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Business planning by small owner managed enterprises in the Victorian forestry sector.

Planning by owner-managers of small business has not received the attention from researchers a sector of such importance deserves. Using the forestry sector in Victoria as a sample, an investigation into the background and the planning undertaken by the owner-managers of small businesses was designed and implemented. The people consulted by the owner-manager as part of the planning process were identified as well as the topics discussed. A range of approaches to planning were identified and grouped into non-planners, partial planners and formal planners. The sample was divided into Consultants and Contractors based on the type of work undertaken and the equipment used. Further sub-sets were identified. Contractors were split into Labour Intensive Contractors and Capital Intensive Contractors and the Consultants were also divided by age into

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:ADTP/210057
Date January 2006
CreatorsShepherd, Peter James, psshep@unimelb.edu.au
PublisherRMIT University. Graduate School of Business
Source SetsAustraliasian Digital Theses Program
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
Rightshttp://www.rmit.edu.au/help/disclaimer, Copyright Peter James Shepherd

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