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Effect of Managerial Skills on the Development of Dairy Cooperatives in Kiambu County
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Cooperatives societiesare part and parcel of an increasing number of people in formal and informal employment the world over. The study sought to examine how managerial skills affectthe development of Dairy Cooperatives in Kiambu County. Groundedon theSocial Capital and Resource-Based Theory, this study adoptedthe descriptive research design. In this study, the target population was59,635registered Dairy Cooperative members while the sample size was398respondents who werepicked via stratified random sampling.Data collection involvedquestionnaires that contained5-point scale Likert-type statements. Descriptive and inferential statisticswerecarried out. In this case, tests such as central tendency (mean), frequencies, percentages,and standard deviationin addition to Pearson and regression analysiswereutilized. The findings show that managerial skills had a significant influence on the development of dairy cooperatives. This is evidenced by a positive and statistically significant relationship between managerial skills & leadership (r=.156, p<0.001) and the development of dairy cooperatives. These findings lead to the conclusion that the kind of managerial skills and leadership in dairy cooperatives affected their development. The skills deployed by the managerial team would thus determine the level of development in dairy cooperatives. As such, there was a need for dairy Cooperatives to have robust management teams staffed with highly competent and experienced managers. The integrity of the firms should be established and regularly assessed to avoid corruption and mismanagement of the finances. Training is also necessary to enhance the capacity of managers and employees. This could be done in-house or sponsored byinstitutions of learning.
