Mr. Pathum Kodikara

Mr. Pathum Kodikara

ddjSenior Lecturer Grade II
Room BUS 115, Sri Soratha Building (On Study Leave)
Email: pathumkodikara@sjp.ac.lk
Tele: +94 (0)11 2803472

Personal Details

I am reading for my Ph.D. in Business and Management at the People, Management, and Organisation (PMO) Division, Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, United Kingdom. Moreover, I am involved as a Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA) at Alliance Manchester Business School and act as the PMO Seminar Leader.

My research interests relate to the broad areas of historical, philosophical, and sociological approaches to management and organisation studies. My current work draws on management & organisational history, history of management education, and organisational memory studies.

In recognition of my current research in management and organisational history, I was elected a member of the Royal Historical Society (RHS), University College London, United Kingdom. Further acknowledging my research in social history, I was awarded membership in the Economic History Society, United Kingdom.

Qualifications

  • Master of Business Administration (MBA) (Merit Pass), Postgraduate Institute of Management (PIM), University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka.
  • Certificate in Teaching in Higher Education – Staff Development Centre, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka.
  • Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (Special) Degree (First Class), University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka.

Teaching (Sep 2020 – Up to date)

  • On Study Leave

Teaching (Up to 2020)

  • Organisational Behaviour
  • Principles of Management
  • Contemporary Issues in Management
  • Culture and Leadership
  • Society and Organisation
  • Research Methods in Management (Qualitative Research)

Supervision

  • Research Project in Management
  • Research Study in Management (Dissertation)
  • Case Studies in Management
  • Management Training

Conference Papers and Proceedings

  • Kaushalya, V. & Kodikara, P. (2022). ‘It is not just ‘a page’ — Women’s solidarity expressed on digital platforms and its contribution towards the ecosystem’, in the stream ‘Women in the changing landscape of work’, Gender, Work & Organization (GWO) – The 12th International Interdisciplinary Conference, Bogotá, Colombia. (June 22 -24, 2022).
  • Kaushalya, V. & Kodikara, P. (2021). ‘Motherhood, language and othering at organisational meetings – A study on experiences of single and childless/child free men and women at workplace’, in the stream ‘Organising Childhood: Growing Up and Looking Back’, Gender, Work & Organization (GWO) – The 11th International Interdisciplinary Conference, Canterbury, UK. (June 30 – July 02, 2021). (This abstract was originally submitted for Gender, Work & Organization Conference (GWO) – The 11th International Interdisciplinary Conference, Canterbury, UK. (June 24 – 26, 2020), however, the conference was postponed due to Covid-19).
  • Kodikara, P. & Kaushalya, V. (2019). ‘The (Im)Possibility of pluriversal understandings of ‘Development’: A narrative from Global South’, in the stream ‘Dispossessed presents, open futures: Deconstructing narratives of developmentalism and modernization’, The 11th Critical Management Studies Conference, Milton Keynes, UK (June 27-29, 2019).
  • Kodikara, P. & Kaushalya, V. (2019). ‘CMS managership — Is it the beginning of the end of CMS?’, in the stream ‘When critical management scholars become managers’, The 11th Critical Management Studies Conference, Milton Keynes, UK (June 27-29, 2019).

Awards and Scholarships

  • Was awarded a bursary to participate and present the papers at the 11th International Critical Management Studies (ICMS) Conference held at the Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom from 27 June to 29 June 2019.
  • Won a bursary to attend the Doctoral and Early Career Symposium which was conducted in parallel to the ICMS Conference held on 26 June 2019, under the theme of ‘Academic Creativity and Openness’.
  • Merit Award, in recognition of excellent performance in the Master of Business Administration Degree at Postgraduate Institute of Management (PIM), Sri Lanka (2016).