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Effective Communication to Rollout Successful Change Strategy
“Nothing is so painful to the human mind as a great and sudden change,†said novelist Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. A methodical strategy to dealing with the transition or transformation of an organization's objectives, procedures, or technology is called change management. Implementing ways for bringing about change, managing change, and assisting individuals in adapting to change is the goal of change management. It might be difficult to control dialogues about transformat...

The Value of Better Communication
"The limits of my language mean the limits of my world." Ludwig Wittgenstein Communication is about being understood, it consists of facial expressions, body language, a common spoken language used in the right flow, context and format. If any of these components are missing the message that is received can be incomplete or worse misunderstood. If we don’t understand a document we read or language that is used in a conversation directed at us, we cannot ascertain the task expected ...

CSBM presents Talk of the month with Dr. Nayana Dehigama
Colombo School of Business & Management recently featured Dr. Nayana Dehigama, Founder/Executive Chairman, Epic Technology Group. Mr. Dehigama spoke on the topic “surviving in the next normal†encompassing the upcoming entrepreneurial and management challenges the business forefront will face due to the economic slump. Addressing the value of approaching circumstances in a crisis he states how even though crisis is considered an uncontrollable situation it ought to be looked at as...

Drugs Law Enforcement Advanced Certificate
Inauguration Ceremony of the 7th batch of Drugs Law Enforcement programme was held on the 27th of March in the presence of Hon. Minister of Public Security Rear Admiral Dr. Sarath Weerasekara who graced the occasion as the chief guest. The Commissioner of Excise Mr. Kapila Kumarasinghe was the event’s guest of honour. The Advanced Certificate in Drugs Law Enforcement programme is conducted for the officers of law enforcement and related agencies who are provided with a thorough ...

Gen. Ratnayake new Chairman of CSBM
General Daya Ratnayake (Retd.) WWV RWP RSP USP ndu psc, 20th Commander of the Sri Lanka Army has been appointed as the new Chairman of the Colombo School of Business and Management by the advisory council of the school. This appointment is in line with the recent inclusion of Prof. Ranjith Bandara who was the Founder Chairman/Head of CSBM, as a Member of Parliament after the recent General Election and his inclusion to the prestigious national list. The span of General Ratnayake�...

CSBM Feb. ‘Talk of the Month’ features Mahela Jayawardene
Colombo School of Business and Management (CSBM) www.csbm.edu.lk, the premier ‘Business School of the Nation’ recently held its pioneering signature event ‘Talk of Month’ (TOM) by former Sri Lanka Cricket Captain, Mahela Jayawardene. Previous speakers in this CSBM signature TOM series included Deepal Sooriyararchchi, General Daya Ratnayake, Bathiya and Santhush (BnS) and Dilani Alagaratnam. Talk of the Month was initiated by CSBM in August 2019 as a platform for p...