Current Issue : July - September Volume : 2018 Issue Number : 3 Articles : 6 Articles
Socioeconomic development has intensified inter-enterprise competition and\nmade human resource exploitation extremely important for all enterprises. As\na major part of the market economy, private enterprises play an increasingly\nimportant role. Staff training, a key step of human resource development, is\ncritical for improving individual performances and overall corporate performance\n& yield. However, the staff training of medium- and small-sized private\nenterprises is faced by many problems that restrict the training efficacy.\nTo further diagnose the training-related problems faced by medium- and\nsmall-sized private enterprises, here the author analyzed the current situations\nof staff training in M and identified the problems. Together with relevant\nknowledge and theories, the author analyzed underlying causes and proposed\nappropriate suggestions, aiming to provide some references and guidance for\nimproving the training system of M....
Sri Lankan governments have a history of contradictory forms of engagement with NGOs\nand foreign donors, on the one hand embracing opportunities to work with and coordinate\nNGO donations for development, and on the other discouraging and rejecting more localised\nNGO activities. Successive governments have welcomed NGO and foreign donor funds for\nlarge scale construction projects. At the same time, with the support of Sinhala nationalist\ngroups, governments have also portrayed NGOs and foreign donors as imperial agents. This\ncriticism has been used against NGOs involved in the promotion and protection of human\nrights, especially in the war affected areas. This inconsistent behaviour of governments\ntowards NGOs and foreign donors reflects opportunistic politics. Some NGOs and foreign\ndonor agencies have successfully managed to navigate these contradictory government\npositions. Based on research in the southern and eastern provinces in Sri Lanka, this paper\nanalyses effective NGO engagement at the local level during the post-tsunami and post-war\nsituations. It focuses on those NGOs that have maintained government backing while also\npositively supporting local governance, community development and human rights....
ERP are comprehensive, fully integrated software packages that provide automated support\nfor most of the standard business processes within organizations. The uptake of ERP in the\nindustry has been impressive but not for SMEs. The SME market in the eyes of ERP\ndevelopers has been un-lucrative because it is fairly fragmented and rudimental. This means\nthat solutions adopted for one enterprise are not easily replicated on others in the same\ncategory. The paper determined the level and extent of ERP adoption in SMEs based in\nmanufacturing sector and the accruing benefits towards organization efficiency as measured\nusing a balance score card (BSC) approach. This study purposively sampled firms under\nKenya Industrial Estate cells. In each cell, four firms were selected the inclusion criteria\nbeing a manufacturing enterprise and adoption of ERP. Using the BSC five factor model, the\neffect of ERP adoption was measured. Cross sectional data was collected on a five point\nLikert scale. This data set gave rise to categorical data. The relationship between ERP\nadoption and organizational performance was model using a Chi-Square test of independence.\nThe study finds that there at the beginning phase except for customer satisfaction, financial\nstrength, employee perspectives, internal business processes and innovation are independent\nof ERP adoption. At the consolidation and maturity phases the financial strength, employee\nperspectives, internal business processes and innovation become dependent on ERP adoption\nmeaning the strength of these factors is determined by the ERP...
Manufacturing organizations have adopted the concept of lean manufacturing in order to\ndevelop the quality of their products and decrease their wastes. This is done by guarantee\nthat products are evaluate or assessed at each and every stage hence costs are decreased.\nThe objective of this study was to investigate the lean manufacturing apply in small\nmanufacturers companies in Romania and to observe the level of accepting of the concept.\nThe implementation and benefits of the lean manufacturing refer to level of education of\nemployees.This research is a cross sectional study which is conducted as an email survey.\nAccordingly, 25 companies have been surveyed to investigate the tendency for small\nmanufacturers entreprises in Romania to analyse the existence of lean methods for the\napplication in this type of organization and difficulties in the implementation stage and to\nidentify the critical success factors. The results of this preliminary study should illustrate\nthe existing hidden potential in small and medium sized enterprises and it is found that 87%\nof factories in this survey indicated that the employees need lean training. Awareness of the\nexistence of such needs can help management and training providers to establish\nappropriate preparation strategies for the successful implementation of a lean program in\nSMEs...
Abstract\nThe study examines the effect of New Product Development strategies on Consumer Brand Adoptionin SMEs in\nthe manufacturing industry in Ogun State, Nigeria. The main objective of the study is to determine the relationships\nbetween brand physical attributes, buyer behaviour, market pre-testing strategy, product adoption, marketing planning\npolicy and competitive edge of SMEs products in Ado-odo/Ota Local Government Area of Ogun State, Nigeria. The\nresearch design is the descriptive survey and data were gathered through a well-structured questionnaire rated on\na 6-point Likert scale of Strongly Agree to Strongly Disagree. The population of the study comprised 240 ownermanagers\nand employees of selected companies presumed to host most of the SMEs in the state. The simple\nrandom sampling technique was used to select a sample of 150 individuals. 134 copies of the questionnaire were\nreturned and analyzed using the percentile and simple regression statistical techniques. The study reveals that\nphysical attributes of SMEs products have significant weak relationship with buyer behaviour (R=0.333; p<0.05);\nthere is significant moderate relationship between market pre-testing strategy and adoption of product (R=0.342;\np<0.05) and there is significant but weak relationship between marketing planning policy and improve competitive\nedge of SMEs products (R=0.125, p<0.05). The study recommends that small businesses periodically review the\ntechniques employed in product development to enhance brand image and consumer expectation that guarantee\nconsumer loyalty....
Family membersââ?¬â?¢ ownership stances in family businesses are critical in case of business\nlongevity. Family membersââ?¬â?¢ business involvement in legal ownership rights has been addressed\nby previous studies and findings are rigid. Yet, themes behind family membersââ?¬â?¢ psychological\nownership in the business are not adequately shown in the literature. Accordingly, this study\nfocuses on understanding the role of psychological ownership of managers who have a kinship\nto owners, without having legal ownership rights to the business. Using psychological\nownership theory as the theoretical lenses, the emerging themes determining managerââ?¬â?¢s\npersonal, family and business objectives were explored. Based on purposive sampling\ntechnique, twenty managers from twelve diverse family businesses were selected as\nrespondents for interviews. In the data analysis, three main behavioural themes of managers in\nrelation to longevity of the business emerged: ââ?¬Ë?business objectives focusedââ?¬â?¢, ââ?¬Ë?family objectives\nfocusedââ?¬â?¢ and ââ?¬Ë?self-identityââ?¬â?¢. Results of the analysis indicated that managers from family without\nhaving legal ownership rights are exhibiting extra-role stewardship and task performance\nbehaviours, which are important to the longevity of the business. Further, to fulfil family and\nbusiness requirements, managers have shown the behaviour of ââ?¬Ë?benevolent leaderââ?¬â?¢ coordinating\nbusiness, family and other stakeholders driving the business satisfying family and other\npartners in the short term. Self-identity as a co-worker of the business and recognition as a legal\nowner are identified as claims of managers from owning family without having ownership\nrights to the business. Practically, these findings encourage effective governance decisions of\nfamily businesses....
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