Evaluation of Entrepreneurial Management in Ghanaian SMEs Using Cognitive Ambidexterity Analytical Model

Eric Edwin Owusu, Charles Akomea Bonsu and CBeverly Akomea Bons
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Eric Edwin Owusu: Department of Entrepreneurship and Finance, Kumasi Technical University
Charles Akomea Bonsu: Department of Entrepreneurship and Finance, Kumasi Technical University
CBeverly Akomea Bons: Department of Estate Management, Kumasi Technical University

International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, 2022, vol. 6, issue 6, 559-568

Abstract: The connection between headship and improvement has gained increasing consideration in recent researchers. Some researchers suggested that headship is one of the most influential indicators of innovation. Formulating consistent innovative and improvement policies is a difficult task, but successfully implementing them is even more challenging but enhance growth. In this survey, the connection between cognitive style and individual’s capacity to take part in innovation as well as improvement among Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs) managers was assessed. Again, how managers concurrently oversee innovation and improvement requests that needed for great performance was also inspected. Both primary data which is made up of interviews and questionnaires and secondary source of data including textbooks, business articles and journals and the internet were employed in this research. In all twenty SMEs in Kumasi Metropolis were chosen for the study involving a total number of one hundred (100) respondents who returned their questionnaires. Concerning impact of cognitive style of a manager on innovative deeds, this research reveals that the higher investigative cognitive style of a manager more active he participates in innovative deeds. The information shows a positive significant linear relationship (p

Date: 2022
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