1、字数：英 2683 单词， 15092 字符；中文 4479 汉字 出处： J Pollack,D Adler.Skills that improve profitability: The relationship between project management, IT skills, and small to medium enterprise profitability J International Journal of Project Management.2016,34(5):831-838 外文文献： Skills that improve profitability: Th
2、e relationship between project management, IT skills, and small to medium enterprise profitability Abstract It is commonly assumed that using project management and IT skills are good for business performance. This research explored this assumption by testing whether the use of project management an
3、d IT skills have a positive affect on business total sales and profitability. The research data was drawn from two longitudinal Government surveys of small to medium enterprises in Australia. Models were created to describe the relationship between project management, IT skills, profitability and to
4、tal sales using multiple linear regression and binary logistic regression. The results show that when controlling for the influence of other business skills, project management and IT skills have a significant positive influence on sales and profitability. Keywords: Project management; Information t
5、echnology; Small to medium enterprise; Profitability; Sales; Business skills 1.Introduction It is a basic and fundamental assumption that developing business skills in your employees improves the profitability of your business. Although it may be difficult to test each step in the long and diffuse c
6、ausal chain from an improved emp loyee skill set to a better bottom line, the link between developing employee capability and improved company performance is typically taken as so obvious that it is rarely questioned. This assumption is held for skills such as the ability to manage projec ts, where it is taken for granted that using project management to reach strategic and operational objectives improves performance. Similarly, we tend to assume that increased information technolog
