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DEPARTMENT OF

BUSINESS MANAGEMENT

(DBM)

The Department of Business Management (DBM) is a founding
department in the FMS, which serves as the resource base for general
management courses. DBM offers four year BSc. Honours in Business Mr. Achintha Ekanayake
Head Department of Business
Management degree in English medium. The programme allows Management
undergraduates to opt for either a general business management stream
or entrepreneurship stream from the third year, depending on the

performance and interest. Moreover, it is a pioneering custom-designed
hybrid mode (physical and virtual) degree programme offered by the
management faculties in Sri Lanka. Further, the degree programme
embeds extensive practical exposure by providing a two-semester
internship programme (Year II Semester I and Year IV Semester II) for

the General Business Management stream students. It offers an
internship (Year II Semester I) cum business startup opportunity (Year IV
Semester I) for the Entrepreneurship stream students.

Moreover, the degree programme offers trending subjects to fulfill the
industry requirements. The department organizes special events such as
“The Hike I Took”, Entrepreneurship Day, Webinar series with local and
foreign resource persons, Exhibitions, Student mini-projects, Training and

development activities, and Off-campus field visits to groom the SILVER JUBILEE
undergraduate competencies. Further, the DBM has strengthened the
cross-sector partnerships by signing MoUs with professional institutes to

develop an integrative approach to knowledge generation and
collaborating with industry partners to bridge the gaps at the university-
industry interface.

At present, the DBM engages in knowledge creation and dissemination in

management through research and publications. A more significant
concern has been given to develop the knowledge creation capability of
the graduate by offering a comprehensive theoretical and practical

research methodology course with the emphasis on good quantitative and
qualitative analysis courses and the compulsory thesis writing
component. In 2021, the DBM’s qualified multitalented, passionate staff
has reached the international and local research journals by marking a
golden historical milestone.

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