Lack of committment or lack of resources? Owner-managers' attitudes towards training provision within the UK small firms / Syeda-Masooda Mukhtar

In the knowledge-based global economy of the 21st century, investment in human capital will be critical in ensuring business survival and competitiveness. Yet, as we approach the new millennium, it is often frustrating to observe that while small businesses continue to complain of skills gaps, commi...

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Main Author:	Mukhtar, Syeda-Masooda
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Faculty of Business and Management ; UiTM Press 2000
Subjects:	Small business. Medium-sized business Executives Training of employees. Employer-supported education
Online Access:	http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/11427/ http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/11427/ http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/11427/1/AJ_SYEDA%20MASOODA%20MUKHTAR%20JIBE%2000.pdf

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spelling	uitm-114272016-11-29T08:14:22Z http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/11427/ Lack of committment or lack of resources? Owner-managers' attitudes towards training provision within the UK small firms / Syeda-Masooda Mukhtar Mukhtar, Syeda-Masooda Small business. Medium-sized business Executives Training of employees. Employer-supported education In the knowledge-based global economy of the 21st century, investment in human capital will be critical in ensuring business survival and competitiveness. Yet, as we approach the new millennium, it is often frustrating to observe that while small businesses continue to complain of skills gaps, committing resources to training has never featured prominently on their agenda. This study sets out to explore this apparent paradox. In particular, the attitudes of small business owners-managers are analysed since it is their ethos and perspective that is critical in determining the strategic direction of training within their firms. The sample constitutes 144 UK firms. Faculty of Business and Management ; UiTM Press 2000 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/11427/1/AJ_SYEDA%20MASOODA%20MUKHTAR%20JIBE%2000.pdf Mukhtar, Syeda-Masooda (2000) Lack of committment or lack of resources? Owner-managers' attitudes towards training provision within the UK small firms / Syeda-Masooda Mukhtar. Journal of International Business, Economics and Entrepreneurship (JIBE), 8 (2). pp. 113-131. ISSN 0128-7494 https://jibe.uitm.edu.my/
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description	In the knowledge-based global economy of the 21st century, investment in human capital will be critical in ensuring business survival and competitiveness. Yet, as we approach the new millennium, it is often frustrating to observe that while small businesses continue to complain of skills gaps, committing resources to training has never featured prominently on their agenda. This study sets out to explore this apparent paradox. In particular, the attitudes of small business owners-managers are analysed since it is their ethos and perspective that is critical in determining the strategic direction of training within their firms. The sample constitutes 144 UK firms.
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title	Lack of committment or lack of resources? Owner-managers' attitudes towards training provision within the UK small firms / Syeda-Masooda Mukhtar
title_short	Lack of committment or lack of resources? Owner-managers' attitudes towards training provision within the UK small firms / Syeda-Masooda Mukhtar
title_full	Lack of committment or lack of resources? Owner-managers' attitudes towards training provision within the UK small firms / Syeda-Masooda Mukhtar
title_fullStr	Lack of committment or lack of resources? Owner-managers' attitudes towards training provision within the UK small firms / Syeda-Masooda Mukhtar
title_full_unstemmed	Lack of committment or lack of resources? Owner-managers' attitudes towards training provision within the UK small firms / Syeda-Masooda Mukhtar
title_sort	lack of committment or lack of resources? owner-managers' attitudes towards training provision within the uk small firms / syeda-masooda mukhtar
publisher	Faculty of Business and Management ; UiTM Press
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Lack of committment or lack of resources? Owner-managers' attitudes towards training provision within the UK small firms / Syeda-Masooda Mukhtar

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