics, accounting
and communication seem to enjoy the
learning activity better, and they cope
with the stresses of the programme with
relative ease. The most valued learning
outcomes for students of the MBA
Degree include:
Learning the art and science
of providing leadership, including
entrepreneurial and strategic
thinking for business organizations
competing in borderless
environments;
Developing higher levels of
competence in problem and policy
analysis in marketing, production,
financial and organizational aspects
of business;
Mastering the complex processes
of decision making and application
of modern management techniques
for productivity and quality
enhancement;
Assessment of Applicants
Foreign Applicants
Admission Test
Qualified applicants are required to sit
the Admission Test in Management
conducted by the Institute. This test
is designed to assess the candidates
analytical skills, communication skills,
proficiency in English and knowledge of
the business environment.
An application-processing fee of
Rs. 1,000 must be paid at the time
of sending the application. Course
fees applicable to each programme
of study are indicated at the time of
announcement of each programme.
Course fees once paid are not
refundable, in whole or in part. (The
course fee for 2016-2017 programme is
Rs. 550,000).
Timetables for sessions will vary
according to whether the programme is
full-time, or conducted during evenings
or weekends.
Foreign students may use the
application forms obtainable from the
Institute to make a formal application for
the programme of study. Applications
must be accompanied or followed by:
a) An official transcript of the academic
record of the candidate, forwarded
to the Institute directly by the foreign
university/ institute concerned.
The applicant is required to make
necessary arrangements for
the Institute to receive his/her
transcripts on time.
b) Evaluation reports by two referees,
addressed to the Director of the
Institute, under confidential and
sealed cover.
Those applicants whose medium
of educational instruction over a
considerable period of time (minimum
of three recent years) has been
English may seek exemption from the
Admission Test in Management by
forwarding evidence of competence in
the English Language.
Foreign applicants may also be
exempted from the oral examination
requirement for admission.
Course Registration
Students must also register themselves
separately for required and elective
courses. In general, a student who is
employed will not be allowed to take
more than three courses per term.
However, those students who are
not employed or have obtained study
leave may be allowed to take up to five
courses per term.
Audit
Under special circumstances, a student
may be allowed to audit a course (i.e.,
register and follow a course without
claiming credit) with the permission of
the Director and the course instructor
concerned.
Cancellation of Registration
The university registration of those
students who cannot complete the
postgraduate degree within the
stipulated time will be automatically
cancelled. If they still wish to obtain
the Degree they must reapply for
admission.
Student Discipline
Grading System
MBA Curriculum
PIM is privileged to offer its clientele
the exposure it has gained both locally
and globally to meet the growing
needs of managerial competencies
and professionalism. The curriculum
is structured around seventeen core
courses and a choice of elective
courses from a wide array of subject
areas. Students are directed to research
and skills development projects in each
required course, leading to a wellconceived final project in the second
year of study.
Marking Scale
Grade
00 - 59
60 - 65
66 - 70
71 - 75
76 - 80
81 - 85
86 - 90
91 - 100
F
C
C+
B
B+
AA
A+
Excellence in Performance
A Merit Pass in the MBA degree is
awarded to a candidate who receives
a GPA of 7 or better, together with a
grade of A for the final project.
The Dr. G C B Wijesinghe Memorial
Gold Medal and Cash Prize by KPMG
Sri Lanka is presented to the Best
Student of a given intake for achieving
the overall highest average in the
Master of Business Administration
Programme.
Credit Requirements
The credit structure of the MBA
Programme is as follows:
Course Type
No.of Credits
Point
Scale
0
2
3
4
5
6
7
9
34
08
03
15
60
Programme Structure
Required Courses:
Term I (Year 1)
MBA 501 Managing Organizations
MBA 502 Economic Analysis for Business
MBA 503 Business Communication
Term II (Year 1)
MBA 504 Marketing Management
MBA 505 Organizational Behaviour
MBA 506 Managing Business Operations
Term III (Year 1)
MBA 507 Managerial Finance
MBA 508 Human Resource Management
MBA 509 Business Law
Term IV (Year 1)
MBA 510 Information Management
MBA 512 Leadership and Business Development
MBA 517 Management Research Skills
Term I (Year 2)
MBA 513 Strategic Financial Management
MBA 514 International Business
MBA 515 Business Strategy
Term II (Year 2)
MBA 511 Project Management
Elective Course I
Elective Course II
Term III (Year 2)
MBA 516 Entrepreneurship
Elective Course III
Elective Course IV
Term IV (Year 2)
MBA 520 Integrative Course in Management
One of the following
MBA 525 Management Research Project
MBA 526 Management Skills Project
MBA 527 Management Case Study Project
MBA 528 Entrepreneurship Skills Project
MBA 529 Management Research Thesis
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Learning Highlights:
1. Psychological determinants of
behaviour
2. Psychometrics for personality
profiling
3. Organizational values
4. Organizational climate survey
5. Modes of motivation
MBA 506: Managing Business
Operations
Production systems and processes;
meeting customer needs and wants;
design and innovation of socio-technical
systems of operation; information
technology interfaces; core business
and outsourcing; measurement of
performance and productivity; total
quality management; certification of
quality systems; work processes and
layout strategy; planning, execution
and monitoring of projects; logistics
and supply chain management; work
measurement, method study and
ergonomics.
Learning Highlights:
1. Designing and development of
products
2. Quality system design
3. Layout planning
4. Project formulation, implementation
and monitoring
5. Network application
MBA 507: Managerial Finance
Role and function of accounting and
finance; understanding financial
statements; interpretation and
analysis of financial statements; cash
flow statements and working capital
management; sources of finance and
cost of capital; budgeting and budgetary
control; contribution analysis and
managerial decision making; investment
appraisal; shareholder value creation
and corporate governance; mergers and
acquisitions.
