PIM develops SLASSCOM Managers

The Sri Lanka Association of Software and Service Companies (SLASSCOM) having recognized management development (MD) as one of the important determinants of organizational success, sought the assistance of the Postgraduate Institute of Management (PIM) to formulate and conduct a Postgraduate Certificate Course in Management (PCCM) for a batch of thirty senior executives from member-companies of the Association. The SLASSCOM recognizes that effective management provides the basis for superior organizational performance.

The aim of the PCCM is to enable the participants to take a “systems view” of their respective organizations, including a review of how major functions affect each other. The program is considered as a process from which participants learn and improve their skills that would contribute to their personal advancement as well as to benefit the organization.

The PCCM consists of five modules, comprising Competitive Marketing, Financial Analysis, People Management and Formulation of Business Strategy.

The concluding stage would provide the participants an opportunity to apply what they learnt in the previous sessions and address the issues for strategy development in their organizations. The program was inaugurated at the PIM on June 24, 2009.

Director, PIM, Dr. Uditha Liyanage, delivered the welcome address. Centre Manager, Colombo, HSBC, and Board Member Mark Webster, SLASSCOM delivered the inaugural address.