Publisher's Synopsis
"This book is about managerial ability and how it might be assessed and improved and It focuses on rural Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). Traditionally, business studies have seldom covered the manager as a person and a decision maker in any great depth. Personnel management, production economics, financing, operations analysis techniques, etc, tend to be emphasised but the personal attributes of the decision makers have just as much influence on success as following the rules of good decision making. This book aims to correct this imbalance. The human characteristics of managers that define how a manager operates are explored as are their impact on managerial ability. The details of the competencies a manager must possess are also presented and discussed as are the potential detracting biases. The book concludes with methods and techniques for personal characteristic changes and associated managerial improvement. The concepts and c
