Research
Training Managers and Owners of Private Greek Enterprises
The purpose of this article was to propose various training programs for the development of owners and managers of private Greek enterprises. The author of this article has been examining, analyzing, evaluating, and critiquing the state of management practices in private Greek enterprises since 1971. He has written and published a dissertation on private Greek enterprises for his doctoral degree from the Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki and a number of peer-reviewed articles on the same topic, the last of which was published in 2023. The absence of effective and efficient training of the managers and owners of private Greek enterprises was mentioned in each of the above-cited publications; however, no suggestions for training were presented because training was not a topic of discussion in any of the above-cited publications.
The Necessity for Large Private Business Organizations in the Economy of Honduras
The purpose of this article is to expose the necessity for large national private business organizations in the Republic of Honduras. A comparison was made with the early industrialized nations of the United Kingdom and the United States whose economies necessitated large private enterprises in order to attract large investments and professional management. It was proposed in the article that the government of Honduras selectively privatizes its large enterprises that are not essential to the defense and security of the country and are not natural monopolies. It was also suggested that the government needs to encourage and support the formation of new large private enterprises in order to create a competitive economy on a national, regional and global basis.
The Underdevelopement of EL Salvadoras Human Resources
The purpose of this article is to expose the reasons for the underdevelopment of the human resources in El Salvador. The problem of underdevelopment started with the employment of the manpower in coffee plantations, a situation that did not necessitate the development of the workforce. Adverse economic conditions, poverty, bad working conditions, unemployment, underemployment, and no access to basic education added to the underdevelopment of the human element. Currently, the government is providing incentives for the education of manpower, especially in the area of small and medium-sized business organizations that make up the majority of private enterprises in the country.
LEARNING ORGANIZATIONS, THE AMERICAN EMPLOYEE AND MANAGER, AND THE DEVELOP0MENTAL ROLE OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCES
The purpose of this article is to present the importance of the inclusion of the perspective of social sciences learning into the learning emanating from the training of the functional units and the three levels of the hierarchy in learning organizations in order for such organizations to acquire holistic learning that will satisfy both their internal and external environmental learning needs. Learning organizations are characterized by total employee involvement in a process of collaboratively conducted, collectively accountable change directed towards shared values or principles. The social sciences is the study dedicated to the social activities of individuals and groups. The branches of the social sciences included in this article are cultural anthropology, economics, history, communication, psychology, political sciences, geography, law, and sociology.
