Abstract:
The study mained at determining the effect of managerial skills on the growth of small and
medium enterprise. The study applied a cross sectional research design and descriptive
approach. Data were collected from 80 as a target population with accessible unit of inquiry
being 66 respondents consisting of owners, managers, and customers. Data was collected
with close ended questionnaire and statistical package for social sciences was used for
analyzing data from which frequency tables, descriptive statistics, reliability, validity,
correlation and regression results were obtained. The study findings revealed that there is a
positive and significant relationship between conceptual skills and growth of SMEs, human
capacity and growth and also technical skills and growth. The study therefore recommends that in order to enhance on growth of SMEs, conceptual skills, human capacity and technical skills should be adopted by business owners and employees like managers.
