PIM trains PLC managers
View(s):People’s Leasing & Finance PLC realizing the importance and the strategic role it is destined to play in contributing to the country’s current and future socio-economic development, has chosen to tread on a continued path of staff training to attune its iddle management for leadership roles.
Successful businesses know that investing in the next generation of leaders is critical to achieving growth over the long term, according a media release issued by PIM (Post Graduate Institute of Management).
The programme designed by the PIM is expected to assist People’s Leasing & Finance PLC to expand its managers towards making them effective leaders at functional levels, and equip them with the decision-making skills required to expand their leadership capacity. The programme would also deepen their understanding of core business functions, and improve their ability to lead cross-functional initiatives, amid challenging local and global markets, the release said.
Amongst the modules included in the programme Change and Complexity Management, Innovation and creativity as well as Quality and Productivity Management would, for certain, make the participants come to grips with the changing business scenario, unlike the more generic modules which teach the basics of day-to-day management.
Sanjeewa Bandaranayake, DGM, Finance and Administration, People’s Leasing & Finance PLC addressing the audience stressed the importance of developing competencies. In an increasingly competitive environment, the need to be more professional in the way of approaching business was emphasized.
Professor K.B.M. Fonseka, former-Director of PIM spelt out the main objectives of the programme as well as the expectations of both the company and the PIM.