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SUFFICIENCY OF THE POLICIES RELATED TO CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY IN SRI LANKA 斯里兰卡建筑业相关政策的充分性

Conference Proceedings - FARU 2020 Pub Date : 2020-11-06 DOI: 10.31705/faru.2020.15

D. Jayatunge, A. Mendis, V. Disaratna

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GETTING INTO LIFE & LIVING OF LOW-INCOME FACTORY WORKERS 走进低收入工厂工人的生活和生活

Conference Proceedings - FARU 2020 Pub Date : 2020-11-06 DOI: 10.31705/faru.2020.10

N. Trina, A. Mouly, F. Tasmia

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LIFE MANAGEMENT OF CONTRACTOR’S SITE QUANTITY SURVEYOR 承包商工地工料测量师的生命管理

Conference Proceedings - FARU 2020 Pub Date : 2020-11-06 DOI: 10.31705/faru.2020.11

Charika Darshani, K. I. Ridmika, Blsh Perera

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UNDERLYING REASONS BEHIND THE SUSTENANCE OF RAGGING IN SRI LANKAN UNIVERSITIES: Findings from a state university in Colombo, Sri Lanka. 斯里兰卡大学破烂现象背后的潜在原因:来自斯里兰卡科伦坡一所州立大学的调查结果。

Conference Proceedings - FARU 2020 Pub Date : 2020-11-06 DOI: 10.31705/faru.2020.18

A. Hettiarachchi

{"title":"UNDERLYING REASONS BEHIND THE SUSTENANCE OF RAGGING IN SRI LANKAN UNIVERSITIES: Findings from a state university in Colombo, Sri Lanka.","authors":"A. Hettiarachchi","doi":"10.31705/faru.2020.18","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31705/faru.2020.18","url":null,"abstract":"Ragging is a deep-seated long-lasting social practice found in the state university system of Sri Lanka. Considering the negative, damaging impacts on physical, psychological, social, cognitive and behavioural aspects of undergraduates, it has been identified as a punishable offence under the Prohibition of Ragging and other forms of violence in educational institutions Act, No. 20 of 1998. Despite the array of harmful effects, ragging has evolved during the past five decades and sustained thus far amidst severe punishments imposed. The objective of the current study was to identify the underlying deep-rooted reasons behind sustenance of ragging in state universities with reference to a selected university (UOX) in Colombo, Sri Lanka. In-depth interviews were conducted with a heterogeneous sample (n=20) of volunteers. The study exposed an interconnected feeding system comprised of a minority of significant personnel among freshers, seniors, student unions, staff, administration, industry and political parties who play a decisive role in justifying the need and thereby support the sustenance of ragging. These findings may enable university authorities to find creative and innovative solutions to combat this menace to create a conducive academic environment for the future student community of State Universities in Sri Lanka.","PeriodicalId":302507,"journal":{"name":"Conference Proceedings - FARU 2020","volume":"34 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-11-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124312355","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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CONFLICTS BETWEEN ENGINEERS AND TECHNICIANS: THE CASE OF SRI LANKAN HOTEL FACILITIES' MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENTS 工程师与技术人员的冲突:以斯里兰卡酒店设施维护部门为例

Conference Proceedings - FARU 2020 Pub Date : 2020-11-06 DOI: 10.31705/faru.2020.29

I. Indikatiya, A.K.G.I.D. Arambekumbura, C. Hadiwattage

{"title":"CONFLICTS BETWEEN ENGINEERS AND TECHNICIANS: THE CASE OF SRI LANKAN HOTEL FACILITIES' MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENTS","authors":"I. Indikatiya, A.K.G.I.D. Arambekumbura, C. Hadiwattage","doi":"10.31705/faru.2020.29","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31705/faru.2020.29","url":null,"abstract":"Conflicts between engineers and technicians in maintenance departments of hotels can be impacted on both individual and organizational performance either constructively or destructively. Generally, the destructive impacts of conflicts on organizational performance are severe than constructive impacts. Therefore, understanding the nature of the major conflicts between engineers and technicians in maintenance departments is significant to provide high- quality maintenance services within hotel facilities to deliver the best hospitality services to foreign and local guests. Thus, this study aimed to investigate the nature of existing major conflicts between engineers and technicians in the maintenance departments of Sri Lankan hotel facilities. A qualitative approach was adopted by using the case study research strategy (five nr of cases) and empirical data was collected via two expert interviews in each case, and document review within selected cases. Manual content analysis was used to analyze the data. The findings of this study revealed that 13 existence major conflicts between engineers and technicians in maintenance departments of Sri Lankan hotel facilities were based on seven conflict categories with comparing the literature findings.","PeriodicalId":302507,"journal":{"name":"Conference Proceedings - FARU 2020","volume":"21 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-11-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122059681","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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The Importance of emergency preparedness and business continuity planning for business resilience: a literature review 应急准备和业务连续性规划对业务复原力的重要性:文献综述

