ENHANCING SECURITY FOR THE EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT OF SMALL SCALE ENTERPRISES IN UDENU LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF ENUGU STATE

This work was carried out to determine strategies for enhancing for effective management of small scale enterprises in Udenu Local Government Area of Enugu State using descriptive survey research design. Two research questions and two null hypotheses guided the study. The population for the study consisted of 34 registered small-scale business entrepreneurs. There was no sampling because the size was manageable. The instrument for data collection was a-34 item structured questionnaire developed the researchers titled: Enhancing Security for Effective Management of Small Scale Enterprises Questionnaire (ESFEMSSEQ). The instrument was structured using a four rating scale and validated by three experts, two from the Department of Business Education and one from the Department of Mathematics and Computer Education (Measurement and Evaluation Unit). Croubach Alpha was used to determine its reliability coefficient with an overall index value of 0.61. Mean and standard deviation was used to answer the two research questions; while the null significant using t-test statistic. Findings showed that government-related and citizens-related strategies respectively are major for enhancing security for effective management of small scale enterprises. It was recommended among others that government should ensure adequate funding for small scale enterprises. Again, there should be regular workshops on the security of citizens.