INCREASING EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE THROUGH MOTIVATION
By
Lakmini de Silva
(2007/ MBA/WE/HRM/18)
MBA 531 – Organizational Behaviour
Prof. W. Jayaratne
Dr. Gamini R. de Alwis
Mr. Nishantha Suriyagoda
Master of Business Administration in HRM
Faculty of Management and Finance
University of Colombo
Background of Organization
World University Service of Canada or WUSC as it is commonly known world wide is a leading Canadian Development Agency, which is a network of individuals and post secondary institutions. The mission of WUSC is to foster human development and global understanding through education and training. WUSC operates development projects in the Balkans. Botswana, Burkina, Faso, Ghana, Haiti, Malawi, Palestine, Peru, Sri Lanka and Vietnam in and deliver meaningful results in the following areas:
1. Education and Health – including basic and higher education, water and sanitation and HIV/AIDS.
2. Sustainable Livelihoods – including vocational training/ agriculture and rural development.
3. Governance – including strengthening civil society, promoting human rights and peace building.
WUSC’s Project for Rehabilitation through Education and Training (PRET) has a large hand in tackling the effects of poverty, conflict and the tsunami in Sri Lanka. PRET identifies young people affected with poverty who has promise but no prospects and offer them vocational training that equips them to work in high-demand fields. The rationale is that when people secure a steady job in a high demand field they have better means to support themselves and their families. It also reduces the lik ...