portfolio prepared for career progression

1. Prepared by:
H.G.Srinath
Faculty of Mgt. Studies & Commerce
MC 53793
CPM 3785

2. Acknowledgement
My sincere appreciation will go to Professor H.H D.N. P. Opatha, Head of the
Department of Human Resources management, who initiated this subject for betterment
of the students
I take this opportunity to show my gratitude, the lecturer who conducted this course Mr.
N.W.R.D.K. Dayarathna
My special thanks will go my loving mum who encouraged me in achieving this task.
I will thank all my friends who helped me a lot.

3. Table of contents
1. Executive summary
2. Chapter 01
I. Self-introduction
II. Dimension of my present life
III. PSP(personal strategic plan)
3 Chapter02
I. A review of the subject
4 Chapter03
I. What I learnt from this subject
5 Chapter04
I. How to be a valued & professional one
6 Chapter05
I. Conclusion

4. Executive summary
Once upon a time, some where in a close proximity to Gampaha, a child was born to
mother who is a teacher & father who is a native doctor. He was the eldest child of that
family, consist of three children. In early childhood, he was such a mischievous guy that
he never obeys his parents.
Once he passed the scholarship examination, when he was in the grade five. Then he
admitted to the Bandaranaike College, Gampaha was his second alma mater. Having
passed ordinary level examination in 2001& passed advanced level examination in
stream of commerce in 2004.Then he has been selected to the Faculty of Management
Studies &Commerce, University of Sri Jayewardenepura. Since this time was
revolutionary period of his life, he experienced a lot about his new home.
Now he is a student of second year, he is supposed to do a portfolio in accordance with
H.R.M.2302: Personal& Social Responsibility. This subject is all about “How to be a
professional& valued one for the betterment of the society”.

5. Who Am I?
I was born in 1st
of August 1985. My mother is a teacher teaching at Mahabodhi
Vidyalaya in Henegama. My father is native doctors working in private surgery at
Weliveriya.I have a brother & a sister. Brother is studying at the Faculty of Engineering,
University of Moratuwa. My sister is doing her advanced level examination in the stream
of bio science at Rathnavali College at Gampaha.
Let’s back to my early child hood. In retrospect, when I was at the age of two, I was not
much a conversationalist. If I want something, I would cry unless& until given it to me
by my mom or dad. At the age of four I was such a nasty guy that I never obey my
parents.
My first alma mater was Buthpitiya junior school. I learnt there up to the grade five. I
was a on of the outstanding pupil in the school. I was the head prefect in grade five.
Having passed scholar ship examination in 1995 &enter to the Bandaranayaka College
which was my second alma mater. I was excelling in studies & extra-curricular activities.
I was too studious such that I came to first five outstanding pupils in each & every
examination held in the school. I was a member of the school red cross society. I
participated so many campaigns like blood donation, providing health care facility,
providing first aid facility to the victims. I organized no of awareness programmes in
order to educate people. I actively attended to the perahera festival held in Kelaniya &
Gampaha. I was a social worker cum volunteer, having attended to preserving the
environment. I was the leader of Sri Lanka Red Cross School Society in our School
(2003-2004). I was the vice president of the Sinhala Literary Association (2000-2001). I
was a member of the School Buddhist Association. I was the head prefect of Dhamma
School & passed the Dhamma School final examination.
I sat ordinary level examination in 2001, having passed it & Selected commerce stream to
do advanced level examination. In 2004 I got through A/L with good results. Passing A/L
made me a completely different person. It was my revolutionary period. Having passed
the exam made new era of my life.
That is because; till I pass the A/L I did not serious about anything, except exams. But
once I passed the examination, I realized that I should hold responsible for my self, but
not others. I should be partner of my progress. I, my self must enlighten my future.

6. Dimension of my present life
Presently I am a second year student of faculty of Management Studies & Commerce,
University of Sri Jayewardenepura.
I have been selected to department of business Administration.
I am a student of Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka & having successfully
passed the intermediate examination.
I am a student of Institute of Personnel Management of Sri Lanka & following a
certificate course.

