The Use of Employees as Experts in Unusual Situations: Service Smes Prospect

Abstract

Nowadays, the role of employees, especially those who have contact with clients of an enterprise, is becoming crucial for determining the opportunities for putting into effect, innovative business solutions. The challenge behind the described issue is also for the enterprise to react efficiently to unusual situations. This paper answers the question whether there are significant differences in the way employees are used as experts in unusual situations depending on how long the enterprise has been conducted its business activity. A survey in the Mix Mode Survey Design formula was conducted for this purpose. Altogether there were 260 respondents representing small and medium-sized service enterprises from the territory of Poland who participated in the research. The obtained scientific results indicate that among the surveyed respondents, there are opinions that answer the posed research question in a positive manner.