THE ROLE OF LEADERSHIP IN BUSINESS COMPETITION TOWARDS ASEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY OF 2015

Abstract

ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) which is one of the pillars of the ASEAN community dream. Policies that impose AEC causes increasingly global market competition, so that the people of ASEAN members are required to be able to compete with the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) in the other. The claim is also true for the people of Indonesia are mostly still having low competitiveness. ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) provides opportunities and threats for Indonesia. The opportunities of Indonesia in the form of abundant resources both natural resources and human resources. The greatest threat comes from the competitive ability of human resources for human resources have a very important role to mobilize all the existing potential to improve the ability of the economy of a country. The progress of a country can be seen from the development and economic growth. One indicator that plays a vital role is the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises. The Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) are very important because they are the main characteristics that distinguish them with great effort.