Management skills of the leader in id size companies of the colombian Caribbean region

Authors

  • Rodrigo Naranjo Arango Universidad del Atlántico. Colombia
  • Mario Gonzalez Arencibia Universidad de las Ciencias Informáticas. Cuba

Keywords:

leadership, management skills, business management, competences

Abstract

This paper aims to characterize the management skills that include the leaders of midsize businesses in the Colombian Caribbean region and how these contribute to exercise their tasks and the impact on a competitive management. The type of study used was the exploratory-descriptive one. To carry out this work it was designed a 18-question instrument that allowed measuring managerial skills of leaders of midsize businesses in the Colombian Caribbean region, this instrument was applied to 252 leaders of midsize businesses, allowing to identify the characteristics of the leaders, their ways of conduct and behavior among others; It can generally conclude that leaders are clear about what this concept means, they have a relational leadership profile, they use a greater proportion of oral communication, they are characterized more by listening and observing, they behave as reagent leaders, very busy with high stress levels.

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Author Biographies

Rodrigo Naranjo Arango, Universidad del Atlántico. Colombia

Doctoral Candidate in business administration. Master in Business administration. Ocasional full time professor of Atlantic University (Colombia). Coordinator of the research and leadership stretegies.
E-mail: rodrigonaranjo@mail.uniatlantico.edu.co

Mario Gonzalez Arencibia, Universidad de las Ciencias Informáticas. Cuba

PhD in Economics and a diploma in emotional intelligence and leadership. University faculty member of computer science.
E-mail: mgarencibia@uci.cu

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Published

2012-12-30

How to Cite

Naranjo Arango, R., & Gonzalez Arencibia, M. (2012). Management skills of the leader in id size companies of the colombian Caribbean region. Teorías, Enfoques Y Aplicaciones En Las Ciencias Sociales, 5(10), 25-36. Retrieved from https://revistas.uclave.org/index.php/teacs/article/view/1636