ABSTRACT

The role of a manager in a small business organization is so vital that for any small business organization such as inter-personal, information and co-coordinating roles must be integrated to ensure the betterment of the organization.

It acts as a lubricant for the wheels of small business economic development and nation

More over, effective role of a manager has contributed to the increase in the organizational productivities and their income, which will ensure the continuity of the organization

Besides, some managers have also contributed to the detriment of the organization by some dubious character exhibited by them., for instance, wrong uses of funds, pilferage frauds and failure activate their working abilities.

In fact, the government should recognize the importance of small business organization sector because when they are firmly established, the, nation is built up, so it is advisable for the  government to help in strategies in which this ugly situation of things are solved immediately.

CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION

1.1              BACKGOUND OF THE STUDY

This study is set to investigate the role of Small Business Organizations with a case of study on Bilo Tex Trading and Construction Company Nig LTD based in Enugu State. By investigation, this company has been established six years ago and has four sections; the personal section, construction, production and marketing sections. It engages in the production of keys,  tanks, gates and aluminum.

Based on the study, a manager is the person who holds a management position and who performs the process of management, or one who occupies management position and performs organizational functions of management.

          In the same view, (NWEKE 1952) in his book supports that a manager is that integrates all functions of management, such as planning, organizing, motivating and controlling to achieve an organizational goal or objective which the organization was established upon.

His position is of leadership, his work is more leading, therefore, this two things are related and their relationship can be expressed as the responsibilities of a manager in the following classification-management as a position and management as a job or activity.

          More so, the management by the classification of management occupies administration position (top level) managing director or general manager, the operative position (the workers) these groups are all involved in the accomplishment of the organizations example complementing a batch order, meeting a sales quota, assembling financial data etc, are the duties of production, supervisors, sales supervisors. finance officer and a certain technical staff, when an operative manager performs the work of management, performs the work of administrative and management of the activities are known as and operative management

In other words, the middle management position, the  perform both the administrative and operative manager, the proportion of each performance depends upon the degree of decentralization of the firm, talking of business its size and particular philosophy.