PhD, MBA, BSc (Hons)

Position

Lecturer

Teaching areas

Business Management, Administration and Accounting

Biography

Marlon started working at MIT as a contract lecturer of applied management in July 2023 and joined the faculty full-time as a lecturer in the School of Business and Digital Technologies in February 2024.

Before joining MIT, Marlon worked at Unitec as a contract lecturer for the Master of Applied Business programme and at Massey University as a Post-Doctoral Researcher. Marlon has served as a university academic in Sri Lanka for more than 20 years and has diverse experience in teaching, research and administration. He held many administrative positions, including the Head of the Department of Business Administration during his extensive academic career.

Marlon is passionate about excelling in teaching and research within applied business and educational management. His ambition is to make a positive change in business, industry, the global economy, and society through the creation and dissemination of knowledge - in keeping with the values of excellence, integrity, respect, and service.

Why I love MIT

Foremost, I like the positive, diverse, and inclusive culture of MIT, which promotes the values of a sense of belongingness, caring for each other, and an attitude towards excellence. This unique culture of MIT provides me with the opportunity to serve ākonga and kaimahi from different ethnicities and cultures with immense satisfaction. Moreover, it certainly encourages me to contribute effectively to MIT's vision of getting people into great jobs and its mission to deliver high-quality vocational, technical and professional tertiary education, research and technology.

Publications

• Gunasekera, M.A.M. (2014). Productivity as a Strategic Competitive Tool, Bankers Journal, a quarterly publication of the Institute of Bankers of Sri Lanka, 22(5), 22-27.
• Gunasekera, M.A.M. (2014). Strategies and Applications of Total Quality Management, Bankers Journal, Institute of Bankers of Sri Lanka, 20(4), 12-20.
• Gunasekera, M.A.M. (2003). The increasing demand for Total Quality Management, Ceylon Daily News (CDN) of 23rd of January 2004 (Sri Lanka).
• Gunasekera, M.A.M. (1999). Impact of Supervisory Leadership Styles on Labour Productivity in the Garment Industry of Sri Lanka, Sri Lankan Journal of Management, Postgraduate Institute of Management, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka, 4(1&2), 56-70.
• Gunasekera, M.A.M. (2007). Marketing Management: The art of managing the businesses in the 21st Century, MG Publications, Sri Lanka - Sinhala Medium (ISBN 978-955-50137-0-3).

Scholarly activities

I am currently studying for the New Zealand Certificate in Adult Literacy and Numeracy Education (NZCALNE).

Research I have in the pipeline includes:

• Gunasekera, M.A.M., Jayamaha, N.P. (n.d.), Examining the mediating role of organisational culture on the relationship between region-based firm ownership type and manufacturing performance, International Journal of Production and Operations Management.
• Gunasekera, M.A.M., Jayamaha, N.P. (n.d.), Development of a scale to operationalise and measure manufacturing performance of apparel firms, Research Journal of Textile and Apparel.

Research interests

Productivity & Quality Management, Leadership & Culture, Strategic Management and Tertiary Education Management.

Memberships and affiliations

Member of Massey University Alumni and the Association of Accounting Technicians of Sri Lanka (AATSL). Certified to conduct lectures for Edexcel (Pearson) London Examinations as a Business Studies Teacher.

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