Ganah, Abdulkadir and Rennie, Allan (2010) Skills development of employees at SMEs in the construction sector in the North of England. In: The Construction, Building and Real Estate Research Conference of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (COBRA 2010). Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS). ISBN 978-1-84219-619-9
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In order to achieve a successful development of the economy and society of a country a highly knowledgeable and skilled labour force is needed. Training and skills development are key to maintaining a healthy construction industry in the UK. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in construction to retain a competitive advantage invest on training and development of its employees. This research aims to investigate skills development in SMEs in the construction sector. To achieve this aim, a series of semi-structured interviews with directors and/or senior managers of 89 SMEs, were conducted. These SMEs selected randomly from a database of SMEs in the construction industry in the North of England. The analysis revealed that there are a range of barriers that may hinder the efforts of many training initiatives offered by organisations and government departments to help SMEs to gain a competitive advantage. These include awareness, finance, access, geographical location and provision of training and other skills development opportunities.
| Item Type: | Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | training ; Barriers ; SMEs ; Construction ; Skills |
| Subjects: | UNSPECIFIED |
| Departments: | Faculty of Science and Technology > Engineering |
| ID Code: | 50986 |
| Deposited By: | ep_importer_pure |
| Deposited On: | 11 Nov 2011 10:04 |
| Refereed?: | No |
| Published?: | Published |
| Last Modified: | 26 Jul 2012 23:06 |
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| URI: | http://eprints.lancs.ac.uk/id/eprint/50986 |
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