The importance of the English Language for management professionals in the 21 st century
cannot be in any way compromised. A course oriented to improve the personality of the
Operations Management undergraduates was therefore drafted by Professor Sreemali Herath,
University of Manitoba, under the Department AHEAD Project, Department of Operations
Management, Faculty of Management, University of Peradeniya. This will be offered as an
optional course for final-year undergraduates in the future.
A Training of Trainer (ToT) program was conducted for the academic staff members of the
Department of Operations Management by Professor Sreemali Herath at 8.00 a.m. on 29 th
September 2022 on a virtual platform. The purpose of the session was to train the academic
staff members to become better facilitators in English for Professional Communication.
