Abstract
Technological innovation is believed to improve organization’s performance stimulates growth and the survival of the organization. Many factors influence the SME performance on technology adoption, such as formal strategy, Organization size, customer and supply relationship, technical capabilities, innovative cost and innovative support. The current study examines the performance of SMEs on technology adoption. It also examines the business performance along with the manufacturing performance of SMEs on adoption of newer technologies. The study uses logistic regression and linear regression to estimate manufacturing and business performance of SMEs. The results convey that the adoption of technologies by SMEs influence their manufacturing performance. Further, it can be concluded that, drivers of technology adoption partly influence the business performance of SMEs.
Highlights
Organizations tend to compete on the basis of their human resources, ; currently, human resource is considered as the most effective and important resource of the organization that enables them to gain a competitive advantage (Alsakarneh et al, 2018)
; it is highly effective for the employees to get appreciated and rewards are being distributed on the basis of their performance
Tangible rewards are being used at a certain level for the employees to increase their motivation and loyalty as well, ; it is difficult to say that tangible rewards are directly linked with organizational effectiveness
Summary
Organizations tend to compete on the basis of their human resources, ; currently, human resource is considered as the most effective and important resource of the organization that enables them to gain a competitive advantage (Alsakarneh et al, 2018). ; there are different methods and measures used in order to analyse the performance of the employees which able to offer rewards whether they are tangible or intangible (Yousaf et al, 2015) It is being done in the private or public sector as well because the main purpose of these features is to motivate the employees that enable them to contribute towards organizational effectiveness and efficiency as well. For that purpose; it is required to develop the effective reward system that illustrates organizational mindset and enable their employees to facilitate learning and productivity In this way; performance appraisal or evaluation system should be effective key success factor along with the performance indicators should be fine adequately so the employees are able to meet the expectations and they should be aware of the organization strategy regarding the rewards. This will help the corporate sector of Iraq to use the findings of the study and bring the effective reward system in the organization to increase its effectiveness
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