Assessment on Factors Affecting Quality Management Implementation Challenges in Small and Medium-Sized Leather Business Enterprises in the City of Addis Ababa
| dc.contributor.advisor | Wubshet Bekalu (PhD) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Fikerte Tebebe | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-08-02T11:03:46Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-08-02T11:03:46Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2024-09 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Over the past few decades, Addis Ababa's and Ethiopia's leather-based small- and medium-sized business enterprise sector has experienced an enormous growth, and in the years to come, this sector is predicted to further continue to flourish. It is one of the economic sectors that supports the nation and city’s development and change while providing jobs and income for a large number of youths and residents. One of the most crucial and significant features of any SMEs globally is the factors influencing its quality management implementations and practices. Although the leather-based SMEs sector in Ethiopia has a positive image and a long history, it has faced several challenges due to many variables that impact its QM implementations and its final output products, limiting its potential to grow even further and compete in the global market. This research study work used a quantitative methodology, collecting data through the use of questionnaires. Purposive sampling was used to choose a total of eighty participants who agreed to take part in the study. The study found a number of factors influencing the QM implementations of leather-based SMEs; therefore, it can be used as a guide for future research. It was also discovered that a sizable portion of the city's SME practitioners lacked quality related knowledge, awareness, skill, strategy, management, and technological expertise in addition to lacking appropriate finance and modern-day equipment and tools for its successful implementations. The research recommends that critical interventions in policies, taxes & tariffs and in availing working places and finances, and capacity buildings and trainings in quality related knowledge and management for leather-based SME practitioners is a must if the sector is deemed to succeed and tap its full potential. Key words: Small and Medium Enterprises (SME), Leather-Based SMEs, Addis Ababa, Quality, Quality Management. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/5923 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.publisher | Addis Ababa University | |
| dc.title | Assessment on Factors Affecting Quality Management Implementation Challenges in Small and Medium-Sized Leather Business Enterprises in the City of Addis Ababa | |
| dc.type | Thesis |