Cover -- Half Title -- Series Information -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Authors -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Project background -- 1.2 Objective and aims -- 1.3 Philosophy -- 1.4 Route-map -- References -- 2 Economic grow...

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Hauptverfasser:	Bali, Azad Singh ca. 20./21. Jh (VerfasserIn), McKiernan, Peter 1953- (VerfasserIn), Vas, Christopher (VerfasserIn), Waring, Peter (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Milton Routledge 2019
Schriftenreihe:	Routledge Focus on Environment and Sustainability
Schlagworte:	Wirtschaftsentwicklung Klein- und Mittelbetrieb Südostasien Singapur Small business-Singapore-Management Small business-Southeast Asia-Management Electronic books
Zusammenfassung:	Cover -- Half Title -- Series Information -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Authors -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Project background -- 1.2 Objective and aims -- 1.3 Philosophy -- 1.4 Route-map -- References -- 2 Economic growth and productivity in Singapore and South East Asia -- 2.1 Economic trends in South East Asia -- 2.1.1 Regional macroeconomic comparison -- 2.1.2 Global competitiveness comparison -- 2.1.3 Global innovation comparison -- 2.1.4 Future-proof production comparison -- 2.2 Singapore's growth and development strategy -- 2.2.1 Background to economic success -- 2.2.2 Fiscal perspectives on Singapore's growth strategy -- 2.2.3 The problem of productivity -- 2.3 Singapore's reliance on foreign labour -- 2.3.1 The historical context -- 2.3.2 The modern labour context and its emergent social problems -- 2.3.3 The productivity policy remedy -- 2.4 Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 3 Research method -- 3.1 Chapter aim and research questions -- 3.2 Research framework -- 3.3 Data collection: Phase 1 -- 3.3.1 Extant literature -- 3.3.2 SME interviews -- a) Labour market reforms -- b) Domestic employment and attrition -- c) Training opportunities -- d) Automated production -- e) Government schemes -- f) Leadership succession -- 3.3.3 Delphi study -- 3.3.4 Results of Phase 1 -- 3.4 Data collection: Phase 2 -- 3.5 Conclusion -- References -- 4 Research findings -- 4.1 Descriptive statistics -- 4.2 SME driver performance -- 4.2.1 Technology and capital utilisation -- 4.2.2 Pay and performance management -- 4.2.3 Training, development and organisational learning -- 4.2.4 Innovation culture -- 4.2.4 Government policy, markets and regulation -- 4.3 Estimation of composite score -- 4.3.1 Method -- a) Scoring questions -- b) TFP driver score -- c) Composite TFP driver score 4.3.2 Industry position -- 4.3.3 Caveat -- Note -- References -- 5 Recommendations for policy and practice -- 5.1 Improving technology and capital utilisation -- 5.2 Improving pay and performance management -- 5.3 Improving training, development (T&D) and organisational learning -- 5.4 Improving innovation culture -- 5.5 Improving government policy and regulation -- 5.6 Improving leadership and management quality -- 5.7 Conclusions -- References -- 6 Conclusion -- 6.1 Project summary -- 6.2 Limitations of the research -- 6.3 Productivity portal -- 6.4 Workplace of the future -- 6.4.1 Drivers of change -- 6.4.2 Scenarios for the future of work in Singaporean SMEs -- TECHHIGH -- TECHHYBRID -- TECHCHALLENGE -- SCENARIO OUTCOME -- 6.5 Caveat -- References -- Index
Beschreibung:	x, 113 pages Diagramme
ISBN:	9781138594418