Journal of Industrial Convergence (산업융합연구)

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The Effect of Consultant Competences of SMEs CEO on Innovation Performance and Management Performance

중소기업 최고경영자의 컨설턴트 역량이 기업의 혁신성과 및 경영성과에 미치는 영향에 대한 연구

  • Minhee, Kwon (Dept. of Smart Convergence Consulting, Hansung University) ;
  • Sangbok, Lee (Division of Smart Management Engineering, Hansung University) ;
  • Yen-yoo, You (Dept. of Smart Convergence Consulting, Hansung University)
  • 권민희 (한성대학교 스마트융합컨설팅학과) ;
  • 이상복 (한성대학교 산업경영공학과) ;
  • 유연우 (한성대학교 산업경영공학과)
  • Received : 2022.08.18
  • Accepted : 2022.11.20
  • Published : 2022.11.28
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Abstract

In Small and Medium-sized Enterprises(SMEs) compared to major, competence of CEO relatively has a large impact on management performance, so the biggest factor to strengthen the competitiveness is the competence of CEO. Meanwhile, a consultant is defined as a subject of execution that directly and indirectly participates in management by inducing objective and rational decision-making on various management issues and problems facing companies. The management expertise, problem-solving skills, communication skills, insights, and leadership that a consultant must have in order to perform his or her duties are the same as the role and capabilities that the CEO must have in enhancing the company's performance and competitiveness. Therefore, through previous studies, this study divided consultant competences of CEO into job competence, communication competence, learning competence, and innovation competence and tried to understand whether those competences affect corporate's innovation performance and management performance. The survey was conducted on SMEs and the analysis techniques were reliability and validity analysis, confirmatory factor analysis, and structural equation analysis. As a result, it was found that the CEO's job competence, communication competence, learning competence, and innovation competence had a significant effect on innovation performance of the company, and second, innovation performance had a significant effect on the management performance. Through, this study derived a common factor of consultant competences of SMEs CEO, and derived implications for the competence characteristics of the CEO necessary to improve the performance of SMEs.

경영환경이 급변함에 따라 기업 운영에 어려움을 겪으며 특히 대기업에 비해 중소기업의 경영에 최고경영자의 역할이 막중함에 따라 상대적으로 최고경영자의 역량이 경영성과에 많은 영향을 주고 있다. 이로 인해 중소기업의 경쟁력 제고를 위해서는 최고경영자의 역량이 중요하다. 한편 컨설턴트란 기업과 조직이 당면한 다양한 이슈에 대하여 객관적이고 합리적 의사 결정을 유도하여 경영활동에 직간접적으로 참여하는 주체로 정의된다. 컨설턴트가 필수적으로 갖추어야 하는 경영적 전문 지식, 문제해결 능력, 의사소통 능력, 통찰력, 리더십 등은 컨설턴트의 역량이라고 할 수 있으며, 이는 특정 기간 동안의 계약 유무를 제외하면 최고경영자가 기업의 경영과 경쟁력 제고를 위해 갖추어야 하는 역량과 동일하다. 따라서 본 연구는 선행 연구를 통하여 최고경영자의 컨설턴트 역량으로서 4가지 변수인 직무역량, 커뮤니케이션 역량, 학습역량, 혁신역량으로 구분, 해당 변수가 각각 기업의 혁신성과에 미치는 영향과 혁신성과가 기업의 경영성과에 미치는 영향을 파악하고자 하였다. 조사는 제조 및 서비스업의 중소기업을 대상으로 진행하였으며 분석기법은 신뢰성 및 타당성 분석, 확인적 요인분석과 구조방정식 분석을 실시하였다. 연구결과 첫째, 최고경영자의 직무역량, 커뮤니케이션 역량, 학습역량, 혁신역량은 각각 기업의 혁신성과에 유의한 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다, 둘째, 기업의 혁신성과는 경영성과에 유의한 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 이를 통해 본 연구는 중소기업 최고경영자의 역량을 컨설턴트 역량과의 공통적 요소를 도출하였으며 중소기업의 성과를 향상할 때 필요한 최고경영자의 역량 특성의 시사점을 도출하였다.

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