Questionnaire

PART A

Demographic and Organizational Characteristics

1. Gender:
Male
Female
2. Age:
25 years or below
26 – 35
36 – 45
46 – 55
Above 55
3. Which industry are you operating?
Agriculture
Manufacturing
Mining
Construction
Trading
General Services
4. Ownership.
Owned
Foreign-owned
Partnership owned
5. Trade status.
Exporters
Non-exporters
6. How long your firm has been in existence?
Less than 5 years
5 -10 years
More than 10 years
7. Highest Educational Level:
BECE or equivalent
SSCE or equivalent
Diploma
Bachelor degree
Master Degree
Other

Part B
About organization
Does your organization focus on strategic planning?
Yes
NO
Does strategic planning influence on organization performance?
Yes
NO
Is your enterprise registered?
Yes
NO
How you keep record?
Manually
Computer base
How finance is managed by organization?
SBA loans
Commercial Banks
Friends and relative
Alternative leaders
Crowd funding
Franchiser financing
Select the most common problems faced by your organization
High cost of labor
Skills of employees are not enough to perform effectively
Lack of technology
Lack of access to bank finance
Select the preferable area of your enterprise to invest
In innovation
In existing market

Part C
Strategic Management Activities
On the Scale of one to five chose the most appropriate corresponding answer to each statement
provided regarding the activities in strategic management engaged in your organization. Where
1=Strongly Agree, 2=Agree, 3=Neutral, 4=disagree and 5=strongly disagree.

NO. STATEMENT 1 2 3 4 5
1 Assessing skills and abilities of employees

2 Using resources and abilities for long term goals

3 Devising solutions against business failures

4 Planning to put the business in five years’ time

5 Business SWOT against skills of people involved

6 Assessing daily operations against long term plans

7 Strategies of competitors are analyzed

8 Mission vision and objectives are clear

9 Strategies are properly implemented
Part D

Performance of SMEs
1 Does this firm have any performance indicators?
Yes
No
How performance evaluation is managed? Explain
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2. What you value most in the organization?
Profits
Customers’ welfare
Employees’ welfare
3. Is organization is performing according to your expectation?
Yes
NO
Explain
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Part E
Effects of Strategic Management Planning
On the Scale of one to five chose the most appropriate corresponding answer to each statement
provided regarding the effects of strategic management engaged in your organization. Where
1=Strongly Agree, 2=Agree, 3=Neutral, 4=Disagree and 5=Strongly Disagree

NO. STATEMENTS 1 2 3 4 5
1 Increase the in profit is shown
2 Needs of the customer are targeted
3 Expanding output
4 Sustainability
5 Employee commitment
6 Reducing waste

Part F

Strategic Management Challenges facing SMEs

On the Scale of one to five chose the most appropriate corresponding answer to each statement
provided regarding the effects of strategic management engaged in your organization. Where
1=Strongly Agree, 2=Agree, 3=Neutral, 4=Disagree and 5=Strongly Disagree

NO STATEMENT 1 2 3 4 5
1 Resource allocation not aligned with strategy
2 Ability to manage change
3 Strategies are supported by top management

4 Human capital not effectively developed to support

strategy
5 Effective control of strategy implementation
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