Black Manufacturing SMEs in the Western Cape: Analysis Success Factors

ISBN-13: 9786202081610 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 148 str.

Alen Sawaya

Opis

This book examines manufacturing small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) from the Western Cape, drawn from three leading industries in the manufacturing sector: clothing, furniture, and panel beating and metal works. The aim of the study is to analyze factors that contribute to the success of black manufacturing enterprises.To this end, the study isolated a group of black SMEs regarded as successful in terms of comparative studies in other countries. A sample of 20 SMEs was selected and detailed interviews formed the basis of the analysis. The information gathered during this process was analysed using Porter's model of competitiveness. A central finding of the survey is that the profile of a successful enterprise would include an entrepreneur with post-school training, a motivation for independence and enhancement of self-esteem, a participative relationship between workers and management, and a good relationship with customers.

O autorze

Sawaya, Alen
Alen Sawaya is an author who blends works of academics and fiction in a delicate dichotomous perspective. He lives and works as a business man spending three quarters of his time running a medium sized company in Mozambique, at the same time using a portion of the remaining time to write fictional novels and academic research papers.