| dc.description.abstract | The study was about role of management competence and performance of SMEs in Uganda, a
case study of Victoria Seed Limited, Gulu branch.
The research had three specific objectives: to evaluate the importance of management
competence and performance of SMEs, to assess the use of management skills on performance
of SMEs, to find out the relationship between management experience, skills and performance of
SMEs and lastly to investigate the relationship between management competence and
performance of SMEs as the major objective of the study.
A case study design was used during the study. The researcher also used both qualitative and
quantitative methods in order to obtain in-depth information and to ease the analysis of the
collected data.
Findings of the study were presented according to the research objectives. The research
established that majority of SMEs’ employees spent a maximum of 10 years working for an
enterprise before retiring and very few workers proceeds this limit.
The study showed that SMEs’ employees must pose a wide range of technical skills such as
technology, technical business management for them to work with advanced technologies.
findings also revealed that management skills helps in spreading team work among SMEs’
employees, is a vital asset that influences performances of SMEs and aids SMEs to meet their
expectations and goals. It further revealed that management skills and experience are forms of
human capital that create platforms for teamwork among SMEs. This implies that efficient
human capital would result into higher performance of SMEs. However other factor such as lack
of innovation and experienced human resource to aid SME’s businesses show no relationship
between management experiences and performance of SMEs.
Based on the findings of the study, the researcher recommended that SMEs owners and
managers need to invest in skills for them to meet their goals and expectations of their businesses
and more in managerial skills to steer up their work units, teams and individuals results which
would eventually lead to superior performance of SMEs in their respective business frameworks.
In conclusion, management competence positively influences the performance of SMEs.
However on the other hand, it also influences the performance of SMEs negatively. This was
evidenced by lack of innovation and experienced human resource to aid SME’s businesses | en_US |