7. Personal Strategic Plan (PSP)
Introduction
The most intelligent animal on the earth is considered to be the Human (In future it may
change. I presumed). Human beings have five sensitive organs (some may say there are
six). So that they can grab any incident by using those five sensitive organs. There by
they can foresee the future & retrospect the past. Each & every human being living on the
earth, have some sort of exceptions. No human life will ever exist, for the sake of
exceptions. Therefore people plan & make strategies to meet their expect ions.
PSP, make the platform to for us handle our journey easier. It assists in finding the way to
our future. Where should we land on next month, one year’s time? .whether the said goals
are achieved in given time frame. PSP will help us to evaluate our progress. PSP will be a
one of the partner of our progress.
It is obvious that any successful person has PSP. But some may call it PSP & some may
not.
I as a human being, I have to do lots in my life & have to accomplish lots of goals.
Therefore proper PSP is prerequisite of every successful person.

8. My Vision
Serving all humans for the uplifting their standard of living together with mentality.
Mission
To be a person who is capable of achieving my vision.
My Philosophy
Philosophy is all about belief of a person (you may argue that always not, you may right).
But I presume, all beliefs are in the once Philosophy. In other words philosophy is all
how a person sees something. It is fed by numerous criterions. It may be the education
person obtained, environmental factors, religion.
Each & every person has a philosophy. But some may know it as his philosophy, some
may not. Different people have different philosophies. Once philosophy will reflect what
kind of a person he is? His behavior? His character, His attitudes & so on.
To be a person with a vision, such person must have a good philosophy. It mirrors your
life.
I also have good vision, which combines with my religion. As a Buddhist, I am
committed to Buddhism. I believe, what in comparable Buddha taught & I practicing his
sermons.
Although modern sophisticated technology is there. As we are the most intelligent being
in the world. But there are incidents; humans are still incapable of detecting, preventing
or correcting them. That is because they are beyond the human control. So that no one
can not exceed natural phenomena. No one is able to control it yet. We are controlling by
the natural phenomena.
Buddhism teaches the way to react the natural phenomena. One famous saying in
Buddhism is “if one who adheres to the Buddhism, the Buddhism will protect him.
(Dahamen dahamia surakei). According to Buddhism you must held responsible for your
actions. You should take avenge for your actions. According to Newton “Every action
has a reaction”. If you commit wrong thing, you will receive results of it, even if you
committed it by secretly. That is because no one can cheat his or her consciences. If you
did good thing, you would receive good results. Therefore I personally believe things to
be done in the best interest if the people. Not for the just sake of doing it. The

9. imagination should be free from errors. Actions are honest & outspoken. From beginning
to end you are with the same mind.
As principle I do not find faults with others. But if some one shows my fault, I am
willingly to accepting it. I do not mind the person whom advised to me.
We all know for a fact that, we all are in this world just for a while. We are not
permanent residents in this world. We did not bring any thing here & we can not take
anything from here except our good or bad actions. Therefore you must admit to work
keeping mind that you will die tomorrow.
Life it self is a long struggle from birth to death. But you can convert this struggle in to
peaceful & enjoyable in terms of your dedication & commitment. You must be satisfied
with what you have. You should not go for extremes. Middle path is the best of every
thing.

10. Personal Strategic Plan (PSP)
objective Target period(due date) Achieving strategy
To complete chartered
accountancy & be a
chartered Accountant
(note 01)
By the end of 2011 I have to complete three
years hands on experience
at audit firm. (From
onwards 2008-June/July).
Attend the classes regularly.
Do studies consistently &
continuously
To complete my first degree
in the field business
administration
(note-02)
2010-June Attend to the lectures
regularly.
Doing given assignment &
projects properly.
Gathering new knowledge.
Doing self studies
To complete IPM
professional course & be a
H.R. professional
(note-03)
End of 2010
Attend the class regularly.
Doing self studies
To follow MBA at PIM or
overseas in the field of
financial management
(note-04)
End of 2013 Follow lectures.
Doing researches
Gather new knowledge

