Open AccessTraining Interventions Needed For Developing Black Micro-Entrepreneurial Skills In The Informal Sector: A Qualitative Perspective
Author(s) -
E.E. Smith,
Sandra Perks
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
sa journal of human resource management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2071-078X
pISSN - 1683-7584
DOI - 10.4102/sajhrm.v4i1.85
Subject(s) - psychological intervention , qualitative research , skills management , perspective (graphical) , sample (material) , soft skills , training (meteorology) , empirical research , dreyfus model of skill acquisition , psychology , business , medical education , marketing , knowledge management , public relations , sociology , economic growth , political science , social psychology , computer science , economics , social science , philosophy , artificial intelligence , psychiatry , chemistry , epistemology , chromatography , medicine , physics , meteorology
This article outlines the results of a qualitative study, which investigates the nature of training interventions needed for developing black micro entrepreneurial skills in the informal sector. As this is a qualitative study, an empirical survey was conducted by means of a series of in-depth interviews with ten black micro entrepreneurs. A control group was used to verify the results of the initial sample selected. Four main types of entrepreneurial skills were identified, namely personal, technical, business operations and management skills. A model is developed indicating which training interventions and methods could be used to upgrade black micro entrepreneurial skills. General guidelines are also provided as to how training could be used to facilitate the acquisition of these microentrepreneurial skills