PIM develops university staff

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The University Grants Commission (UGC) obtained the services of the Postgraduate Institute of Management (PIM) to develop a batch of 35 officers representing senior administrative staff of universities and the UGC to meet the administrative challenges that confront them.

The batch represented registrars and bursars who are involved in the day-to-day administrative functions of universities.

The program designed by the PIM included; administrative skills, achieving personal excellence, effective communication, social skills, quality and productivity, human resource and leadership development.

The key supportive roles played by the officers in the conduct of academic programs of study, are of vital importance. The creation of an enabling work setting in the universities will extend, depending on the level of performance of the senior administrative executive officers.

PIM Director Prof. Uditha Liyanage in his address stressed the importance of professional development and the key supportive role played by the universities’ administrative staff in the delivery of study programs.

UGC Chairman/Standing Committee on Staff Development Prof. H. Abeygunawardena, in his address described the plans to develop the human resource base, aimed at career development, professional excellence as well as productivity enhancement, in order to create the desired changes in the behaviour and attitudes of the administrative personnel in the universities.

PIM conducts a number of executive development programs for the private and public sectors in addition to its mainstream programs of Master of Business Administration (MBA) and Master of Public Administration (MPA).