Strategic entrepreneurship and performance selected private secondary schools in Wakiso District
Abstract
This study was to establish the relationship between strategic entrepreneurship,
entrepreneurial orientation, strategic orientation and performance in selected private
secondary schools in Wakiso District. The study was guided by the following research
objectives; establish the relationship between strategic orientation and performance, establish the relationship between entrepreneurial orientation and performance, establish the relationship between strategic entrepreneurship and performance.
Using a sample of 182 private secondary schools in Wakiso District; selected using stratified proportionate sampling, disproportionate sampling fraction was used, then simple random sampling was employed, a cross sectional, explanatory and correlation research design was adopted. Findings revealed that there was a positive significant relationship between all the study variables of entrepreneurial orientation, strategic orientation, strategic entrepreneurship and performance.
It is therefore recommended that private secondary schools should adopt strategic
entrepreneurship behaviour since entrepreneurship and strategic management are concerned with growth and wealth creation. Strategic management examines firms’ efforts to develop sustainable competitive advantages as a determinant of their ability to create wealth.