Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management (PGDBM) is a one-year course designed specifically to provide a systematic exposition in advanced management education to managerial and supervisory level executives in private and public sectors, who wish to pursue higher studies with relevant managerial experience and graduates who wish to upgrade their academic knowledge gained during the first degree.

Key Features

• The primary aim of this course is to inculcate among the participants such perceptions, knowledge, skills and abilities as would enable them to become effective managers in the modern business - and to assume higher levels of managerial responsibilities
• The learning is problem oriented and participants have to work on specific problems themselves. Furthermore, the program encourages multidisciplinary thinking and independent reflection.

Program Contents

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Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management (PGDBM) is a one-year course designed specifically to provide a systematic exposition in advanced management education to managerial and supervisory level executives in private and public sectors, who wish to pursue higher studies with relevant managerial experience and graduates who wish to upgrade their academic knowledge gained during the first degree.

• Organizational Behavior
• Business Communication
• Accounting for Decision Making
• Managing People
• Marketing Management
• Financial Management
• Management Information Systems
• Business Statistics
• Economics for Business
• Managing Organizations
• Research Methods
• Project Report

Entry Requirements

• A Degree in Management Discipline obtained from a recognized university/Institution (e.g. A Bachelor's degree in Business Administration/ Commerce/ Marketing/ Human Resource Management/ Accountancy & Financial Management or other relevant areas of managem
• A Degree in other Discipline obtained from a recognized university/Institution with one (01) year post qualifying working experience in executive capacity. (E.g. Art, Science, Mathematics and statistics, Engineering, Law & Military Degrees) OR
• Minimum of 05 years sustained work experience in a Managerial Level in a recognized institution (Government or Private). This will be considered on a case by case basis and is subjected to the approval of the Academic Governing Council of the National Sch
• Have a good working knowledge of English

Fee & Funding

• Course Fee : LKR 200,000 (100,000 x 2)
• Registration Fee : LKR 10,000
• Library Fee : LKR 5,000

Key Personnel

Programme Director

Dr. Ganga Karunathilake

Phone: 94 11 544 5126

Email: [email protected]