Conference Proceedings - FARU 2020 Pub Date : 2020-11-06 DOI: 10.31705/faru.2020.16

K. Tharshanth, D. Rajini, P. Thatshayini

{"title":"The Importance of emergency preparedness and business continuity planning for business resilience: a literature review","authors":"K. Tharshanth, D. Rajini, P. Thatshayini","doi":"10.31705/faru.2020.16","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31705/faru.2020.16","url":null,"abstract":"All business activities are subjected to risks such as technology failure, natural disasters, utility disruption and terrorism, etc. These risks may be potential to generate a crisis, which if left uncontrolled can become a disaster. Even a small business interruption will result in the reduction of revenues, loss in customers or reduction in market share and ultimately, the survival of a business. Therefore, Emergency Preparedness (EP) and Business Continuity Planning (BCP) play an important role in business resilience providing the capability to adequately react to operational disruptions, while protecting safety and welfare of people. Though EP and BCP form important elements of good business management and service provision, as per the literature, EP and BCP have often been overlooked and sometimes even been ignored. Therefore, this paper presents the findings of a comprehensive literature review carried out on EP and BCP concepts to fill the above research gap. The finding will help the researchers working in EP and BCP practices to understand how these concepts have been developed, how they are practiced in the industry and their importance in business survival.","PeriodicalId":302507,"journal":{"name":"Conference Proceedings - FARU 2020","volume":"16 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-11-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125005332","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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AN INSIGHT INTO THE HOUSEKEEPING PRACTICES OF SRI LANKAN HEALTHCARE FACILITIES IN PRIVATE SECTOR 深入了解斯里兰卡私营部门保健设施的内务管理做法

Conference Proceedings - FARU 2020 Pub Date : 2020-11-06 DOI: 10.31705/faru.2020.1

S. Ginthotavidana, K. Waidyasekara

{"title":"AN INSIGHT INTO THE HOUSEKEEPING PRACTICES OF SRI LANKAN HEALTHCARE FACILITIES IN PRIVATE SECTOR","authors":"S. Ginthotavidana, K. Waidyasekara","doi":"10.31705/faru.2020.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31705/faru.2020.1","url":null,"abstract":"The inferior performance in housekeeping services has contributed to distinguishable levels of patient dissatisfaction. Therefore, similar to primary processes like medical treatment in healthcare sector same attention should be paid on secondary processes such as housekeeping services by the management. Moreover, the knowledge on housekeeping services is critical to plan and design proper housekeeping mechanisms in healthcare facilities. Therefore, this paper aims to explore the nature of housekeeping services in order to design proper housekeeping processes for private healthcare facilities in Sri Lanka. This research follows a qualitative research approach to examine the current housekeeping practices by adopting case study strategy. Semi structured interviews were conducted with seven respondents of the selected three cases from the private sector and direct observation method was used to better understand the housekeeping procedures. The results revealed that even though the bed capacity belongs to three groups, the housekeeping practices remain almost similar and the housekeeping in hospitals is essentially based on infection control and hygiene rather than aesthetical appearance compared to other facilities. Furthermore, the key differences such as absence of key designations such as upholsterers, painters, wall washers and catering team in the hierarchy and the absence of floor plans and area responsibility plans in the housekeeping divisions in Sri Lankan context were determined by comparing the research findings with the literature sources.","PeriodicalId":302507,"journal":{"name":"Conference Proceedings - FARU 2020","volume":"16 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-11-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134361490","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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APPLICABILITY OF RECYCLED PLASTIC FOR ROAD CONSTRUCTION IN SRI LANKA 再生塑料在斯里兰卡道路建设中的适用性

Conference Proceedings - FARU 2020 Pub Date : 2020-11-06 DOI: 10.31705/faru.2020.28

