14th SLIIT Business School Students Research Conference [SBSSRC] 2021

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    THE STUDY OF THE CLINICAL DRUG DELIVERY PROCESS AND THE HUMAN RESOURCE PRACTICES IMPACTED DURING THE LOCKDOWN PERIOD
    (SLIIT Business School, 2019-12-10) Prabashwara, W.; Fernando, W.I.N.D.; Alwis, R.M.V.D.; Igalawithana, D.K.; Thelijjagoda, S.; Pathirana, U.P.G.Y.
    This study was conducted to explore the drug delivering process and the impact Human Resource practices towards the delivering drugs to the clinical patients during the lockdown period in Sri Lanka. This study carried out a qualitative analysis. Improvements required during the pandemic for most provisional Human Resource practices on health and safety, and training was identified from this process. Researchers conducted interviews with the government employees who contributed to this process (Postmen and PHI). Gampaha district was selected as the sample area for this study, Further, this research motivated the researchers to study about the effectiveness of employee training and health and safety practices in drug delivery process on COVID-19 situation.
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    Fostering Resilience of Smes to Supply Chain Disruptions: The Role of Relationships
    (SLIIT Business School, 2021-12) Manathunge, K.A.D.N.; Samaraweera, V.A.; Withanage, W.J.H.; Karunarathna, W.A.S.N.; Weligodapola, W.; Madhavika, W.D.N.
    The global spread of the recent coronavirus outbreak has disrupted supply chains in both unanticipated and unprecedented ways. In the wake of such numerous catastrophic incidents, the core notion of supply chain resilience has sparked the attention of countless researchers and practitioners. However, the supply chain resilience of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) remains rather underresearched to date. In such turbulent times, it is important to investigate the role of relationships in achieving supply chain resilience in the context of SMEs. Thus, the overall intention of this study is to explore the influence of supply chain relationships on the resilience of SME supply chains by exploring the impacts of both outsourcing and collaboration. A well-structured online questionnaire was administered by selecting respondents using stratified random sampling techniques. In order to measure all the variables, a 5-point Likert scale was used. The survey was administered to a total of 160 SMEs and 114 valid responses were returned (response rate of 71.25%). Quantitative data was analyzed using correlation and regression analysis with the help of SPSS tool. The results of the study revealed that both outsourcing, and collaboration positively influences supply chain resilience. Therefore, the study recommends SMEs to engage in outsourcing and collaborative processes to foster resilience in supply chains during turbulent times. To the best of the author’s knowledge the present study is one of the first study done regarding SME supply chain resilience in Sri Lanka. The study recommends SMEs to focus better on outsourcing techniques and collaborative procedures in order to nurture supply chain resilience. Therefore, the guidance of this study will provide future scholars and practitioners to pursue an effective study in the field. The present study was limited to quantitative methods to achieve the objectives of the study. Hence, the authors recommend future researchers to focus on qualitative methods that can aid in the advancement of knowledge