Strategic Management Practice and Corporate Performance of Selected Small Business Enterprises in Lagos Metropolis

Strategy is considered to be a detailed plan for a business in achieving success. Managers employ strategy toachieve result. Strategic management practices and organization performance in small business enterprises{SBEs} goes together, but most Small business enterprises place less emphasis on making effective strategy forimproved performance. This paper examines the influence of strategic management on corporate performance inselected small scale enterprises in Lagos, Nigeria. The paper also provides how strategy could be used forimproved performance of small scale enterprise in Nigeria. Two hypotheses were tested. They are to determinewhether: {i} there is a significant relationship between strategic management and organizational profitability; {ii}there is a significant relationship between strategic management and company market share. Cross sectionalsurvey research method was adopted for the study and 140 participants were randomly selected among SSEs inLagos metropolis. Pearson product moment coefficient of correlation and descriptive statistics were used for dataanalysis. Findings revealed that strategic management practices enhance both organizational profitability andcompany market share. The study recommends that investors and managers should make use of strategicmanagement to improve their organizations actual performance at all times.