Productivity Enhancing Sustainable Human Care and Knowledge Management Practices in Sri Lankan Tea Industry

Nutritional status and productivity of Sri Lankan tea pluckers.

OBJECTIVE To assess the impact of nutritional status on productivity of tea pluckers. DESIGN Cross-sectional, analytical. SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS OF STUDY: All tea pluckers in five divisions of a tea estate in Hatton. MEASUREMENTS A dietary survey was conducted using the 24 h dietary recall method. Nutritional status was assessed by measurement of body mass index (BMI) and haemoglobin (Hb)...

Vertical Coordination Changes in the Sri Lankan Tea Industry: Transaction, Management, and Production Costs

Enhancing Productivity: The Role of Management Practices

There is no doubt that management practices are linked to the productivity and performance of a company. However, research findings are mixed. This paper provides a multi-disciplinary review of the current evidence of such a relationship and offers suggestions for further exploration. We provide an extensive review of the literature in terms of research findings from studies that have been tryi...

Occupational exposure of Sri Lankan tea plantation workers to paraquat.

Absorption of the herbicide paraquat (1,1'-dimethyl-4,4'-bipyridinium) by mixer-loaders and spray operators on a Sri Lankan tea plantation was assessed over five consecutive days of spraying. Beginning on the day before spraying started and continuing for each of the five spraying days and for seven days after the last day of spraying, 24-hour urine samples were collected from each of the worke...

Knowledge and practices on breast and cervical cancer screening methods among female health care workers: a Sri Lankan experience.

Breast and cervical cancer are the most common causes of cancer mortality among women worldwide, but they are largely preventable. There are limited data on knowledge and practices on screening methods of breast and cervical cancers among female health care workers in Sri Lanka, in spite of having an organized screening programme islandwide. A cross-sectional survey was conducted among 219 fema...