Two teams representing the Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) won the first and runner-up place in the ‘Special Category’ at the ‘Great HR Quiz’ organized by the Institute of Personnel Management (IPM).
This is the second occasion a team representing the CSE has excelled in the competition following a win in the Special Category in 2015.
The CSE teams were represented by Kusal Nissanka, Nishantha Hewavithana, Kaushal Siriwardena, Nadeera Athukorale, Ruchira Jayasinghe, Dulani Warnakulasooriya, Ashan Thareendra, Arfath Saleem, Nushara Fonseka and Maleesha de Silva.
The ‘Great HR Quiz’ was organized for the third consecutive year and attracted the participation of 53 corporates from around the country and the South Asian region. The quiz offered a unique opportunity for private and public sector employees to showcase knowledge and an understanding on the field of human resource management and beyond.
It was conducted as a team based event, under Banking/Finance/Insurance, IT/Software/Telecom/BPO, Travel and Hospitality/Leisure, Apparel and Textile, Manufacturing/FMCG, Food and Beverage and Special category, through which the CSE was granted the opportunity to compete.
The two teams submitted by the CSE performed remarkably well to win the Special Category and were placed fifth and eighth the overall competition. The competition format included two rounds on Human Resource Management followed by further rounds on Organizational Behaviour, Current Affairs, Sports and a final round on Contemporary Human Resources Management.