This article is concerned with the correlation of organisation management and its business performance in manufacturing SMEs, and tested by two main aspects: organisational management and R&D activity. The relationships were tested with questionnaire data from a random sample of 189 firms. Results from statistics on the issue showed that if manufacturing SMEs wish to give a higher priority to R&D activities, their managerial strategies must not only be focused on their governmental polices or economic indices but also consider their social responsibility to the community or relevant socio-economic or political pressures on the R&D sector etc. On the other hand, if those firms desire that their new product development programs or new technological developments are to be more successful, they have to focus their managerial strategies on the establishment of secure financial resources, good current profitability or flexible manpower structures etc.