At HRMI – Strategy focused Edexcel PGD leading to Derby MBA

The Edexcel BTEC Level 7 Extended Diploma in Strategic Management and Leadership is described as the best competency development programme in strategic management available in Sri Lanka today. This is specifically designed to enable functional managers and executives to equip themselves with knowledge of strategy to empower them at the next level in the hierarchy. This Edexcel Level 7 programme is classified in the ‘UK Qualification and Credit Framework’ (QCF) as a Masters Level / Post Graduate qualification facilitating students to gain direct admission to the Research Stage in the prestigious and highly respected Derby MBA. This is the only course available in Sri Lanka that comprehensively covers all aspects of Strategy.

En-route to the MBA, students are required to study 11 course work modules on Strategic Planning, Strategic Change Management, Strategic Marketing Management, Strategic Human Resource Management, Strategic Supply Chain Management and Logistics, Strategic Quality and Systems Management, Corporate Communication Strategies, Managing Financial Principles & Techniques, Creative and Innovative Management, Developing Strategic Management and Leadership Skills and Professional Development for Strategic Managers. The Derby MBA is one of the few globally respected MBAs available in Sri Lanka from a top-ranked British University. Derby is Public University in UK with an unblemished record for its academic integrity and ranked by Guardian at number 37 amongst the best universities for Business and Management studies in UK.

The HRMI faculty comprises of team of senior professionals who have gained experience in Strategy with Sri Lanka’s best known companies including Unilever, John Keells, Aitken Spence, MAS, Brandix, Glaxo SmithKline, Oracle Corporation, Hemas and in addition to a panel of leading academics. The faculty is headed by Mr. Gihan Talgodapitiya who is amongst the most experienced and internationally reputed Corporate Trainers in Sri Lanka today. There are over 80 students pursuing Edexcel Level 7 and the Derby MBA currently. Amongst them are senior Managers and Executives representing Brandix, MAS, Sri Lanka Airlines, HSBC, Hatton National Bank, Sampath Bank, Public Bank, HDFC, Commercial Bank, Commercial Credit, Millennium IT, People’s Bank, Maharajah, Munchee, Pearsons, Waters Edge, Vario Systems, Toyota Lanka, Textured Jersey, Asiri Hospitals, United Motors, Expolanka and Medigain in addition many candidates from Maldives. HRMI is one of the biggest EDEXCEL centres in Colombo which offers several HNDs and Post Graduate Qualifications leading to Master’s degrees. Thus the choice of internationally recognized courses available at HRMI makes it the ‘centre of excellence for globally recognised management education’ in Sri Lanka. Please visit: www.hrmi.lk

or call 077 2204101 or 071 2724425 for details.