NSB excels at Great HR Quiz 2015
National Savings Bank emerged victorious at the Great HR Quiz 2015 dubbed as “The Clash of HR Mega Minds” being the winner in both the Banking Sector Category and the Overall Category. Organized by The Institute of Personal Management (IPM) the competition was held at Hotel Galadari, Colombo on 13th November.
Forty five teams representing both private and public sector institutions including Sri Lanka Insurance, DCSL, Dialog, Mobitel, MAS Bodyline, AMW, Pan Asia, Unilever, People’s Bank, Bank of Ceylon and Sampath Bank, have taken part in the quiz.
The competition was conducted under five rounds and the participating teams were tested for their knowledge on the following broad areas.
Round 01 – Human Resource Management (Evolution of HRM, Employee Resourcing, Performance Management, Learning & Development and Rewards Management)
Round 02 – Human Resource Management (Employee Relations, Industrial Relations, Health, Safety & Welfare and HR Audit) Round 03 - Organizational Behavior (Individual Behavior, Values, Personality, Perceptions, Emotion, Attitudes, Work Related Stress, Motivation, Team Dynamics, etc.) Round 04 – Current Affairs & Sports (Athletics, Cricket, Soccer, Tennis, Basket Ball, Boxing and Golf)
Round 05 – Contemporary HRM (HR Integration with Business, Global HRM, Workforce Diversity, Ethics in HRM, etc.)
The members of the team who have represented National Savings Bank are, Saminda Weerasena (Training Manager of the Bank), Hasini Gunawardena, (HRD Division), Harshi Chaturangi (HRD Division), Thilanka Mudalige (HRD Division) and Bhagya Panangala (Risk Management Division). At the closure of the five rounds the wining HR Team of NSB received the awards from the Hon. Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dr. Harsha de Silva.
The management and all staff members of the Bank extend their heartiest congratulations to the NSB team.