Abstract:
The adoption of business transformation
in most organizations has acclaimed a
wide recognition and reputation among
the academics research scholars and
practitioners as it is important
instrument towards. Transformation is
crucial for any business to survive in the
market and to retain their position. It is
very important to stay focused and to be
flexible in order to adapt to the changes
successfully. HRP is conducted in
efficient and effective manner to ensure
the smooth functioning of any
organization. Simply HRP determining
the future employee needs correctly
based on current information. Apparel
industry in Sri Lanka is one of major
contributor of economy of this county.
This study carried out to identify the
influence of HRP on transformation of
apparel business in Eastern Province. 27
senior level managers were surveyed
through structure questionnaire
developed for this study, comprising all
dimensions of HRP and Business
transformation dimensions. The results
was shows that the respondents
generally agree to the statement with the
mean value of 3.744 for HRP and 3.87 for
transformation The correlation between
HRP and business transformation was
significant where r= 0.785 at 0.00
significant level. Hence the finding
shows HRP has influence on
transformation of the apparel business in
the province. According to the
regression result the model fit was
explains thus R2 is 0.616 which shows
that 0.62 % of transformation is
explained by proper human resource
planning.
