Training for Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) in The Bahamas

Abstract

This article is adapted from a survey report entitled "Management Training for Small Business in Canada". It was funded by the Federal Government in 1990 and is composed of two studies. The first is a review of various sources of information available on the topic of small business management training. The second study comprises the results of a nation-wide survey of 187 professionals involved in activities related to management training. Whereas the survey report evaluates existing management training services available to Canadian small businesses, this article applies the research findings to the Bahamian environment. Preliminary research on the training and development needs of Bahamian SMEs supports the general consensus emerging from this comparative study that both Canadian and Bahamian small businesses, as a whole, do not devote enough time and resources to management training.