Strategic Leadership in Small Manufacturing Organizations: An Empirical Study on Madhya Pradesh & Maharashtra

Majumdar, Satyajit (2005) Strategic Leadership in Small Manufacturing Organizations: An Empirical Study on Madhya Pradesh & Maharashtra. TAPMI, Manipal.

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Abstract

The small scale sector especially in manufacturing segment is under severe pressure in the present liberalized business environment. The phase-shift in Government policies from protection to competition has thrown challenges for competitive growth. In India majority of small scale organisations are proprietary firms. Strategies planning in small organisations are significantly different from the large organizations. The processes are informal in nature as in most of the cases the entrepreneurs are the sole strategic decision maker. They also manage the day today operations. In most of the cases they perform multiple tasks, in spite of that there is also a strong need for them to chalk out a growth plan. Viewing market and opportunities are the core necessities of strategic leadership. By design the small manufacturing organisations have advantage of flexible economies of scale which the large scale industry can not create. There a number of areas in which small organisations can take the role of the out – sourced agent and provide support to the large scale industries. The paper concludes that the strategic processes in small manufacturing organisations take short term view of the market and the customers. The processes are informal in nature. Small organisations have developed competence to work on uncertain conditions, largely to meet the demand fluctuations of their customers. While maintaining this skill they should gradually create market focus. This can further enhance their capability and preparedness to deal with changes.

Item Type:	TAPMI Working Papers
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Strategic Leadership; Small Manufacturing Organizations: Madhya Pradesh; Maharashtra
Subjects:	General Management
Divisions:	Operations and Information Science
Depositing User:	Ms. Vanitha K
Date Deposited:	16 Nov 2018 10:06
Last Modified:	09 Jan 2019 09:12
URI:	http://tapmi.informaticsglobal.com/id/eprint/345

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