An Analytical Study of Growth and Performance of Automobile Workshops in Bangladesh

These days have witnessed a rapid growth of automobile industries all over the world. Although Bangladesh is a poorer country and densely populated, a large number of people work in abroad and earn a large amount of foreign exchange. Millions of remittances coming to our economy in every month which help boosting of our economy and as such, some people have resources to modernize their life-style through use of modern and new models of vehicles, and other amenities of life. A large number of vehicles are plying on the roads that need to be repaired and other services. Because of this opportunity, a large number of automobile workshops have been established and operated throughout the country. There are about 17000 workshops all over Bangladesh. Almost all the workshops are of homogeneous type and as such 50 of such workshops are selected for the study which is considered quite sufficient. Considering the time and cost constraints, those units of workshops were randomly selected from different parts of the Dhaka city and different parts of the country. Data are collected through a set of questionnaire by one investigator and the researcher himself. Findings reveal that there are little problems of working capital and technical skill. In order to solving these problems they need financial helps and techno-managerial training.