Browsing by Author "Kalansooriya, J."

Now showing 1 - 10 of 10

Energy saving with special attention to the factor of electricity ; a case study on the university of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka
(University of Kelaniya, 2008) Kalansooriya, J.
The aim of this study is to find some ways to reduce cost of energy with special attention to the factor of electricity. "Energy" has become a very crucial factor today since its scarcity in nature on one hand and the growing demand as an essential part of the modern global development on the other hand. As a result of the lesser supply and higher demand, the price of "Energy" is increasing gradually and users have to pay more for it. Data on electric items used was collected through data sheets by a university wide survey and data related to consumption behaviour was collected through previous electricity bills for past three years. Analysis of electricity items was done in order to justify their consumption. In another way the breakdown of the main electricity bills was analyzed. Though "Energy" consists of a variety of factors, this paper only discusses the factor of electricity. Secondly this study is limited only to find possible ways to reduce cost of electricity by reducing wastes. Waste in consumption of electricity was found in three categories, maintaining the bills, use of energy wasting items and bad conduct of discipline in using electricity. In order to reduce the waste in the above categories these suggestions are made to conduct an energy audit, explore the possibility of going for energy bank to reduce consumption demand, Introducing automation or Poka- Yoke methods, empowering the rules and regulations with regard to use of electricity and creating waste eliminating culture in the university.
Hierarchy of leisure Constraints in semi urban communities Sri Lanka. With special Reference: Wewelduwa GN division
(Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2015) Chandrathilaka, P.H.D.; Kalansooriya, J.
The study was conducted to achieve few objectives. There are 1.To investigate Interpersonal constraints, 2.To examine intrapersonal constraints 3.To explore structural constraints. The Wewelduwa GN division was selected as the sample area.out of 570 household in the considered GN division it was selected 107 household associating systematic random sampling techniques. Likert scaled questionnaires were used to collect data from respondents, and tables, graphs and charts were used to present the data. Besides that factor analysis was associated to analysis the data and finally, could find 3 types of factors and with hierarchical order leading to leisure time activities with regard to the sample data. As the sample size was limited to 107 household the findings should be read accordable.
Improving Efficiency and Productivity in Government Institutes: Reduction of Cycle Time of the Mail Delivery System (MDS) of the University of Kelaniya: A Case Study
(University of Kelaniya, 2007) Kalansooriya, J.
'Inefficiency' and 'Low Productivity' in government sector organizations have become topics being critically discussed at forums in various levels at present and therefore there was a trend during the last two decades to launch initiatives to privatize government organizations for improving its effectiveness. As successive governments have not identifies an alternative solution rather than privatization, they established the Public Enterprise Reform Commission (PERC). which seeks to sell such government institutes to the private sector instead of looking for managerial solutions to improve the efficiency as well as the productivity of those institutions. The objective of this study was to investigate the possibility of improving efficiency and productivity in government sector organizations by using managerial tools. Consequently, the Mail Delivery System (MDS) of the University of Kelaniya was identified and a pilot project was launched aiming at reducing the time required to distribute a cycle of letters. It was noted that each office aide (peon) had to walk a distance of 4 km per mail delivery cycle per day; At the end of each cycle. all the office aides in the University have walked a total distance of 216 km per mail delivery cycle. As there was no special time scheduled for mail delivery, the office aides had walk from division to division every day and perhaps several times per day. Therefore, in reality. the average distance walked by an office aide is frequently more than 4 km. In order to understand and evaluate the efficiency of existing MDS of the University and the proposed system the Six Sigma Statistical Method was used. Consequently, the yield of the existing MDS and the proposed one were calculated. The base Sigma level of the old MDS was at a very low level. With the introduction of the new MDS indicating statistical stability, the time all office aides spent in delivering mail have been reduced to 45 minutes per cycle; the distance has been reduced to a total of 4 km per cycle and the number of office aides required has been reduced by 25.
Influence of visitor’s perception on relationship between visitor experience and satisfaction
(Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2015) Karunarathna, R.P.N.; Kalansooriya, J.
Intermediate effect of tourist perception towards harassment on the relationship between tourist harassment and satisfaction
(Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2015) Jayasiri, S.A.P.N.; Kalansooriya, J.
Sri Lanka is one of the most popular tourist destinations in the world. As it contains mixture of breathing landscape, misty hills, rare unique wild life, rich cultural tradition and heritage, tropical weather as well as delightful beaches. Because Sri Lanka is a tropical island found in the deep blue waters of the Indian Ocean and the Bay of Bengal. However many tourists visiting Sri Lanka have to undergo many forms of harassment. The key objective of this study is to identify the contingency effect of tourist perception on harassment towards the relationship between tourist satisfaction and harassment. In additional here are three specific objectives viz.; 1). To identify the relationship between tourists harassment and tourist perception 2). To identify the relationship between tourists perception on harassment and tourist harassment 3). To identify the relationship between tourists‟ perception on harassment and tourists‟ satisfaction. The study was conducted using the mixed methodology and data collected from the different sources such questionnaire survey with tourists. Purposive sampling method was used to sample a total 50 foreign tourists from Mount Lavinia. The Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS 21.0) was utilized to analyze the data from Ordinal Logic correlation. Descriptive statistics such as frequencies, percentages, and cross tabulations were calculated and presented using tables and graphs. The study revealed that the tourists who in Sri Lanka undergo harassment by different parties like tour guides, local vendors, beach boys etc. In addition to that the tourists face harassing situations due to the poor site management and the variation of the natural environment. The harassments create dissatisfaction among the tourists and it also affect for the future wellbeing of the tourism industry in Sri Lanka. The findings suggest that there is a positive relationship between tourist harassment, tourists‟ satisfaction and tourist perception on harassment.
