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On-Line Training For Smes: Final Report, Beth Walker, Beverley Webster, Sue Stoney
On-Line Training For Smes: Final Report, Beth Walker, Beverley Webster, Sue Stoney
Research outputs pre 2011
This research aimed to explore the appropriateness of on-line training delivery methods for small business owner/managers.
It is widely recognised that training and education are effective ways to reduce small business failure. In Australia, small business accounts for 96 percent of Australian private sector, non-agricultural businesses and they employ 47 percent of the private sector, non-agricultural workforce. Not surprisingly then, encouraging the development of the skills of the workforce has emerged as a major priority for government policy. However, what is also recognised is that many small business owner/managers (SBOs) have limited e-competencies.
Results of this research confirmed this and …