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Balancing european SME managers’ training contents : perceived importance & training needs
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Background: Given the limited available time of in-service professionals, the balance
between the perceived importance of the course content and training needs is
essential for the acceptance and attractiveness of training courses aimed at them.
Objectives: The goal of the paper is to contribute to the development of
entrepreneurship and business training programs for European SME managers.
Methods/Approach: In six European countries a survey focusing on SME managers’
views on the importance of individual items from a list of potential course content
items, and their training needs was carried out, and followed by an analysis using
exploratory and multivariate techniques. It was aimed at identifying homogeneous
groups of managers with common training needs and perceptions of content
importance. Results: Homogeneous groups of managers who assign the same
importance to certain competences and who have common training needs are
identified. Conclusions: Results of our research could help training institutions to
develop courses aimed at SME managers. The balancing approach proved to be an
interesting method of combining conflicting requirements for the training course
curriculum development.
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SME Managers Business Competences Curriculum development Exploratory multivariate techniques
Citation
Morgado, Leonel [et al.] - Balancing european SME managers’ training contents : perceived importance & training needs. "Business Systems Research Journal" [Em linha]. ISSN 1847-9375. Vol. 5, nº 2 (2014), p. 4-22