Parental Purposes for Motivating Children to Engage in School-Based Sports
(Research Centre for Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016) Dissanayake, N.B.; Kalansooriya, J.; Kumari, H.V.M.; Arachchige, O.; Pitigala, P.K.G.C.
This Study examines the effects of parental attitudes on children’s school sport participation. It will focus on different people and institutions that are linked to promoting sports in School -aged children. The main purpose of the study is to assess the parents’ expectations when motivating their children for school sport programs. We have also analyzed the relationship between parents’ attitudes towards their children’s sporting habits. The primary research question for this inquiry is “what are the parental beliefs about extracurricular sport activities and what their expectations of these programs are?” There are many researches already carried out to find the relationship between the present situations in Sri Lankan school children’s participation in sports, which is considerably high. A measure of parental attitude that is independent of the child’s behavior is important in covering the gap in the existing research. I have collected responses from nine schools in the Gampaha district, Sri Lanka. The primary data was collected from 270 school children who are engaged in and not engaged in school sports. Data was analyzed for statistics, percentages, factor loading and group comparisons by using the software SPSS 21.0. The findings show mainly seven expectations influencing parents’ attitudes. The key parental attitude that determine their encouragement of their children to engage in sports is the approachability of coaches. Parents are of the opinion that sport participation has had a positive influence on attitudes towards making good grades, and they believe that children would be less likely to hang out with the wrong crowd if they are involved in sports. The positive recognition received from participating in sports was beneficial, and children seem to be more satisfied with school when participating in sports. All these factors have 81% variance to the dependent variable. Female children’s sport participation is only marginally influenced by female parents when female children are growing up. The results imply that promoting sports to the younger generation seems to be a fruitful strategy in creating a sporting habit and promoting sports participation among parents. However, there are challenges to be overcome in promoting female participation.
Problem solving through participative management: a case study faculty of social sciences, university of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka
(University of Kelaniya, 2008) Kalansooriya, J.
The study aims at finding some solution for small but un-solving and cumulative problems through participative management. Since, finding the causes for problems are difficult and also because it needs some logical ways or methodologies, the problem solving has become a complicated matter today. Hence problem solving parties are busy with routing activities, though they are small or big. As such, the faculty registrar had to solve a number of small problems but he was not successful doing it due to huge routing activities that he has to follow up. All problems were to be solved with the participation of staff members. Such problems were converted in to small research problems and they were assigned to groups of academic staff members, the, method of A3 solution was used. The progress of research was analyzed weekly and discussed openly. Then professors were appointed for each research and a research panel was appointed to look after the quality of the research output. The research findings and suggestions were discussed openly at a Kaizen symposium. Majority of the academic staff of the faculty including all the professors and heads of departments were involved in these research activities to find solutions. 34 problems faced by the faculty for a long period of time were analyzed within six weeks. There are three important findings, participative management is still a usable tool, we can motivate employees getting their support to management activities, when we get the support of others to involve with the matters that are not directly relevant to them, there should be a method to convert them on a suitable way to suite their interest.
Reducing Lead Time in Library Book Issue Counter Process (LBICP): A Value Stream Mapping Approach; A case study at the library in University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka
(Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2015) Lakmali, K.N.; Kalansooriya, J.
Results oriented vs. process oriented
(University of Kelaniya, 2008) Kalansooriya, J.
A Visual Management System for Universities - A CASE STUDY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KELANIYA, SRI LANKA
(University of Kelaniya, 2006) Sirisena, H.; Hewawitanagamage, U.R.; Munasinghe, J.; Sakalasooriya, N.; Kalansooriya, J.
Expansion of the boundaries of human knowledge is the key to enhance the quality of civilizations. Knowledge results in systems. Systems, in turn, make better environments where human beings could maintain high standards of life. We all are aware of the famous saying of Munidasa Kumarathunga, the renowned Grammarian of Sinhala language and patriotic, which states that "A nation cannot achieve success unless new discoveries are made." (alut alut de notanana jaatiya lova nonagi). When we were students we had to face lots of difficulties within the university premises, due to lack of a proper system of visual management. When we became members of the staff as academics and administrative officers we faced more difficulties in regard to above mentioned matter. We experienced this problem specially, when a new batch of students enters the university. Also, in the recent past various fee levying Postgraduate and Diploma courses have been introduced by our faculties and thousands of external students have been registered for undergraduate degrees at CODL. As such, we are in need of a systematic way to handle this mass who interacts with our various academic and administrative departments/branches in the University. When we undertook our Postgraduate Degrees in various foreign countries such as India, Russia, Germany and United Kingdom etc., we have been inspired by the visual management systems displayed by their universities. Certainly they are applying their knowledge to the betterment of their own society. These thoughts inspired us and as a result we have made an attempt to introduce a visual management system for our university. We hope that this kind of visual management system can be applied to any university.