Face-to-face or distance training? Two different approaches to motivate SMEs to learn - an update
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Rapidly changing global markets have led to unprecedented growth in small business sectors.1 Firms that fall within the category of ‘small and medium-sized enterprises’ (SMEs) include micro-enterprises employing under 10 people, small enterprises of 11–50 people, and medium-sized enterprises of 51–250 people. This growth, combined with the prevalence of SMEs in the European Union (99% of organizations in the EU are SMEs, accounting for two-thirds of all EU jobs2) has attracted the EU policy makers with its promise of a focus for job creation. This notion is, however, misplaced since the majority of SMEs are microenterprises with under 10 employees – mainly single self-employed individuals. Most of these ‘organizations’ have little intention of growth, and therefore offer no real likelihood of taking on staff. Their main focus is on survival. However, those that do grow are the most likely to survive.3 Small rms are, nevertheless, seen as a remedy for the increasing levels of ‘downsizing’ in larger rms and the trend to subcontract work out of house. This has Face-to-face or distance training?
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Face - to - face or distance training ? Two different approaches to motivate SMEs
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