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Five Domains of High-Performance Organizations

admin — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:52:11 +0000

Do you know that there is no single organizational element that is correlated with high performance. Rather, there are five. Strategy Leadership Talent Culture Market The research team at the Institute for Corporate Productivity (i4cp) has found an interesting relationship between the high-performance and the above 5 domains. Read more about this here.

One Flag - One Country

admin — Mon, 18 May 2009 05:00:57 +0000

infoSL.com salutes the Sri Lankan war heroes.

No more new government jobs?

admin — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 18:11:04 +0000

Do you know that the Central Bank of Sri Lanka has advised the government to cut down the recruitment in to the government jobs? According to LBO news article, Sri Lanka’s unemployment ratio has been going down in the past few years. Unemployment rate in 2008 is 5.2%. However, this will definitely go up in 2009 [...]

Over Staffed? Whom to go home first?

admin — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 02:36:43 +0000

Do you know that, so much of what we call management consists of making it difficult for people to work? Don't believe it? Read the following.

Landmark in Colombo for Sale

admin — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 03:01:06 +0000

Do you know that when built in 1961, Ceylinco House was the tallest building in Sri Lanka and do you know that it is for sale now? So do you want to be the owner of a landmark in Colombo? Ceylinco Group is in deep trouble as they cannot repay the Golden Key depositors. Owner of [...]

Central Bank begs for money from IMF

admin — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 04:12:38 +0000

Do you know that the Central Bank has issued a statement saying they will seek financial assistance from International Monetary Fund? As many believed that this sort of action is not permitted under the vision of “Mahinda Chinthanaya”, some experts have pointed out that this is inevitable under the present economic downturn. Read the related [...]

Profits and Losses for Banks

admin — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 04:34:44 +0000

Do you know while some banks are in big trouble due to the economic downturn, some are performing well? Reports from London say that the HSBC recorded a 70% drop in net profit in 2008 and they hope to recover by share issues and cutting over 6000 jobs. Seylan Bank Sri Lanka too reported a loss of [...]

Dilaog on loss

admin — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 04:44:32 +0000

Do you know the Dialog Group has a loss of Rs. 3.9 Billion for the December quarter? There is a fall in revenue on mobile, fixed line and pay TV businesses at Dialog. Low call rates and competition from other service providers will make it harder for Dialog. Read more here.

Who created recession and who made it worse?

admin — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 06:16:46 +0000

Do you know who created the recession and who made it worse? Here is the recession from a different perspective. This Story is about a man who once upon a time was selling Hotdogs by the roadside. He was illiterate, so he never read newspapers. He was hard of hearing, so he never listened to the [...]

Can’t make any calls with your Airtel Connection?

admin — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 17:19:15 +0000

Do you know that many Airtel users complain that it is very difficult to make calls to other networks using their Airtel connection? While many think that this is a technical limitation with the new celco, Airtel says they are not getting enough interconnectivity by the existing four cellular operators. Telecommunication and Regulatory Commission (TRC) has asked [...]