Impact of Leaders Competency on the Profitability of the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise

Abstract

Purpose: A changing global business arena marks the present business environment; these changes push the organizations to undergo both systematic and unsystematic transmutation. The current study identifies the leaders competencies required in an MSME and studies the relationship between leaders competencies and profitability of the organization.

Design/Methodology/Approach: The study sets about with an in-depth literature review of the identified keywords i.e. competency and leaders’ competency and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise using Systematic Review of Literature (Tranfield, Denyer and Smart 2003).

Findings: Through extensive literature review a model was proposed that establishes the relationship between identified competencies and profitability of the organization. The competencies are defined in terms of 7 variables.

Paper Type: Exploratory Research Paper