| Description |
1 online resource (217 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Abbreviations -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Small and Micro Enterprises -- Introduction -- What are they? -- Definition: A problematic notion -- SMEs' contributions to development -- Other studies -- Managerial training for SMEs -- Managerial skills and SMEs' effectiveness -- SMEs and management training development in Palestine -- An empirical study in Palestine -- Plan of the book -- Summary -- 2 Managerial Issues: An Overview -- Introduction -- Management and managers -- Management process -- Managers -- Managerial pyramid -- First-line management -- Manager's success -- Managerial roles -- Formal authority and status -- Manager's effectiveness -- Manager's skills -- Management development -- Needs -- Training and development -- Training -- Managerial skills -- Models of skill training in management -- Management training and development (MTD) -- Management training systems -- Summary -- 3 Management Training and Development in the Middle East -- Introduction -- Lending to SMEs -- Management and development for SMEs in the Middle East -- Managerial roles and training -- Egypt -- Jordan -- Persian Gulf -- Summary -- 4 SMEs in Palestine -- Introduction -- Background -- Small and Micro Enterprises (SMEs) in Palestine -- Management training development (MTD) for SMEs in Palestine -- Management training programmes (MTPs) for SMEs -- Characteristics and attributes of managers -- Business characteristics and managerial training processes -- Training results -- MTPs' efforts and business success -- Results of the training programmes -- Summary -- 5 Categories of Skills for the Development of SME Managers -- Introduction -- Cluster of managerial skills -- The relation between the managerial skills and development of SMEs |
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Measurement for development of managerial skills -- Summary -- 6 Obstacles and Weaknesses Facing Training and Development -- Introduction -- Factor analysis -- Conflict zone situation weaknesses -- Weaknesses of the management training programmes -- Trainers' weaknesses -- SME managers' and their weaknesses -- SME managers' and their preferences for training -- Comparison between obstacles and weaknesses facing training and development -- The relationship between the obstacles and weaknesses and development -- Summary -- 7 Summary and Conclusions -- Introduction -- Literature and its relevance -- Methodological approach -- Major findings -- Contribution of MTPs to the development of managers and SMEs -- Obstacles and weaknesses facing the training process -- Policy implications -- Proposed framework for successful MTD programmes -- Limitations of research -- Areas of future research -- Closing remarks -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Al-Madhoun, Mohammed
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| ISBN |
9781351940405 |
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1351940406 |
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