Empowering Sme Managers in Palestine

by Analoui,Farhad

• ISBN13: 9780754640257
• ISBN10: 0754640256
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-02-28
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

SMEs create employment, wealth and a potential for future growth. In Palestine they can also mean survival and freedom, and for this area are not choices but a necessity for sustainable development. Drawing on original research this book explores how the challenge is being met by empowering the owners and managers of these pioneering businesses.

Table of Contents

List of Figures	ix
List of Tables	xi
Abbreviations	xiii
Preface	xv
Acknowledgements	xvi
1 Small and Micro Enterprises	1	(12)
Introduction	1	(1)
What are they?	1	(1)
Definition: A problematic notion	1	(1)
SMEs' contributions to development	2	(2)
Other studies	4	(1)
Managerial training for SMEs	5	(2)
Managerial skills and SMEs' effectiveness	7	(2)
SMEs and management training development in Palestine	9	(1)
An empirical study in Palestine	10	(1)
Plan of the book	10	(1)
Summary	11	(2)
2 Managerial Issues: An Overview	13	(42)
Introduction	13	(1)
Management and managers	13	(1)
Management process	14	(3)
Managers	17	(2)
Managerial pyramid	19	(1)
First-line management	19	(1)
Manager's success	19	(1)
Managerial roles	20	(2)
Formal authority and status	22	(2)
Manager's effectiveness	24	(2)
Manager's skills	26	(1)
Management development	27	(2)
Needs	29	(2)
Training and development	31	(1)
Training	32	(5)
Managerial skills	37	(1)
Models of skill training in management	38	(7)
Management training and development (MTD)	45	(4)
Management training systems	49	(4)
Summary	53	(2)
3 Management Training and Development in the Middle East	55	(12)
Introduction	55	(1)
Lending to SMEs	56	(3)
Management and development for SMEs in the Middle East	59	(2)
Managerial roles and training	61	(1)
Egypt	62	(1)
Jordan	63	(1)
Persian Gulf	64	(2)
Summary	66	(1)
4 SMEs in Palestine	67	(40)
Introduction	67	(1)
Background	67	(3)
Small and Micro Enterprises (SMEs) in Palestine	70	(4)
Management training development (MTD) for SMEs in Palestine	74	(4)
Management training programmes (MTPs) for SMEs	78	(5)
Characteristics and attributes of managers	83	(8)
Business characteristics and managerial training processes	91	(8)
Training results	99	(4)
MTPs' efforts and business success	103	(1)
Results of the training programmes	103	(1)
Summary	104	(3)
5 Categories of Skills for the Development of SME Managers	107	(22)
Introduction	107	(1)
Cluster of managerial skills	107	(7)
The relation between the managerial skills and development of SMEs	114	(7)
Measurement for development of managerial skills	121	(5)
Summary	126	(3)
6 Obstacles and Weaknesses Facing Training and Development	129	(16)
Introduction	129	(1)
Factor analysis	129	(4)
Conflict zone situation weaknesses	133	(2)
Weaknesses of the management training programmes	135	(1)
Trainers' weaknesses	135	(2)
SME managers' and their weaknesses	137	(1)
SME managers' and their preferences for training	138	(1)
Comparison between obstacles and weaknesses facing training and development	138	(1)
The relationship between the obstacles and weaknesses and development	139	(5)
Summary	144	(1)
7 Summary and Conclusions	145	(28)
Introduction	145	(1)
Literature and its relevance	146	(3)
Methodological approach	149	(1)
Major findings	149	(3)
Contribution of MTPs to the development of managers and SMEs	152	(3)
Obstacles and weaknesses facing the training process	155	(1)
Policy implications	155	(10)
Proposed framework for successful MTD programmes	165	(3)
Limitations of research	168	(1)
Areas of future research	169	(2)
Closing remarks	171	(2)
Bibliography	173	(20)
Index	193