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Skill requirement for the realisation of maritime hub status in Sri Lanka

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dc.contributor.author Dilrukshi, MHS
dc.contributor.author Rathnayaka, IW
dc.contributor.editor Gunaruwan, TL
dc.date.accessioned 2022-04-22T06:51:34Z
dc.date.available 2022-04-22T06:51:34Z
dc.date.issued 2016-06
dc.identifier.citation Dilrukshi, M.H.S., & Rathnayaka, I.W. (2016). Skill requirement for the realisation of maritime hub status in Sri Lanka [Extended Abstract]. In T.L. Gunaruwan (Ed.), Proceedings of 1st International Conference on Research for Transport and Logistics Industry 2016 (pp. 129-132). Sri Lanka Society of Transport and Logistics. https://slstl.lk/r4tli-2016/ en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://dl.lib.uom.lk/handle/123/17664
dc.description The global maritime sector has been growing rapidly in order to meet the increasing demands of world trade. This rapid development in world trade has led to interdependency among countries, and to an increased competition among different of the logistics chains. In this context, Sri Lankan ports play a major role in connecting the sub-continental region in view of supporting the local transhipment business, and the Sri Lankan government is looking to transform the country into a strategically important economic centre by developing the island into a maritime hub. Skilled and knowledgeable personnel are among the key factors of achieving greater productivity, and thereby the attractiveness, of any logistics supply operation, making human resource development a vital requirement for the country to realise hub status. Planning for human resources, in today‟s context of the rapid advancement of technology and the emergence of concepts like globalisation, is not only concerned with hard skills but also with soft skills such as creativity, flexibility, risk attaining, innovativeness, and problem solving. Competitive knowledge and skills are needed for the labour force to become effective. The present study aimed at identifying the perceived skill requirements of Sri Lankan enterprises involved in the ports and shipping industry, and at evaluating the existing labour force characteristics against the real demands stimulated by the desire to achieve maritime hub status. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Sri Lanka Society for Transport and Logistics en_US
dc.relation.uri https://slstl.lk/r4tli-2016/ en_US
dc.subject skills en_US
dc.subject Hub en_US
dc.subject Soft skills en_US
dc.subject Employment en_US
dc.subject Hard skills en_US
dc.subject Logistics en_US
dc.title Skill requirement for the realisation of maritime hub status in Sri Lanka en_US
dc.type Conference-Extended-Abstract en_US
dc.identifier.faculty Engineering en_US
dc.identifier.department Department of Transport and Logistics Management en_US
dc.identifier.year 2016 en_US
dc.identifier.conference 1st International Conference on Research for Transport and Logistics Industry 2016 en_US
dc.identifier.place Colombo en_US
dc.identifier.pgnos pp.129-132 en_US
dc.identifier.proceeding Proceedings of 1st Conference on Research for Transport and Logistics Industry 2016 en_US


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