IPM Sri Lanka conducts MDP to raise the bar for management professionals

IPM Sri Lanka, the nation’s leader in human resource management, has organised a Management Development Program (MDP) for senior management staff of private and public sector companies. The MDP has been specially designed to impart modern management knowledge and techniques in order to raise the bar for enhancing management capacity amongst professionals and managers. 

The MDP has been organised by IPM Sri Lanka’s Training, Consultancy & HR Services Division and is being conducted by experienced, practicing consultants to specifically enhance the skills, attitudes and competencies required for the growth and development of participating organizations. 

The eight-day MDP which consists of seven modules is delivered through non-traditional, advanced teaching methods in keeping with international standards. The program which was inaugurated on 21st September is being held at the Members’ Lounge at IPM Sri Lanka head office in Colombo 5. IPM Sri Lanka conducts the MDP as a continuous course of study at regular intervals.

“IPM Sri Lanka, being the leading professional body for HR practitioners already crowned with a very comprehensive business school, is highly-focused, committed and determined on developing a large pool of globally competitive management professionals to support the growth objectives of companies, the professionals themselves and the country alike. IPM keeps pace with new trends and concepts in HR by engaging continuously with the business community to share experiences, thoughts and insights in order to enrich and enhance the HR profession to shift them from ‘Business Managers’ to ‘Entrepreneurial Managers’. We also have a competent panel of consultants to offer a yeomen service to all organisations,” said IPM Standing Committee for Consultancy, Training and HR Services Chairman Sarath Jayasinghe.

“As a step towards achieving this goal, IPM is making these management development programs accessible to as many individuals and companies as possible in order raise the bar for management competencies in professional managers in both the public as well as the State sector to enable them to make their individual organisations viable and internationally competitive. IPM has also been selected to host the World HR Congress 2020 in Sri Lanka. As Sri Lankans, we should be happy that the prestigious people management conference will be held in Sri Lanka,” he added.

In order to cater to the common requirements in management development which have been identified by local companies and organisations, this MDP has been successfully customized by IPM Sri Lanka to specifically address those common requirements existing in both the private and public sectors. Although a common program which is not dedicated to a specific customer or client, the MDP is extremely practical and interactive involving group work, exercises in scenario planning, case study analysis and presentations. 

Each and every participant will present their key findings and solutions to specific problems in the case studies in order to enhance their problem solving, presentation and public speaking skills. Video presentations and movie clips are helping to keep attention and participation levels very high ensuring that the full benefits of the program will be passed on to the participants.

IPM actively encourages and promotes members’ participation at international conferences and forums to provide exposure, build network, and conduct research into areas of interest to the HR profession in Sri Lanka. 

IPM, which has a very rich history, was founded in 1959 and was subsequently incorporated by an Act of Parliament in 1976 with its affiliation to the Asia Pacific Foundation of Human Resource Management and also to the World Federation of People Management Associations. IPM, being a professional institute is also a constituent member of the Organization of Professional Associations (OPA) Sri Lanka. Currently, IPM comprises over 1,200 Professional Members who serve in both public and private organisations.