National and international experience shows that SMEs have become an important part of the economy and play a decisive role in all socio-economic areas of the world states. SMEs fulfill important functions in a state, they help create a competitive environment and the emergence of new markets, supporting innovative activity, attenuate social inequalities, form the middle class and a new attitude towards work and property. Management methods and techniques that can be applied in small and medium sector enterprises depend on many factors. These factors are internal factors of the company, which is firm and microenvironment factors external environment, which is the company macroenvironment.

Experienta nationala si internationala arată că IMM-urile au devenit o parte importantă a economiei şi joacă un rol decisiv in toate domeniile socio-economice ale statelor lumii. IMM-urile pot indeplini funcţii importante in stat, ele ajuta la crearea unui mediu concurenţial şi apariţia unor noi pieţe, sprijinind activitatea inovatoare, atenua inegalităţile sociale, formează clasa de mijloc şi o nouă atitudine faţă de muncă şi proprietate. Metode şi tehnici de management care pot fi aplicate in intreprinderile mici şi mijlocii din sectorul depinde de mulţi factori.