Pro-growth small businesses: learning architecture

Sue Bergin-Seer; Alison J. Morrison

doi:10.1108/02621710210426871

Pro-growth small businesses: learning architecture

Sue Bergin-Seer, Alison J. Morrison

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Abstract

Internationally, a certain market failure has become apparent in terms of the effective engagement of small business owner-managers in business support programs, and in the wider concept of life long learning. There exists a cultural gap between support agencies and the small business sector's perceptions of the utility of formal support and learning interventions to the business performance of their business. Therefore, this paper extends knowledge and understanding within this context relative to what constitutes small business owner-managers' learning disposition, means, obstacles and organisation to be confronted and what form of new 'architecture' needs to be designed to support learning. A theoretical framework supports the analysis of findings from a research project based in Melbourne, Australia, which serves to illuminate pertinent issues towards informing more sensitised support interventions. Specifically, the attribute of a learning culture was identified as a factor contributing to growth in small businesses, and may represent a distinguishing characteristic between effective and non-effective economic performers.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	388-400
Number of pages	12
Journal	Journal of Management Development
Volume	21
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1108/02621710210426871
Publication status	Published - 2002

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Small business

Owner-managers

Managers

Market failure

Disposition

Economics

Life long learning

Business support

Learning culture

Factors

Business sector

Business performance

Theoretical framework

Informing

Life Long Learning

Business Performance

Research Projects

Performer

Theoretical Framework

Melbourne

Keywords

business development
corporate culture
learning
small firms

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Bergin-Seer, S., & Morrison, A. J. (2002). Pro-growth small businesses: learning architecture. Journal of Management Development, 21(5), 388-400. https://doi.org/10.1108/02621710210426871

Bergin-Seer, Sue ; Morrison, Alison J. / Pro-growth small businesses: learning architecture. In: Journal of Management Development. 2002 ; Vol. 21, No. 5. pp. 388-400.

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