Abstract (German)

Branchenspezifische SWOT-Analysen zur Hypothesenentwicklung, quantitative empirische Erhebungen, statistischer Hypothesentest.

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Abstract (English)

Aims: <br>a) to develop a methodology for identifying the specific training needs of SMEs <br>b) to provide an understanding of the key skill requirements <br>c) to give guidance for SME's towards acquiring the relevant skills <br>d) to translate skill requirements into actionable training needs <br>e) to give guidance for directing the activities towards training areas with greatest impact. <br>Hypotheses: <br>a) success and failures can be identified by discriminating factors <br>b) discriminating factors depend on the quality of the human resource inputs<br> c) measures to improve performance should therefore be aimed at improving or adding new competencies and skills <br>d) some competencies will probably be industry-specific <br>e) company size is critical in determining training needs. <br>First results: <br>country specific analyses of industry structure, industry specific SWOT-analyses, analyses of success factors and available training resources <br>results of the data analysis gathering activities, first statistical analysis

Partners

• EMI - Greece
• Logos Audit - Italy
• Nottingham Business School| - United Kingdom
• University of Tampere - Sweden
• Storstroem Business School - Denmark

Classification

• 5307 Business and management economics (Details)
• 5352 Human resource management, personnel management (Details)

Expertise

• small-scale business
• medium-sized enterprise
• human resource development
• qualification for key function
• Austria
• success-failure
• demand analysis
• demand forecast
• vocational training
• Denmark
• Finland
• Greece
• Great Britain
• Italy