11. Note01
I have successfully completed the intermediate examination & I have to complete two
more exams to be a chartered Accountant.
Note02
I have just completed the second year examination of my first degree. Two more years
left to complete my first degree.
Note03
Presently I am following a certificate course in H.R.M at Institute of Personnel
management of Sri Lanka. There I have to complete two more courses in order to be a
H.R. professional.
Note04
Once I became a chartered passed finalist or my first degree with a class, I can register
for the M.B.A. programmes in P.I.M or overseas.
Note05
As my father is a native doctor, according to their view I am the one who protect &
continue this valuable treasure. So I have ethical obligation to do so. Therefore I am
planning to publish a web site relating to Ayurwedic medicine.
To launch a web site
relating to Ayurwedic
medicine. (note-05)
End of 2012 Obtain information from
my father.
Observe customs &
traditions relating to
Ayurwedic medicine.
Read books related to it

12. A review of the subject
Life it self is long struggle from birth to death. Why do we feel so? Because we all are
human beings. We are so keen about, what is happening around us. We are so sensitive
unlike other animals. We are made of flesh & blood. You see how difficult to live (but
some would say, it is the way that you preserve your life. not always difficult. But my
argument is, although you suffer a lot about your life, you do not want to show it to
others. I am not pessimistic one). By using our five sensitive organs, we absorb every
action in terms of positive as well as negative.
As we all are human beings as well as social animals. As social animals we can not live
alone. We want to live together. Family is the smallest social organization in the society.
While living in the society, we have to engage with lots of people with different nature
because different people are brought up with different environment. So that living among
them would be the most challenging task.
One way of overcoming this task is, having a good education. HRM 2302 provided us a
tremendous knowledge about “how to be involved with human affairs & the society. This
subject was really helpful us to uplift our behavior, character, attitude as well. We gained
a lot about to our day to day life. This subject was not only for the studying but also for
practice. Course content was highly relevant for our lives. Especially subject areas like
“time management, Ethical decision making, and positive thinking” was so prestigious
for our lives.
Then I should specially mention about, the lecturer who conducted this lecture serious
was Mr.N.W.R.D.K. Dayarathna. He was one of the greatest teachers we ever had. We
were given a tremendous knowledge by him. He knew the art of teaching. As far as
teaching is concern, it is not an easy task. It involves lots of dedication & commitment.
He made us to absorb all essence of this subject during his lecture series. He assisted us
in each & every problem we faced. He made further clarification about, what is unknown
to us. He was good friend rather than a teacher.

13. Then I must say about Corporate Social Responsibility project we did. It was such a
noblest thing we ever did. Unlike other projects, this was highly keen on the morality of
humans. In this project we were not benefited by physically. It was for the mental
benefits.
We held a “First Aid Boxes” donating campaign, under the supervision of our former
lecturer Mr.N.W.R.D.K. Dayarathna & our A2 group members.
First we collected funds in order to buying first aid boxes. The ceremonially function was
held in management building & we donated first aid boxes to the other departments. We
were praised them a lot. We enjoyed a lot. We were given marks also.
Unlike other subject this subject added a value to our lives & it involved with lots of
activities which gained an experience to us.

14. About portfolio
Although preparing assignments seem to be made severe botheration on most of students.
That is because, most of them are dull & boring (not interesting). It is keen on subject
matters only. (If by chance, what would happen if the subject is not interested?). There,
what really students do is they do such assignment for the sake of doing.
Unlike other assignments this is some what interesting as well as important to our life
also. It is also really helpful to our future affairs as well.

15. How to be a valued & professional one
Life is always about making choices. What would happen if you end up with wrong
choices? No one will ever respect you. For you to be a valued & professional one, first
you must be good decision maker. You must weigh the prose & cones of the problem.
You must be an X-ray visionary viewer. Why it is so important? It is because your
professionalism is measured in terms of the accuracy of the decision you made. Why the
decision making so important to be a valued one. Your wealth is measured in terms of
your ability to make firm decisions. The way that you make decisions will show your
character, your behavior, your attitudes as well as your beliefs. It also shows your
flexibility, adoptability, commitment & perseverance. Not only they will see you from,
the way you adopt to find solution. Compare & contrast about decision made and check
whether solutions are firmly made.
To be a valued & professional one you must process a good
character. Nor person will ever considered as valued or professional one until & unless, if
he processes a good character. Character shows every thing about you. Other than that
others perception of yours is mainly depend on your character.
Another Essentional thing is managing the time. We all know for
a fact time is the one of the prestigious factor that we have. It is limited compared to life
spam of a person. The way that you adopt to manage your time will decide your future.
There you must follow list of strategies. You should complete your given tasks on time
not more or less.
Next issue is the way you look at the problems. If you think positively,
fine, but if not? You must bear every thing compassionately. Middle path is the best of
every thing.
These are the core factors to be a valued & professional one.

