Mr. Janaka Heenkenda.

Senior Lecturer


Organizational Studies
Faculty of Management Studies
Contact:

Central Campus,

Office: 0112- 881008, Ext: 508

E-mail: heenur@gmail.com

Janaka Heenkenda is a Lecturer attached of the Department of Management studies at The Open University of Sri Lanka where he has been on the department since 2012. He obtained his BBA in Entrepreneurship (Sp) Degree in University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka. He has worked as Assistant Project Manager in Enter-growth project initiated by International Labour Organization (2007-2010). And also he is a Facilitator inValue Chain Development (VCD) and Trainer, Small Business Association Management. He teaching and research interest is pertaining to Entrepreneurship, Small Business Management and Creativity and Innovation.

Areas of Specialization:

Entrepreneurship, Creativity and Innovation, Small Business Management and Local Economic Development (LED)

Affiliations:

Member of Start and Improve Your Business (SIYB) Association of Sri
Lanka

Programme Coordination:
  1. Chief coordinator of the Entrepreneurship Small Business Management (ESBM)
    programme 2013-2018
  2. Chief coordinator of the Advanced Certificate in Entrepreneurship and Small Business
    Management Programme (ESBM)
Awards:
  1. Chinese Scholarship Council (CSC) Scholarship for PhD in Management Sciences
    and Engineering at School of Management, Wuhan University of Technology, China,
    2019/23
Researches:

JOURNAL PAPERS

  1.  Heenkenda, HMJCB, Fengju Xu, KMMCB Kulathunga, and WAR Senevirathne.
    (2022). The Role of Innovation Capability in Enhancing Sustainability in SMEs:
    An Emerging Economy Perspective. Sustainability 14, no. 17: 10832.
    https://doi.org/10.3390/su141710832
  2. Weerasekara, C.,Heenkenda, J., Hapugoda. J., & Senevirathne, W.A.R. (2018).
    Antecedents and consequences of financial literacy among investors in Colombo
    stock exchange. VISTAS Journal, 11 (1) 32-44.
  3. Heenkenda, J., Hapugoda, J. C., Senevirathne, W. A. R. & Weerasekara, C. P.
    (2019). Assessment of Business Innovation Capability: A Case of Micro, Small
    and Medium size enterprises in Sri Lanka.CMA Journal published by Instiute of
    Certified Management Accountants of Sri Lanka.

 

FULL PAPERS IN CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

  1.  J.C.B.Heenkenda , Xu Fengju, H.A.Dharmasena (2020) “Innovation Capability
    for SMEs Performance: A Study of Entrepreneurs in Sri Lankan Small and
    Medium Scale Enterprises ” proceedings of the international conference on
    innovation and management (ICIM2020),vols1 and 11 page:582-586..
  2. Sivalogathasan, V., Senevirathne, W.A.R., Heenkenda, H.M., & Weerasekara,
    C.P. (2019). Opportunities and challenges faced by first time online registration:
    Case of Open University of Sri Lanka Proceedings of the International
    Conference on Open and Innovative Education (ICOIE2019), Hosted by the
    Open University of Hong Kong, held from 10-12 July 2019.
  3. Heenkenda, H.M., Sivalogathasan, V., Senevirathne, W.A.R., & Weerasekara,
    C.P. (2019). Digital storytelling: An innovative approach for entrepreneurial
    education a case of open and distance learners in Sri Lanka. Proceedings of the
    International Conference on Open and Innovative Education (ICOIE2019),
    Hosted by the Open University of Hong Kong, held from 10-12 July 2019.
  4. Weerasekara, C.P., Heenkenda, H.M., Hapugoda, J.C., & Senevirathne, W.A.R.
    (2018). Financial literacy of retail investors: Evidences from Colombo Stock
    Exchange. Proceedings of the 1st International Conference, organized by
    Sanasa Campus of Sri Lanka, 23-24 August 2018.
  5. Nanayakkara, J., Senevirathne, W.A.R., Heenkenda, H.M., (2018). A survey on Adopting a Cloud-Enabled Model for the Open University of Sri Lanka. Proceedings of the Open University International Research Session 2018 (iOURS 2018) organized by the Open University of Sri Lanka, 29-30 November 2018.
  6. Weerasekara, C.P., Hapugoda, J.C. Heenkenda,H.M, & Senevirathne, W.A.R. (2018). Impact of the Intelligence Type on the Preferred Learning Technique, Time and Place for Perceived Learning Outcomes., Proceedings of the The 32nd Asian Association of Open Universities (AAOU) Conference Hosted by Hanoi Open University, Vietnam 2018 at the Melia Hanoi Hotel, Hanoi, Vietnam on 22- 27 October 2018.
  7. Heenkenda, H.M, Hapugoda, J.C. Senevirathne, W.A.R., Weerasekara, C.P. (2018). Innovation Capability Of Distance Learners: Case Of Entrepreneurship Students In Sri Lanka., Proceedings of the The 32nd Asian Association of Open Universities (AAOU) Conference Hosted by Hanoi Open University, Vietnam 2018 at the Melia Hanoi Hotel, Hanoi, Vietnam on 22-27 October 2018.
  8. Sriyani, G.T.W., Heenenda, J. (2007), Value chain development: a Tool for strengthening competitiveness and integrating small and medium scale entrepreneurs in to markets. International Research Conference on Knowledge for Growth and Development, University of Colombo.
Ongoing Research:

The Role of Local Government in Small and Medium Enterprise Development in Sri Lanka

Research Supervisions:

Commonwealth Executive MBA/MPA programme.
MBA in HRM programme.
BMS (Hons) Degree programme.

 

 

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