The Effect Of Management Skills On Performance Of Small Scale Enterprises. Case Study: Tororo District Western Division

ABSTRACT

The study was intended to investigate the impact of management skills on the performance of

small scale business enterprises. This was prompted by the rampant collapse of many small scale

businesses in the Division.

The research was guided by the following objectives;

• To establish the management skills acquired by traders m Western Division Tororo

Municipality

• To establish the level of performance of small scale businesses in Western Division

Tororo.

• To find out whether there is a relationship between management skills and performance

of small scale business units in Western Division Tororo Municipality.

Data was collected from primary and secondary questionnaires, observations, and interview.

Secondary data was collected from textbooks and journal, internet, magazines. The data was

analyzed into a chi-square technique then compiled into a report which will be submitted to

Kampala International University in Kampala.

Where X2 Obs =

L:=

fo =

fe =

(fo- fe)

chi-square

Summation

Frequency observed

Frequency expected

The study findings indicated that the management skills used by entrepreneurs in Western

Division Tororo Municipality were ineffective and unsatisfactory, the level of small scale

business performance was found to be inadequate and a significant positive relationship between

management skills and small scale business enterprise performance was established to exist.

Read Download