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The key success factors in growing a small and medium enterprise (SME) in South Africa
Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2010.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/23485 The key success factors in growing a small and medium enterprise (SME) in South Africa Adonisi, Mandla upetd@up.ac.za Rozyn, Shaun UCTD Small Medium and micro enterprises Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2010. This research identified the critical success factors in the growth of small businesses in South Africa against the theories of small business growth. The study applied both quantitative and qualitative research methodology to identify which factors contributed most to the growth of the sample of 131 small businesses in Gauteng province. This was done by (1) identifying the mean characteristics of small businesses that had experienced their first disruption to growth after establishment, (2) identifying the dominant reasons for the growth challenges, (3) identifying the tools and/or actions employed to transgress the first challenge to growth and (4) comparing these actions to small businesses that had not experienced challenges to their growth. Small businesses facing growth challenges were found to be between one and three years old, have 36 staff, have sales revenue of R13,5 million and sales growing at 25% per annum. The most common mitigation tools and/or actions were to hire more staff, hire competent professional management, source external professional assistance in the form of a mentor and restructure reporting lines. This research found that the focus of small business development should focus on these types of businesses because of their propensity to grow faster and employ more staff. This study also emphasised the growth aspirations of the owner/ manager. Lastly a management model for small businesses was presented. Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) unrestricted 2013-09-06T15:27:27Z 2010-06-19 2013-09-06T15:27:27Z 2008-04-04 2010-06-19 2010-03-25 Dissertation Rozyn, S 2007, The key success factors in growing a small and medium enterprise (SME) in South Africa, MBA dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/23485 > G10/188/ag http://hdl.handle.net/2263/23485 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-03252010-161953/ © 2007 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Small Medium and micro enterprises The key success factors in growing a small and medium enterprise (SME) in South Africa |
| title | The key success factors in growing a small and medium enterprise (SME) in South Africa |
| title_full | The key success factors in growing a small and medium enterprise (SME) in South Africa |
| title_fullStr | The key success factors in growing a small and medium enterprise (SME) in South Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | The key success factors in growing a small and medium enterprise (SME) in South Africa |
| title_short | The key success factors in growing a small and medium enterprise (SME) in South Africa |
| title_sort | key success factors in growing a small and medium enterprise sme in south africa |
| topic | UCTD Small Medium and micro enterprises |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/23485 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-03252010-161953/ |