Learning Highlights:
1. Financial statements for managerial
decision making
2. Cost of funding
3. Intricacies of working capital
management
4. Investment project evaluation
5. Contribution-analysis for decision
making
6. Shareholder value creation within a
business
MBA 508: Human Resource
Management
Managing people in the context of
change, strategic HRM, employee
selection, employee discipline, training
and development, job design and
analysis, managing performance,
employee relations, managing rewards,
emerging trends in HRM, emerging
trends through 7G framework.
Learning Highlights:
1. Role of HRM in organizations
2. Training need analysis
3. Best HRM practices
4. Emerging trends
5. Developing a HR scorecard
MBA 509: Business Law
Fundamental concepts of Business
Law; sources of law; the legal and
court system; forms and procedures
in commercial litigation; legal forms
of business organizations; sole
traders, partnerships, syndicates, joint
ventures, agencies and companies;
contract law, tort law, property and
criminal law in relation to business;
intellectual property; the law governing
e-Commerce; banking and insurance
law; securities in lending, hire purchase,
guarantee and indemnity; employment
and labour law and dispute settlement;
mediation, arbitration, ombudsman
schemes and consumer protection.
Learning Highlights:
1. Role and scope of Business Law
2. Legal principles and concepts
3. Analysis of legislation and judicial
decisions
4. Impacts of Law on business and
commerce
MBA 510: Information Management
Business and IT; the business value
of ICT, use of IT for competitive
advantage, ICT strategy vis a vis
business strategy, DMS and data
warehouses, the Internet and
e-Business, knowledge management in
organizations, intra-organizational and
global information systems, enterprise
information systems, security and
control.
Learning Highlights:
1. Enterprise systems
2. Business impact of the internet
3. Effective selection and
implementation of IT systems
4. ROI on IT investments
MBA 511: Project Management
Introduction to Project Management;
scope, time, cost, quality dimensions
of PM, procurement, integration risk
management; PM office; programme
Management; PM methodologies;
change and configuration management
in PM; project auditing; international
standards and practices in PM.
Learning Highlights:
1. Recent PM body of knowledge and
implications
2. Project design, planning, monitoring
and control of projects
3. Managing risk, understanding PM
office
4. Programme management
5. Project auditing
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Specialization Areas
Specialization areas are Human
Resources Management and Finance.
In order to specialize a student is
required to successfully complete three
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Residential Workshops
An important feature of programme
delivery is residential workshops.
Usually, they are held in hotels away
from Colombo. These workshops help
students and faculty to examine current
issues in management in a quite and
restful environment of that promotes
creativity in group settings.
Postgraduate Diploma
Option
Students who are unable to complete
the MBA Degree requirements may
obtain a Postgraduate Diploma in
Management (PGDM). PGDM may
be awarded to those students who
successfully complete all requirements
except those for research and skill
competencies. Likewise, PGDM will also
be awarded to those who do not reach
the required level of overall academic
performance measured by Grade Point
Average (GPA).
Elective Courses
Specialization Areas
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Activities
PIMs research studies fall into three
categories:
a) Faculty research,
b) Research projects funded by the
Institute, and
c) Student research resulting from
their theses, research papers, policy
reports and field projects. They
are published through Research
Papers, Case Studies, Research
Abstracts and the Institutes
quarterly Sri Lankan Journal of
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Economics
Economics
Business Negotiations
Research Methods
Information Technology
Dr. A K L Jayawardana
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Marketing Management
Business Communication
Mr. K A I Kalyanaratne
Management Communication
Dr. (Mrs) D N Samudrage,
Mr. W A Wijewardena
Prof. H H D N P Opatha
Project Management
Information Technology
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Consumer Behaviour
Marketing Management
University Administration
Vice-Chancellor
Postgraduate Institute of
Management
Director
Deputy Bursar
Mr. P G Maithrieratne
Mr. K A I Kalyanaratne
Relationship Manager
Registrar
Librarian
Bursar
Systems Analyst
Assistant Librarian
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Board of Management
Postgraduate Institute of
Management
Director
PIM (Chairman)
Director General
National Institute of Business Management
Dr. E A Weerasinghe
President
Institute of Chartered Accountants of
Sri Lanka
Mr. Arjuna Herath
President
Institution of Engineers, Sri Lanka
Dr. S B Wijekoon
Chairman
Ceylon Chamber of Commerce
Mr. Suresh Shah
Advisor to H. E. President,
Insurance Ombudsman of Sri Lanka
Dean
Faculty of Management Studies &
Commerce
University of Sri Jayewardenepura
Dr. U Anura Kumara
Director
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Board of Study
Board of Study
Business Administration
Public Administration
Vice Chancellor,
University of Sri Jayewardenepura
Prof. A K W Jayawardane
Company Director/Consultant
Advisor to H. E. President,
Insurance Ombudsman of Sri Lanka
Mr. W A Wijewardena
Presidents Counsel
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Intent
To transform PIM Alumni into a
community of thought-leaders that will
shape the nations socio-economic
fabric.
Continuous Professional
Development (CPD) programs for
its members.
A Series of Public Interest
Programs (PIP) to address issues
of interest that are topical and
significant to Management.
A series of programmes titled
Developing Managers for the
Future.
Presentation of Achievers
Award in order to recognize the
outstanding achievers among the
members of PIMA.
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