Dinushka D.K.S, Waidyasekara K.G.A.S, Dewagoda K.G

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CROSS-CULTURAL DIMENSIONS AND CROSS-CULTURAL ORIENTATIONS IN CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS: CASE STUDY OF SRI LANKA 建筑项目中的跨文化维度与跨文化取向:斯里兰卡个案研究

Conference Proceedings - FARU 2020 Pub Date : 2020-11-06 DOI: 10.31705/faru.2020.26

Nirusika Rajenthiran, H. Madhuwanthi, Dmsc Dissanayake, D. Sirimewan

{"title":"CROSS-CULTURAL DIMENSIONS AND CROSS-CULTURAL ORIENTATIONS IN CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS: CASE STUDY OF SRI LANKA","authors":"Nirusika Rajenthiran, H. Madhuwanthi, Dmsc Dissanayake, D. Sirimewan","doi":"10.31705/faru.2020.26","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31705/faru.2020.26","url":null,"abstract":"Significant issues affecting the success of construction projects due to globalisation is the establishment of a multicultural project team. Presently, China has emerged as one of Sri Lanka's main sources of foreign and commercial loans in an environment, where the island is seeking to rebuild and modernise infrastructure. However, the involvement of multi-cultural project teams often present unique challenges due to cross-cultural interactions, thereby, creating conflicts through construction projects, makes the conflict unavoidable. Therefore, this study was attempting to identify the cross-cultural dimensions and cross-cultural orientations in cross-cultural teamwork of Chinese contractors in construction projects in Sri Lanka. A qualitative approach was followed in this study in which multiple case study was selected as the most appropriate method for the research. Accordingly, semi-structured interviews were conducted among the selected four (4) respondents from each case to collect the data. Captured data was analysed by the manual content analysis method. An empirical investigation has been validated communication, leadership, trust, collectivism, team selection, uncertainty, team development and management as the common cross-cultural dimensions for all the three cases. This study added new cross-cultural dimensions to the literature in the context of Sri Lankan construction industry namely, coordination, harmony and customs with specific cross-cultural orientations. The study can be further developed to investigate strategies to manage intragroup conflicts occurs in cross-cultural teamwork of Sri Lankans and Chinese professionals in the Sri Lankan construction industry.","PeriodicalId":302507,"journal":{"name":"Conference Proceedings - FARU 2020","volume":"180 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-11-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125825609","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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COMPARATIVE STUDY ON ESTABLISHING LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA) IN BUILDINGS: DRIVERS 建筑生命周期评价(lca)建立的比较研究:驱动因素

Conference Proceedings - FARU 2020 Pub Date : 2020-11-06 DOI: 10.31705/faru.2020.24

S. Amarasinghe, S. Soorige, L. D. Silva

{"title":"COMPARATIVE STUDY ON ESTABLISHING LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA) IN BUILDINGS: DRIVERS","authors":"S. Amarasinghe, S. Soorige, L. D. Silva","doi":"10.31705/faru.2020.24","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31705/faru.2020.24","url":null,"abstract":"LCA is a method that systematically evaluates environmental impacts attributed to the building by quantifying environmental inputs and outputs over the lifecycle of buildings. LCA facilitates a sophisticated assessment procedure to promote eco-efficient designs to reduce environmental impacts. Although building-related LCAs are well-rooted in developed counties, it is challenging to disclose evidence of LCA application in Sri Lanka as a developing country. Therefore, this study aims to compare drivers that promote the application of LCA in developed countries and Sri Lanka to determine the deviation between two contexts. The qualitative research approach was adopted, and expert interviews were conducted with ten experts from Sri Lanka and nine LCA experts representing developed countries. The results indicated that 'identifying opportunities to improve environmental sustainability,' discovering energy-saving opportunities' etc. are the mostly identified drivers related to developed countries. In contrast, the mostly identified drivers in Sri Lanka were limited to two as 'growing industrial interest to build more green buildings' and 'as a new tool for R&D'. Initiation of strong government policies and effective incentive mechanisms, rising awareness on LCA, etc. identified as strategies to bridge the deviation between Sri Lanka from developed countries context in the implementation of LCA.","PeriodicalId":302507,"journal":{"name":"Conference Proceedings - FARU 2020","volume":"25 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-11-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129382327","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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