Research Leadership Capacity of Small and Medium-sized Enterprise Directors: The Case Study in Thanh Hoa Province, Vietnam

Do Minh Thuy¹ and Nguyen Thi Loan^2,

¹Tien Nong AID Company

²Faculty of Economic and Business Administration, Hong Duc University

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Do Minh Thuy and Nguyen Thi Loan. Research Leadership Capacity of Small and Medium-sized Enterprise Directors: The Case Study in Thanh Hoa Province, Vietnam. Journal of Business and Management Sciences. 2019; 7(1):12-18. doi: 10.12691/JBMS-7-1-2

Abstract

The director is the head, who is in charge of operating the business and is the highest accountability about the results of the business as well as the life of the employees. Therefore, the assessment and development of director’s leadership capacity are essential. In this study, the author focuses on analyzing the leadership skills of SME managers in Thanh Hoa based on the survey results of 196 enterprises in the multi-capacity assessment method. 360 degrees, thereby suggest solutions to improve and develop the leadership capacity in coming time.

Keywords

leadership capacity, director, SME

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