Journal of Micro & Small Business Management

The Influence of Work-Life Balance on Employees’ Performance in the Banking Industry: A Case of Commercial Banks Operating in Mwanza City

Perpetua Ndeto, Samwel Mseti — Fri, 22 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0530

Purpose: the purpose of the present study was to investigate the influence of work-life balance on employee performance within the commercial banking sector of Mwanza City, Tanzania. The study intended to achieve three specific objectives focusing on examining: the effect of flexible working arrangements on employees’ performance, the effect of leave policies on employees’ performance and the effect of social life on employees’ performance.

Methodology: the study deployed a quantitative approach where data was collected by using a structured questionnaire. Simple random sampling was used to obtain respondents. The study comprised 120 employees from 21 commercial banks located in Mwanza City. Data analysis was done using ANOVA and linear regression analysis.

Findings: The findings provide sufficient evidence to support the claim that flexible working arrangements, leave policy and social life significantly impact workers’ performance, it has positive effects on the organization and may lower non-attendance, and upgrade employee well-being and prosperity.

Originality: The study addresses a pertinent topic on the need for work-life balance for improved performance, given the present day’s pressure of work and family/social life. If employees are not able to fully enjoy their family/social life are unlikely to deliver in workplaces. Conversely, if employees are not working and earning enough at work places are unlikely to meet their family/social demands hence, living a stressful life and consequently poor performance. Thus, flexible work arrangements could be an option in an attempt to meet this work-life balance.

Analyzing the Relationship of Criticality of Parameters in Green Business Practices of Micro and Small Enterprises in Madurai, Tamil Nadu

N. Selvaraj — Mon, 30 Oct 2023 00:00:00 +0530

There comes the significance of inexperienced principles in enterprise operations to enhance the environmental attention of the companies. It turns into the emergent hobby of the organizations to place their duty in the direction of green sources usage and ability usage. It has been located that an aggressive gain may be finished through “stability among monetary progress, social duty, and environmental protection” The inexperienced enterprise practices are analysed within side the point of view of personnel, purchasers, suppliers, authorities and criminal aspects. It has now no longer been elucidated control factor of view and the tasks taken with the aid of using pinnacle control. It is a boon to have sustainable inexperienced enterprise surroundings with a method of waste to wealth. Greening the surroundings is taken into consideration as an exceptional possibility for the surroundings to maintain itself with the aid of using the manner of having the whole thing proper and mastering from failure. To discover the connection among the demographic elements of Micro and Small firms and their desire in the direction of inexperienced enterprise practices. There a statistically excessive full-size distinction that exists among the implied ratings of opinion approximately the criticality of the parameters within the agency and the character of enterprise in small firms. The micro and small firms to have higher inexperienced enterprise practices and additionally to benefit high quality quantitative and qualitative returns for the firms are said that during each agency, exclusive kinds of paintings are done with the aid of using numerous departments and paintings corporations and no unmarried branch or paintings organization on its very own may be predicted to attain the desires of the agency as a whole.

Evaluating Inventory, Cash Register, and Point-of-Sale for Micro Business Enterprises: A Case of Unregistered System Users / Retailers In Pag-asa, Fort Magsaysay

Billie Jack Pasion, Marivic N. Villegas, Rowell Agliones Diaz — Tue, 29 Aug 2023 00:00:00 +0530

Learning the right technology to enable a compelling retail experience is essential for retaining a competitive advantage, and it is the secret to victory for many micro-enterprises. The created Inventory Monitoring and Point-of-Sales System for conventional grocery retailer stores is a system made for quicker and more effective transactions to the store that can assist the store owner manage and store files in a computerized system. The system works simultaneously in managing both inventory and sales transactions in a short period of time. It helps the store personnel to easily monitor the stocks that have been delivered to the store from the supplier and can easily generate reports. The system that involves circumstances where the product-development process is examined and described and the finished product is assessed was designed and developed using developmental research from the study. A well-known expert created the system using the Point of Sale System, which began by segmenting the system development tasks into sprints. Formal interviews and assessment questionnaires were used as a tool for gathering data. Finally, the end-user implemented and assessed the system with an excellent rating, which indicates that the system is useful and efficient to the grocery store.

Challenges of Digital Transformation in Rural Businesses: An Exploratory Paper

N. Jones, T. Beaulieu, P. Miles — Wed, 01 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +0530

Digital technologies enable businesses to compete in a digital landscape via automation, efficiency gains, and customer reach. However, micro-rural businesses face unique issues that leave these businesses vulnerable to competitive pressures because they are often unaware of these valuable digital systems. We surveyed 37 rural businesses in Maine using surveys and open-ended questions to understand their successes and challenges in technology adoption. Our results suggest that while rural businesses recognize the need for digital strategies, a lack of access, and awareness of integrated systems and resources to implement technology persists. In addition, many micro-rural businesses lack adequate broadband Internet which is crucial to digital transformation. Our findings show that a multi-pronged approach is needed to address connectivity, education, and resource constraints. These include affordable access to broadband Internet and a proactive approach by government or non-profit organizations to help these micro-rural businesses understand the need for integrated software solutions as well as the training to implement them. Because micro-rural businesses represent the lifeblood of remote rural communities and digital integration represents a vital part of survival and growth, these findings suggest that digital transformation represents a necessary condition for success in businesses and their communities.

Role of Community in Rural Tourism- A Pilot Study Conducted at Kumbalgodu Panchayat, Karnataka

Juno Ann Joseph, Divya Thankom Varghese — Wed, 04 Oct 2023 00:00:00 +0530

The importance of rural tourism has been widely recognized as an important factor in the development of rural areas. Rural tourism is an instrument for rural development considered to enhance productivity, and income to generate long-term benefits for the villagers. Rural tourism constitutes many varied forms and is pursued for different reasons. Tourism is an innovative idea to promote and regenerate economic growth in rural areas where agriculture collapses and help in diversifying the dispersed marginal agricultural area into adventure tourism or cultural tourism. Rural-based tourism helps in the conservation of local resources. Rural tourism means, any form of tourism that showcases the rural life, art, culture and heritage at rural locations thereby benefiting the local community economically and socially. The social entrepreneurs play a vital role in the rural destination development. Many peripheral rural areas face significant challenges in terms of sustaining communities and attracting tourists. Rural development is important for overall economic development of the country. Through the activation of panchayat raj institutions, it is possible to improve the lifestyle and prosperous of the rural community by providing self-employment, improved infrastructural facilities like communication and road facilities, proper drinking water facilities, highway connectivity, electricity, education, health facilities and many more.