Perceived Influence of Entrepreneurship Training and Management Functions on Small and Medium Scale Service Industries in Imo State

Ementa Christiana Ngozi, Odinaka Gideon Anyanwu

Abstract


This study examined the influence of entrepreneurship education on the management of small and medium-scale service industries in Imo State. Two research questions guided the study and four null hypotheses were tested at a 0.05 level of significance. A descriptive survey research design was employed for the study. The population of the study consisted of 677 entrepreneurs of small and medium-scale service industries in Imo State. A total of 251 managers of these industries were sampled using the proportionate random sampling technique. The instrument for data collection was a structured questionnaire with 42 items while the instrument was validated and a reliability coefficient of 0.79 was obtained using the Cronbach alpha method. Out of the total of 251 copies of the questionnaire distributed, 241 copies were retrieved from the respondents, representing about 96% retrieval. The data collected were analyzed using mean and standard deviation; a t-test was used for testing the null hypotheses. Findings revealed that entrepreneurship education received by managers strongly influences their planning, and organization of human and material resources. The study concluded that entrepreneurship education is required by managers for the effective management of small and medium-scale service industries in Imo State. The study recommended among others that; managers who have not received entrepreneurship education before embarking on small and medium-scale businesses should enrol on the programme to acquire more entrepreneurial skills for effective management of their industries.


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