FACTORS AFFECTING PROCUREMENT PERFORMANCE IN NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION IN ZAMBIA
Keywords:
Procurement Procedure, Departmental Collaboration And Procurement Performance.Abstract
Purpose:The main objective of the study was to establish the factors affecting procurement performance at PATH. The study was conducted to examine the impacts of staff qualification, information and communication technology, procedure and departmental collaboration on procurement performance.
Methodology: Study Design:Mixed Methods was used , sampling technique was Stratified random sampling. Primary data was collected using questionnaire. Descriptive and inferential data analysis methods were used. All respondents filled in and returned the questionnaire, making the response rate 100%.The study conducted a multiple regression analysis to determine the influence of the independent variables on procurement performance sample population , top level manager, technical team (requester), procurement staff and all PATH employees and Sample Size 42 respondents from PATH.
Findings: The study found that The two factors that showed significant effect on procurement performance are Information and communication technology with p=0.018 and departmental collaboration with the p-value of 0.001 (p< 0.05). Furthermore, the Pearson Correlation Coefficient computed and tested at 1% significance level indicated that there is a strong positive relationship (r=0.716) between departmental collaborative and procurement performance. The relationship was statistically significant at 1% level (p=0.000, <0.01) Based on the ANOVA, the significance value 0.000 is less than 0.05 thus the model is statistically significant in predicting how the independent variables influence the procurement performance at PATH. The F critical at 5% level of significance was 2.68. The F calculated from the ANOVA table is 5.455, which is greater than the F critical (2.68). This shows that the overall model was significant.From the research findings most of the respondents indicated that the most important factor is departmental collaboration followed by information communication and technology. The other two independent variables, staff qualification and procurement procedures, showed an insignificant relationship with procurement performance at PATH.
Unique contribution to theory, practice and policy: The study recommends that there is need of Staff awareness through training should be carried out to achieve superior knowledge in entire procurement process at PATH. NGOs need to embrace ICT in their procurement systems in order to achieve transparency as this reduces physical contact with vendors in solicitation of procurement document
Downloads
References
Atieno, Y.A. (2009). Corporate governance problems facing Kenyan parastatals: A Case study of the sugar industry.
Bain, J.S. (1968). Industrial organization, New York: John Wiley.
Baldwin, L. (2002). “Total quality management in higher education: the implications of internal and external stakeholders’ perceptions”, PhD thesis, Graduate School in Business Administration, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM.
Barringer, B.R. & Harrison, J.S. (2000). “Walking a tightrope: creating value through inter-organizational relationships”, Journal of Management, 26(3), 367-403.
Burns, N. & Grove, S.K. (2003). Understanding nursing research. (3rd Ed). Philadelphia, PA. W. B. Saunders.
Coase, R. (1988). 'Lecture on the Nature of the Firm, 111'. Journal of Law, Economics and Organization. 4, 33-47.
Coggburn, J.D. (2003). “Exploring Differences in the American States’ Procurement Practices.” Journal of Public Procurement, 3 (1), 3-28.
Dyer, J.H. (1996). “Specialized supplier networks as a source of competitive advantage: evidence from the auto industry”, Strategic Management Journal, 17(4), 271-291.
Fradkov, M. (2004). “State Procurement to reach 40% of 2004 Budget Expenses.” The Russia Journal Daily.
Freeman, R. (1984). Strategic Management: A Stakeholder’s Approach, Boston: MA. Pitman.
Frooman, J. (1999). “Stakeholders influence strategies”, Academy of Management Review, 24(2), 191-205.
Ghoshal, S. & Moran, P. (1996). “Bad for practice: a critique of the transaction cost theory’’, Academy of Management Review, 21(1), 13-47.
Gul, H. (2010). Modernizing public procurement and creating an independent public Procurement regulatory authority. Law transition online.
Jones and George (2009), bureaucratic control mechanism is control by a comprehensive system of formal rules and standard operating procedures
Hitt, M.A. &Dacin, M.T. (2000). “Partner selection in emerging and developed market contexts: resource-based and organizational learning perspectives”, Academy of Management Journal, 43(3), 449-467.
Kiage, O.K., (2013). Factors affecting procurement performance. A case of Ministry of Energy, International Journal of Business and Commerce, 3(1), 54-70.
Leenders, M.R., Johnson, F.P., Flynn, A.E., &Fearson, H. (2008). Purchasing and Supply Chain Management, (13th Ed)., New York: NY McGraw Hill.
Musuga, B.A. &Namusonge, G. (2013). Medical products demand and supply stability as a factor influencing implementation of JIT supply chain management policies. A case study of the Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation in Kenya: Proceedings of 1st JKUAT Research Conference, 12th and 13th September.
Moncska, Handfield, Guinipero and Patterson (2010), procurement function has a significant impact on corporate performance
Neuman, W. (2006). Social Research Methods: Qualitative and quantitative approaches, (6th Ed.). Boston: Pearson.
Ni, L. (2006). Relationships as organizational resources: Examining public relations impact through its connection with organizational strategies. Public Relations Review, 23(3), 276-281.
Downloads
Published
How to Cite
Issue
Section
License
Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgment of the work’s authorship and initial publication in this journal.
