Das Buch beschäftigt sich mit der Problematik der Einstellungsfähigkeit älterer akademisch ausgebildeter Arbeitnehmer (Employability), und zwar unter Bezug auf die Beurteilungskriterien, nach denen Personalverantwortliche mittelständischer Unternehmen im Raum Frankfurt/Main hoch...

The training and human resource management (HRM)needs of owner-managers and their workers is a much-neglected area of smallbusiness research.In this study undertaken between 1998 and 2000, anexploratory telephone survey of 6,000 randomly selected small businesses inGreat Britain was...

Training and human resources in relation to the management of small e-businesses are considered. After defining the many meanings of e-business, a framework for a research agenda about training and related human resource issues is proposed. Such research would: (1) embrace quantitative and...

Human resources (HR) represent a crucial resource of enterprises. This especially applies to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), in which HR can create a competitive advantage and affect survival and development. Changes in the business environment, the need for new knowledge, skills and...

The lack of systematic knowledge on the SMEs training practices could be explained by the lack of financial resources and the low-motivation of managers to invest in skill development. This is the so-called "competence paradox", according to which firms investing in their employees' competence...