Managerial Competencies & Polish SMEs’ Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Insight

The COVID-19 pandemic and its implications have had a devastating impact on the business sector worldwide, especially on the SMEs’ sector. By highlighting the evolution, and so the specificity, of the Polish SMEs’ sector, by reference to the concept of learning organization, this paper queried the s...

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Autores principales:	Marek Bodziany, Zbigniew Ścibiorek, Zenon Zamiar, Anna Visvizi
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Publicado:	MDPI AG 2021
Materias:	COVID-19 SMEs Poland crisis learning organization resilience Environmental effects of industries and plants TD194-195 Renewable energy sources TJ807-830 Environmental sciences GE1-350
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:5bb5cc894bba4c79b1769b1a14929e722021-11-11T19:33:58ZManagerial Competencies & Polish SMEs’ Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Insight10.3390/su1321118642071-1050https://doaj.org/article/5bb5cc894bba4c79b1769b1a14929e722021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/13/21/11864https://doaj.org/toc/2071-1050The COVID-19 pandemic and its implications have had a devastating impact on the business sector worldwide, especially on the SMEs’ sector. By highlighting the evolution, and so the specificity, of the Polish SMEs’ sector, by reference to the concept of learning organization, this paper queried the sources of the Polish SMEs’ unsatisfactory response to the COVID-19 pandemic and its implications. A survey (<i>n</i> = 147) conducted among a sample of Polish SMEs revealed that the Polish SMEs, in general, did not recognize the salience of managerial skills in building their capacity to withstand a crisis. Creating growth opportunities, rather than accumulating and operationalizing their organization’s knowledge, were stressed as the way of navigating challenges. This paper offers an insight into selected factors that influenced Polish SMEs’ sector during the COVID-19 pandemic, and suggests some ways of addressing problems thus identified.Marek BodzianyZbigniew ŚcibiorekZenon ZamiarAnna VisviziMDPI AGarticleCOVID-19SMEsPolandcrisislearning organizationresilienceEnvironmental effects of industries and plantsTD194-195Renewable energy sourcesTJ807-830Environmental sciencesGE1-350ENSustainability, Vol 13, Iss 11864, p 11864 (2021)
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topic	COVID-19 SMEs Poland crisis learning organization resilience Environmental effects of industries and plants TD194-195 Renewable energy sources TJ807-830 Environmental sciences GE1-350
spellingShingle	COVID-19 SMEs Poland crisis learning organization resilience Environmental effects of industries and plants TD194-195 Renewable energy sources TJ807-830 Environmental sciences GE1-350 Marek Bodziany Zbigniew Ścibiorek Zenon Zamiar Anna Visvizi Managerial Competencies & Polish SMEs’ Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Insight
description	The COVID-19 pandemic and its implications have had a devastating impact on the business sector worldwide, especially on the SMEs’ sector. By highlighting the evolution, and so the specificity, of the Polish SMEs’ sector, by reference to the concept of learning organization, this paper queried the sources of the Polish SMEs’ unsatisfactory response to the COVID-19 pandemic and its implications. A survey (<i>n</i> = 147) conducted among a sample of Polish SMEs revealed that the Polish SMEs, in general, did not recognize the salience of managerial skills in building their capacity to withstand a crisis. Creating growth opportunities, rather than accumulating and operationalizing their organization’s knowledge, were stressed as the way of navigating challenges. This paper offers an insight into selected factors that influenced Polish SMEs’ sector during the COVID-19 pandemic, and suggests some ways of addressing problems thus identified.
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title	Managerial Competencies & Polish SMEs’ Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Insight
title_short	Managerial Competencies & Polish SMEs’ Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Insight
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Managerial Competencies & Polish SMEs’ Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Insight

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