SMART Journal of Business Management Studies
Open Access
  • Year: 2010
  • Volume: 6
  • Issue: 2

Impactof micro finance on The Managerialabilities of Rural Women-An Empirical Study in Vellore District (Tamil Nadu, India)

  • Author:
  • K. Rajendran1,2, R.P. Raya3
  • Total Page Count: 11
  • Page Number: 48 to 58

1Research Scholar in Management Studies, Pondicherry University, Puducherry, India

2Additional Director of Sugar, Department of Sugar, Government of Tamil Nadu, Chennai, Indiakraj1962@gmail.com and

3Professor and Head, Department of Management Studies, Pondicherry University, Puducherry, India

Online published on 7 September, 2015.

Abstract

The impact of Microfinance on Women Empowerment has been widely explored by researchers but there are only limited studies on its effectiveness on Managerial Abilities. The purpose of this paper was to critically analyse the impact of Micro finance on the Managerial Abilities of Rural Women as a result of participating in Micro finance in Vellore District in Tamil Nadu. The study was conducted during the period 2008 and 2009 and simple statistical tools were used to analyse the collected data and conclusions were drawn based on the results. The study reported that there is a significant improvement in Managerial Abilities of Rural Women as a result of participating in Micro finance through SHG programme. The study also reported that educational status of women, period of membership in SHGs and loan amount influence the Managerial Abilities of Rural Women.

Keywords

Microfinance – SHG –NGOs-IGA-–Managerial Skills- Decision Making-Trainings