Journal of Digital Convergence (디지털융복합연구)

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Effects of Consulting Characteristics on SMEs Management Performance -focusing on government supported consulting-

컨설팅 특성 요인이 중소기업의 경영성과에 미치는 영향 - 정부지원 컨설팅을 중심으로 -

  • Song, Keo-Young (Dept. Of Knowledge Service & Consulting, Hansung University) ;
  • Hong, Jung-Wan (Dept. Of Industrial & Management Engineering, Hansung University) ;
  • You, Yen-Yoo (Dept. Of Knowledge Service & Consulting, Hansung University)
  • 송거영 (한성대학교 지식서비스&컨설팅 대학원) ;
  • 홍정완 (한성대학교 산업경영공학과) ;
  • 유연우 (한성대학교 지식서비스&컨설학과)
  • Received : 2014.05.26
  • Accepted : 2014.07.20
  • Published : 2014.07.28
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Abstract

This study was carried out to verify the effect of consumer and supplier characteristics on the utilization of consulting results, quality of consulting service and management performance in the government-support consulting service on SMEs. A survey was conducted and analyzed on SMEs which went through government-support consulting, with the following results of the study. First, for consumer characteristics, consulting awareness was found to have positive effect on the utilization of consulting results while organizational culture have no effect. Second, for supplier characteristics, consultant capability was found to have positive effect on the quality of consulting service but with no effect of government support policy. Third, consumer characteristic of consulting result utilization and supplier characteristic of consulting service quality were both found to have positive effect on management performance. Suggestions and significance of this study are as follows: the result of this study suggests a need to increase the SMEs' understanding of consulting service and the utilization of the consulting results as well as institutional support for enhancing the capability of consultants, a provider of knowledge service. It also has significance in presenting an effective and efficient direction of policy on consulting support project for SMEs.

본 연구는 중소기업을 대상으로 하는 정부지원 컨설팅에 있어 수요자 및 공급자 특성 요인이 경영성과에 미치는 영향을 확인하고자 진행하였다. 정부지원 컨설팅을 경험한 중소기업을 대상으로 설문조사를 실시한 후 분석하였으며 연구 결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 수요자인 중소기업의 컨설팅에 대한 인지도는 컨설팅결과활용도에 정(+)의 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났으나, 조직문화는 컨설팅결과활용도에 영향을 미치지 않는 것으로 나타났다. 둘째, 공급자 특성인 컨설턴트역량은 컨설팅서비스품질에 정(+)의 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났으나, 정부지원정책은 컨설팅서비스품질에 영향을 미치지 않는 것으로 나타났다. 셋째, 수요자 특성인 컨설팅결과활용도와 공급자 특성인 컨설팅서비스품질은 모두 경영성과에 정(+)의 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 본 연구 결과는 정부의 중소기업 컨설팅지원 사업에 있어 컨설팅에 대한 이해도 및 컨설팅 결과물의 활용도 향상과 컨설턴트역량 강화를 위한 제도적 지원을 추진할 필요가 있음을 시사하고 있으며, 중소기업에 대한 컨설팅지원 사업에 있어 공급자 측면 뿐 아니라 수요자 측면을 고려한 정책 방향성을 제시하였다는데 의의가 있다.

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