16. Environmental Analysis
The following is a SWOT analysis on me performed by me.
Category Attributes
STRENGTHS • Dedication
• Hardworking
• Intelligent to a greater extent
• Physically well built & strong
• Financially capable to a certain extent
• Good interpersonal skills
• Rising to the occasion
• Large network of different types of people
• Novel business ideas comes to the mind
WEEKNESSES • Making quick decisions, which are sometimes changed
• Not doing things on time
• Give hopes to people, which sometimes cannot be
executed
• Sometimes do not care other one’s idea
• Poor in communicating love
• Commence any activity with lot of commitment, but
when time pass the intensity drops

17. OPPORTUNITIES • Has a good potential to excel in business activities.
• Can use the current commercial knowledge to start up a
consultancy firm.
• Can exploit the personality to influence people.
• Use current professional responsibilities & qualifications to
become a quality professional
THREATS • Tend to get emotional when tragedies happen
• The current situation in the country affects adversely to the
career enhancement
• Being the elder son of the family bring about additional
responsibility to the life
• Political & environmental unstable.

19. VISION. Serving all humans for the uplifting their standard of living together with
mentality.
PERSONAL INFORMATION
 FULL NAME - Hettipathirannehelage Gayan Srinath
 NAME WITH INITIALS - H.G. Srinath
 DATE OF BIRTH - 1st
August 1985
 GENDER - Male
 NIC NUMBER -852143576V
 ADDRESS - No
82,Amunukumbura,Wathurugama,Gampaha
 TELEPHONE No - Residence-0332278305
Private -0716857244
 E- MAIL - gayan_srinath@yahoo.com
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
GCE-A/L 2004 (Commerce Stream)
Index No 4287096
Medium Sinhala
Accounting A
Economics A

20. Business studies A
General test 48(Marks)
General English B (2005) index no
Z-score 1.8945
District Rank 68
Island Rank 668
GCE-O/L 2001
Index no 10448055
Medium Sinhala
Mathematics A
Social studies A
Buddhism A
Sinhala A
Business&Accounting Studies A
Science& technology B
Dancing B
Sinhala Literature B
English C
Currently I’m a second year undergraduate student at Department of business
administration of University of Sri Jayewardenepura
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
 I have successfully completed the intermediate examination at Institute of
Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka.

21.  Presently I am following a Human Resources Management(Certificate)
course at the Institute of Personal Management in Sri Lanka(IPM)
EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
 I was an active member of the Sri Lanka Red Cross School Society during
my School carrier (1998-2004).
 I was the leader of the Sri Lanka Red Cross School Society of my School
during (2002-2004).
 I was an active member of School Buddhist Society.
 I was the Secretary of Sinhala Literature Association formed in the grade
eleven.
Working Experience
 I have five months working experience, People’s bank at Gampaha
(Services number 97854).

22. REFERENCE (2 referees)
C.V. Abeyrathna
Senior sales manager (life division)
Ceylinco Insurance (LTD)
Kirindiwela
033-2268423
R.P.C.J. Rajapashaka
Lieutenant
Assistant coordinating Officer
District Disaster Management coordinating Unit
Gampaha (W.P)
Mobile-0773-369425 Office-033-4926033
I do hereby certify that the above information are true & correct according to the best of
my knowledge & belief.
…………………………..
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Signature Date

23. ATTACHMENTS:

24. REFERENCES:
HRM 2302: Personal & Social Responsibility – Course manual (Dept. of HRM – FMSC
– Univ. of SJP)