Message from Head of Conference Technical Sessions & Chairman of Panel of Judges of Best Management Practices Company Awards 2024
The 2024 conference intends to invite participants to explore the emerging prospects for the country under new realities. Sri Lanka is at a crossroads in making some unprecedented decisions to explore the strengthening of institutional and macrofundamentals including implementing reforms. If the institutions are weaker, it is easier for vested interests to pull the reform efforts to the back seat. Strategic resurgence leads collaboration to advance transformative initiatives and systems that promote determination and commitment toward the growth and success of the country. One needs to work together to bring about meaningful strategic change to steer the country towards prosperity. The CPM International Management Conference 2024 intends to stress the fact that it should be beyond rhetoric and configuring deep analysis and executing right and bold actions to make dreams into reality. As a nation, we need a stronger business climate and management execution for creating an ecosystem of local suppliers, producers, and small and mediumsized enterprises to manufacture inputs for the country’s needs and value creation. Best management practices in all spheres are vital in strengthening governance via better anticorruption frameworks and aligning regulation with international best practices. The time has come for urgent action to take Sri Lanka forward!
In parallel to the conference, the “Best Management Practices Company Awards 2024” is organized by the CPM Sri Lanka for the third consecutive year recognizing Sri Lankan public and private sector Companies/institutions for their organizational growth and success. The awards endorse the best practices in the Management of Companies during 2023 while recognizing their leadership, policies, and strategies, people management, partnerships & resources, processes, and performances. The awards provide a distinct framework for management teams to revisit and challenge themselves against their respective sectoral or other companies/institutions. The awards will give confidence to winning companies/ institutions to proudly make a professional appearance in business society and across the world. This is an invitation for other companies to come forward to write a new management story in time to come.
I wish to extend a deep sense of appreciation for the generous and enthusiastic response of the session’s chairs, speakers, panelists, technical evaluators/judges, sponsors, CPM director, staff, patrons, president, fellow council members, and all other supports. This will be a continuous enabling and recognizing journey to promote best management practices in Sri Lanka!
Dr. Samantha Rathnayake Head of Conference Technical Sessions & Chairman of Panel of Judges of Best Management Practices Company Awards 2024 Governing Council Member of CPM Sri Lanka Senior Faculty, Postgraduate Institute of Management, University of Sri J’pura