标题:Tahap keupayaan usahawan dalam Perusahaan Kecil dan Sederhana di Kuala Terengganu (The entrepreneurs’ capability level in the Small and Medium Enterprises in Kuala Terengganu)
期刊名称:Geografia : Malaysian Journal of Society and Space
电子版ISSN:2180-2491
出版年度:2017
卷号:13
期号:4
出版社:Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
摘要:The Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) is one of the Government's initiatives to reduce the level of poverty in Malaysia and also to reduce the income gap between the rural and urban population. In this regard, the entrepreneurs’ capability in executing small and medium enterprises is very important and necessary to advance the business to increase their income. The capability of an entrepreneur to manage a business can be measured through their internal capabilities and it can be manifested through the personal leadership capability, capability of the management skills and the proactive capability. Hence, the objective of this study is to measure the entrepreneurs' capability level in small and medium enterprises in Kuala Terengganu. The level of entrepreneurial capability will be measured based on three main domains, namely personal leadership capability, management skills capability and proactive capability. For that reason, the survey method using the purposive sampling technique was adopted in this study. Questionnaire is used as an instrument of data collection. As a result, a total of 50 small and medium enterprises entrepreneurs around Kuala Terengganu had given their cooperation. The descriptive analysis using frequency, percentage and mean is used to illustrate the results and objectives of the study. The findings show that the level of personal leadership capability and the capability of the entrepreneurs' management skills are moderately high. However, the entrepreneurs' display high level of proactive capacity. The findings imply that the personal leadership and management skills among the small and medium enterprises entrepreneurs need to be given more attention to ensure that their businesses will be more viable in the future.
关键词:personal leadership; management skills; capability; Small and Medium Enterprises; small and medium enterprises; proactive; entrepreneur