Studying Managers' Entrepreneurial Skills and Organizational Effectiveness in Smal l & Medium Enterprises (SMEs)

Regarding the importance of Small & Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in economical and social growth process as well as the special attention of planners and policy-makers to this significant issue, it is necessary to take radical initiatives to improve the conditions of different enterprises. In various studies, connoisseurs and researchers have found that unchallengeable treatment of making Small & Medium Enterprises (SMEs) more effective is to expand entrepreneurship culture in all stages/processes of such organizations and its necessity is the availability of mangers with entrepreneurial skills. In this article resulted from an organizational research, it is attempted to review the entrepreneurial skills and the literature of the organizational effectiveness in small- to- medium businesses. Meanwhile, research methodology is explained and finally by considering research assumptions, research findings are analyzed by gathering the data of manufacturing units. Some suggestions are also provided to improve effectiveness in Iranian small-to-medium business by emphasizing on managers' entrepreneurial skills development.