Organizational Capacities in the Manufacturing Companies of Cuenca - Ecuador

Abstract

The manufacturing industry in Ecuador must face the challenge of being more competitive by increasing its productivity, which requires a business organization capable of effectively managing resources, processes, and obtaining results that will allow it to learn and evolve. For this, it is required to know the internal business organization that allows proposing strategies. So the question is: What are the main characteristics of the organizational capacities of manufacturing companies in Cuenca? To answer this question, a survey was applied using the probabilistic method to determine the sample. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics such as the difference method and the principal components method to establish categories of organizational capabilities. It was obtained that the manufacturing companies of Cuenca on average give a value of 86.5 % to their organizational capacities and the large ones are the ones that present the greatest strengths. Human and technological resources are important in companies but not enough to develop capacities in organizations, coordination, management and control are required to keep a technology operational, expand markets, and respond to strategies that adapt, grow and innovate before a challenging economic environment to overcome the crisis.