Exploring the strategising practices of small business managers in selected small businesses in the accommodation sector in Tshwane metropolitan area

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Sami, Winnet

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2016-06

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Dissertation

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en

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Strategising , Strategic management , Small business , Smmes , Small and micro enterprises , Accommodation , Small business survival , Strategy-as-practice , Management tools

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There has been few research studies aimed at investigating strategy in small businesses. The current study sought to contribute to small business management and help small businesses attain success as they are important in any economy. Furthermore to close the gap as a response to the call for research in what people actually do when strategising. The following study explored the strategising practices of small business managers from the accommodation sector and the tools they use when strategising. A total of 12 interviews were conducted during the period 2014-2015 in the Tshwane metropolitan area. The findings of the study show that small business managers strategise although not in the way proposed by literature which may reveal that strategy-as-practice may be more appropriate for small businesses. The findings also show the tools that small business managers use in strategising. The research will serve as a contribution to the current challenges facing small businesses in the practice of strategic management or lack thereof in the managing of small businesses to ensure success.

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Sami, Winnet (2016) Exploring the strategising practices of small business managers in selected small businesses in the accommodation sector in Tshwane metropolitan area, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/22203>

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