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    MANAGEMENT COMPETENCIE~ AND PERFORMANCE OF SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES IN GULU MUNICIPALITY, UGANDA
    (Gulu University, 2016-10) OKELLO MORRIS KIDEGA
    This study, Management Competencies and Performance of SMEs in Gulu Municipality, Uganda. The study was carried out in Gulu Municipality, Uganda and the purpose of the study was to analyze the relationship between Management competencies, Innovation and the Performance of SMEs in Gulu Municipality in Gulu District, ·Uganda. The study adopted ' Qualitative and quantitative research approach of which the QUAN-Qual Model was considered and in this study a cross-sectional research design was used; The study used questionnaire and interview and sample size of 136 SMEs was used in the study of which the study had 279 respondents from the SMEs in Gulu Municipality, Uganda; Primary data was collected μsing self-administered questionnaires and interview guide; Data analysis of Pearson's correlation coefficient, regression analysis was done with the help of SPSS version 16. The study reveals positive and significant relationship between Management Competencies, innovations and Performance of SMEs. Management Competencies and innovation explain about 27.6% of the variance in Performance of the SMEs in Gulu Municipality in Gulu District, Uganda. This implies that in order to achieve better performance, SMEs should improve Management. Competencies and carry out innovation. In conclusion, Management Competencies and innovation contributes only 27 .6% towards the performance of the SMEs in Gulu Municipality, Uganda. Therefore, other factors contribute 72.4% on the performance of the SMEs in Gulu Municipality, Uganda. This study recommends that research on other predictors like market conditions, access and source of finance, Culture, access to information, infrastructure, organization learning of the enterprises, the regulatory burden, training and education and Government policies that have influence on performance need to be done to improve SMEs performance.