2020 IRC Articles: Recent submissions
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Development of a Performance Measurement Framework on Bus Transport Reliability at Bus Stops
(2020)The purpose of this study is to develop a performance measurement framework for measuring bus transport reliability at bus stops. For this, time keepers’ records at bus stop level have been collected. They consist of ... -
Talent, Talent Management & its Practices: A Critical Review
(2020)Talent management practices are one of the inspiring aspects in ultramodern stage’s HRM practices. Prevailing conceptual confusions can be observed due to ambiguities in the underlining concepts called “Talent” and “Talent ... -
Clustering Crimes Related Twitter Posts using WordNet and Agglomerative Algorithm
(2020)Abstract: Crime is a major problem faced today by society. Crimes have affected the quality of life and economic growth badly. We can identify the crime patterns and predict the crimes by detecting and analyzing the ... -
Study on Glass Ceiling Factors Affecting Women’s Career Development with Special Reference to Sri Lankan Construction Industry
(2020)The Glass ceiling is one of the foremost compelling metaphors, which is used to analyse the imbalance between male and female workers within the work environment. The purpose of this study is to understand the glass ceiling ... -
Application of Lean Six Sigma for Sample Checking Audit Procedure Process Improvement in the Apparel Sector in Sri Lanka
(2020)Lean Six Sigma has become a well-known tool to improve operational excellence in manufacturing as well as service organisations. Lean Six Sigma generates a significant positive contribution to an organisation’s performance ... -
Factors Effect to the Post ERP Implementation in Sri Lankan Apparel Industry
(2020)Abstract: An ERP system is playing a vital role in any organization to achieve the required speed, efficiency and accuracy of the daily business operations through automation and integration, providing a centralized and ... -
A Study on Compensation Strategies of Subtitling Culture Bound Terms and the Intimate Register with Special Reference to Selected Sinhala Movies
(2020)Subtitling is one of the most significant sub-disciplines of Translation, yet, it is one of the under-researched and less discussed topics that hardly appears in researches in Sri Lanka. The amalgamation of technology and ... -
Identifying Root Causes for Defects of Solid Tires: A Case of Tire Company in Sri Lanka
(2020)The quality of a product is vital in this competitive world. In the tire industry also, customers expect to consume error free products. The tire manufacturing industry is focusing much attention on producing quality ... -
Influence of Socio-economic Imbalance in ELL with Special Reference to Kalkudah Education Zone, Batticaloa, Sri Lanka
(2020)English language is the first lingua franca, and English Language Learning (ELL) is an essential one for everyone around the world. If anyone wants to continue her/his further education, she/he needs English ... -
Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices on Plagiarism among Law Undergraduates in Sri Lanka
(2020)The action or practices of taking someone else's work or idea and passing it off as one's own is called plagiarism. This study aimed to assess knowledge, attitudes, and practices on Plagiarism, among law undergraduates ... -
Evaluating the Information Security Awareness (ISA) of Employees in the Banking Sector: A Case Study
(2020)Information has become a vital and valuable asset to an organization. In the banking sector, employees should have a better knowledge about the security of the information system since they are always exposed to very ... -
The Impact of Leader Images in Sri Lanka’s Foreign Policy Making from 2005 to 2019
(2020)Any leader of a country, as its foreign policy executive (FPE), may perceive systemic stimuli with surgical precision, hence positioning his country in a foreign policy trajectory, which in turn facilitates the realization ... -
Metamorphosing Sri Lankan Old School Military Thoughts by Incorporating Artificial Intelligence to Face the New Normalities
(2020)The ongoing wave of 4th Industrial Revolution (4IR) marks the dawn of a new age for every aspect of our modern society, including the military. While the 4IR is set to disrupt our society, it also provides vast opportunities ... -
Re-thinking the Sri Lankan Approach of Countering Islamist Violent Extremism
(2020)With the rise of Islamic State (IS), South Asian terrorist groups have been vehemently influenced since many of the terror groups such as Tanẓim Ansar al-Tawheed fi Bilad al-Hind, Tehreek-e-Khilafat, Jundullah etc. have ... -
Analysing Covid-19 as a Modern Strategy in International Power Game
(2020)‘New Coronavirus’ or ‘COVID-19’ is identified as a ‘pandemic’ by the World Health Organization. Apart from the concerns on health security of world population, this pandemic was able to create chaos in the international ...