LEADERSHIP, ORGANIZATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES-A STUDY IN INDIAN CONTEXT

The paper deals with Leadership, Organizational Effectiveness and entrepreneurial success analysis in selected small and medium enterprises. This paper tells the reason for the closure of the small sector units. The study is based on surveys of sample size of 55 small sized industrial units with an investment of minimum of one million INR. The units were located in NCR Regions of India. A purposive sampling was done to select the respondents through the respective states financial corporations. The Organizations selected for the study were either proprietorship or partnership firms. Ten different kinds of industries were selected for the study viz., Textiles, Electronics, Fabrication, Ceramics, Servicing, Jute, Apparels, Packaging Material, Printing, Chemical & Perfumes. There was no similarity in size, volume of business and life period of the enterprises selected for the study, however, all the enterprises selected for the study had a minimum life of ten years and were running units’ i.e. in to commercial productions. This paper also provides the results and discussions on the education and success level, parental occupation and success level and other success level parameters. It also deals with the suggestions for entrepreneurship development in Indian context.