Balancing European SME managers’ training contents: perceived importance & training needs
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Summary: | 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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Balancing European SME managers’ training contents: perceived importance & training needsSMEManagersBusinessCompetencesCurriculum developmentExploratory multivariate techniquesSocial SciencesBackground: 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.This paper is based on work developed with support from the European Commission (Education and Culture Directorate-General, Lifelong Learning Programme). This publication reflects the views only of the authors, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained herein. The development of this paper was partly financed by the ERDF - European Regional Development Fund through the COMPETE Programme (operational programme for competitiveness) and by National Funds through the FCT - Fundacao para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia (Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology) within projects "FCOMP - 01-0124-FEDER-022701" and "FCOMP-010124-FEDER-022692".Walter de Gruyter GmbHUniversidade do MinhoMorgado, LeonelVarajão, JoãoDominguez, CarolineOliveira, IreneSousa, Fernanda20142014-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/1822/31052eng1847-834410.2478/bsrj-2014-0007info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-07-21T12:32:12Zoai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/31052Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T19:27:30.843930Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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Balancing European SME managers’ training contents: perceived importance & training needs |
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Balancing European SME managers’ training contents: perceived importance & training needs |
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Balancing European SME managers’ training contents: perceived importance & training needs Morgado, Leonel SME Managers Business Competences Curriculum development Exploratory multivariate techniques Social Sciences |
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Balancing European SME managers’ training contents: perceived importance & training needs |
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Balancing European SME managers’ training contents: perceived importance & training needs |
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Balancing European SME managers’ training contents: perceived importance & training needs |
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Balancing European SME managers’ training contents: perceived importance & training needs |
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Balancing European SME managers’ training contents: perceived importance & training needs |
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Morgado, Leonel |
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Morgado, Leonel Varajão, João Dominguez, Caroline Oliveira, Irene Sousa, Fernanda |
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Varajão, João Dominguez, Caroline Oliveira, Irene Sousa, Fernanda |
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Universidade do Minho |
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Morgado, Leonel Varajão, João Dominguez, Caroline Oliveira, Irene Sousa, Fernanda |
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SME Managers Business Competences Curriculum development Exploratory multivariate techniques Social Sciences |
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SME Managers Business Competences Curriculum development Exploratory multivariate techniques Social Sciences |
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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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