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An analysis of opinions from veterinarians in South Africa regarding business management skills
Journal of the South African Veterinary Association | Vol 75, No 1 | a444 |
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/jsava.v75i1.444
| © 2004 R.C. Krecek, P. Tobin
| This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 18 June 2004 | Published: 18 June 2004
Submitted: 18 June 2004 | Published: 18 June 2004
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R.C. Krecek,P. Tobin,
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The changing role of veterinarians in the global market is a current topic of debate and discussion. Few countries including South Africa have formally examined the changing dynamics of this profession. Therefore, the present study addressed 2 objectives. The 1st was to examine basic information about veterinarians in South Africa including their age, gender and distribution across provinces, the percentage whose practice was urban, rural or periurban, the numbers working with specific animal species, and the extent of business management and skills previously gained. The 2nd objective was to obtain opinions and insights from veterinarians in South Africa about the challenges and opportunities facing their business practices to better understand what they considered important dynamics to their businesses today. Several areas of business on which they were questioned and which were included in this study were: marketing, vision,humanresources, leadership, financial management, ethics, competition, day-to-day operations, interpersonal skills and information management. This is the 1st known survey to employ a questionnaire to gain insights and opinions from veterinarians about business management skills.
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Attitudes; Business Management; Business Skills; Opinions; Questionnaires; South Africa; Veterinarians
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