{"id":19,"date":"2016-01-24T01:45:20","date_gmt":"2016-01-23T20:15:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dsc.mgt.sjp.dev\/?page_id=19"},"modified":"2022-08-25T11:53:57","modified_gmt":"2022-08-25T06:23:57","slug":"introduction-to-the-department","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/dsc\/about-us\/introduction-to-the-department\/","title":{"rendered":"Evolution of the Department"},"content":{"rendered":"
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B<\/span>efore 1990, Production and Material Management was offered to students following main degree programmes of the Faculty of Management Studies and Commerce. In 1990 the subject was upgraded to Operations Management and it was taught in almost all degree programmes offered by the Faculty as a main functional area in management until 2001. Since the formation of the new Department of Information Technology and Decision Sciences in 2001,\u00a0the Operations Management\u00a0subject was off\u001fered in the Management Common Programme of the Faculty.\u00a0\u001dThe initiative to establish a degree programme and a department for this \u001efield is taken in 2002 and the university approved the proposal in 2003. The establishment of the new degree programme, Operations and Technology Management was done by separating the Department of Decision Sciences in September 2007.\u00a0\u001dThe fi\u001erst batch of students was admitted to the new degree programme in 2008.<\/p>\n

Strategic Intent<\/h3>\n

We, Department of Decision Sciences produce graduates in Operations and Technology Management with knowledge, skills, attitudes, and mind-set.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Specifications of the degree programme offered by the Department of Decision Sciences are available here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Download Student Handbook for further information…<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

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Third-year undergraduates\u00a0of the Department of Decision Sciences\u00a0explore Airport Passenger Experience and Air Cargo Operations at Bandaranaike International Airport<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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The Department of Decision Sciences recently organized an educational field visit to Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA), Katunayake, for third-year undergraduates following the Logistics and Transport Management course. The visit commenced with an in-depth exploration of the customer journey at Sri Lanka’s primary international gateway. Students traced the complete passenger experience from arrival at the airport […]<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n

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