Organisational Culture for Manufacturing Zimbabwean SMEs

This paper is designed to bring into cognizance the importance of organizational culture in Manufacturing Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Zimbabwe. Corporate culture is mainly mentored in large corporates as opposed to SMEs and yet SMEs also need the application and mentoring of organizational culture. The sample size of this research paper consisted of 1 000 SMEs located in 5 out of a total of 10 Zimbabwean Provinces, namely Bulawayo Metropolitan, Harare, Metropolitan, Matabeleland North, Matabeleland South and Midlands. The research instrument used was the self-administered questionnaire. Data collected was analyzed using both inferential and descriptive statistical tools. Results obtained from the study revealed strategic management is not fully practiced in these SME Organisations and the fact that strategic management is not in full operation simply point out that organisational culture is not mentored in these organisations. This paper recommends the application of organizational culture in the SME Organisations if they are to become relevant and compete against global village markets as well as their counterparts in the large enterprises sector at the local markets.