EFFECTIVE NEEDS ASSESSMENT PRACTICES ON PROCUREMENT PERFORMANCE IN SOSION GEOTHERMAL ENERGY COMPANY LIMITED, COUNTY GOVERNMENT OF NAKURU; KENYA
Abstract
Growth and self-sustainability of an organization depends on how the organization lays down her strategies on the functions that make the organization achieve her goals. Procurement as a function in an organization plays a major role; hence, binds together the organization and external environment in terms demanding and supplying relationship. Most of the organization normally experience poor procurement performance because of poor execution of procurement practices. The study was anchored on the theories, namely; Transaction cost theory, Queuing theory and Just in Time Theory. The main purpose of this research study was to examine the Needs Assessment Practices on Procurement Performance in Sosion Geothermal Energy Company Limited, County Government of Nakuru; Kenya. Descriptive Survey research design was adopted for the study. The target population consisted of employees of Sosion Geothermal Energy Company Limited, County Government of Nakuru; Kenya. Descriptive and Inferential statistics was focused on and the computation was done by use of SPSS version 24 to test the primary data that was collected to satisfy the objectives of study. Pilot study was conducted on employees of Kenya Power and Lighting company limited in Eldoret, Uasin Gishu County Government. Structural regression equation model was developed to test the relationships between the variables. ANOVA was performed to analyse the effects of various relationships at the variables level as well at item level. The result after the analysis was; Effective Needs Assessment Practices had an influence on Procurement performance. The study recommends for the organizations to embrace Effective Needs Assessment Practices since they improve on procurement performance. However, the study recommended for further studies on different organizations using different methods but on similar variables.
Key Words: Effective Needs Assessment, Procurement Practices, Performance
CITATION: Matenge, E. M., & Juma, D. (2024). Effective needs assessment practices on procurement performance in Sosion Geothermal Energy Company Limited, County Government of Nakuru; Kenya. The Strategic Journal of Business & Change Management, 11 (4), 903 – 915. http://dx.doi.Org/10.61426/Sjbcm.v11i4.3125
Full Text:
PDFReferences
Aladejebi, O. A., & Adedeji, A. O. (2015). Effect of procurement planning on the performance of selected agricultural firms in Ondo State, Nigeria
Apiyo, R. O., & Mburu, D. K. (2014). Factors affecting procurement planning in county governments in Kenya: A case study of Nairobi City County'. International Journal of Economics, Commerce and Management, 2(11)
Barsemoi, H., Mwangagi, O., & Asienyo, B. O. (2014). Factors influencing procurement performance in private sector in Kenya. International Journal of Innovation & Applied Studies, 9(2), 632-641.
Basheka, B. C. & Bisangabasaija, E. (2010). Determinants of unethical public procurement inlocal government systems of Uganda: a case study. International Journal of Procurement and Human Resource Management, 3(1), 91-104.
Basheka, B. C. (2008). Procurement Planning and Accountability of Local Government Procurement Systems in Developing Countries: Evidence from Uganda. Journal of Public Procurement, 8 (3), 379-406.
Bruno, G., Esposito, E., Genovese, A., & Passaro, R., (2012). AHP-based approaches for supplier evaluation: Problems and perspectives. Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management, 18(3), 159-172.
Eroglu, C. & Hofer. C., (2011) Lean, Leaner, Too Lean? The Inventory-Performance Link Revisited, Journal of Operations Management 29, 356–369.
Eroglu, C., Brent, W., & Waller, M. (2011). Consumer driven retail operations, The moderating effect of consumer demand and case pack quantity. International Journal of Physical distribution and logistics management, 41 (5), 420-434
Elsey.R.D. (2010). Contract Management Guide, CIPS, Pearson Education. Institute for Social Accountability. Memorandum of Views Presented To The Public Procurement Oversight Authority: Nairobi, Kenya 24th June, 2010
Fekpe, E. S., Bray, A. V., Fekpe, E., Fekpe, E. S., & Bray, A. V. (2015). Effects of supply chain integration on lead time in the retail industry in Ghana. on Business and Finance
Frazelle, E. H. (2012). Supply Chain Strategy: The Logistics of Supply Chain Management. New York: McGrawHill.
Handfield, R. B., Cousins, P. D., Lawson, B., & Petersen, K. J. (2015). How can supply management really improve performance? A knowledge‐based model of alignment capabilities. Journal of Supply Chain Management, 51(3), 3-17.
Hui, Z., He-Cheng, W., & Min-Fei, Z. (2015). Partnership management, supply chain collaboration, and firm innovation performance: an empirical examination, International Journal of Innovation Science, 7, 127-138
Kabaj, O. (2003). The Challenge of African Development, Oxford University Press: New York.
Kiruja, B. (2014). Procurement methods and procurement performance amongst state corporations under the National Treasury of Kenya, University Of Nairobi, MBA Project.
Li, W., Humphreys, P. K., Yeung, A. C., & Cheng, T. C. E. (2012). The impact of supplier development on buyer competitive advantage: A path analytic model. International Journal of Production Economics, 135(1), 353-366.
Liu, Y., Huang, Y., Luo, Y., & Zhao, Y. (2012). How does justice matter in achieving buyer– supplier relationship performance? Journal of Operations Management, 30(5), 355-367.
Mamiro, R. G. (2010). Value for Money, The Limping Pillar in Public Procurement. Tanzania Procurement
Masanja , N.(2018).Influence of procurement practices on performance of construction projects in Tanzania, A case of National Housing Corporation. Saudi Journal of Humanities and social Science, 3(9),1121-1127
Masindano, L., Makokha, E. N., & Namusonge, G. (2018). Factors affecting public procurement performance in Trans Nzoia County Government. European Journal of Business and Management 10(9), 70-74.
Migai, J. (2010). Development Partners and Governing Non-Governmental Organizations Procurement in Kenya. Nairobi: Macmillan Publishers.
Monczka, R., Trent, R. & Handfield, R. (2002). Purchasing and supply chain management 2nd ed. Stamford, CT: South-Western
Ouma. D., & Jennifer M. K., (2014), Resource allocation planning: Impact on public Sector Procurement Performance in Kenya; International Journal of Business and Social Science 5 (7) 1
Onyango, C. J. (2014). Effects of procurement planning on institutional performance: A case study of Mombasa Law Court. International Journal of Science and Research, 3(11), 446-455.
Peter, H. A., (2012). The Dynamics of Procurement Management, A Complexity Approach.1 st Edition.
Rotich, L. M. (2011). Influence of Planning on Procurement Performance in the Kenya Public Financial Sector.
Ristovska, N., Kozuharov, S., & Petkovski, V. (2017). The Impact of Logistics Management Practices on Company’s Performance. International Journal of Academic Research in Accounting, Finance and Management Sciences, 7(1) 245-252.
Sungbae K., Taesoo M. (2015) Influence of Information Exchange and Supply Chain Integration on Supply Chain Performance. Advanced Science and Technology Letters Vol.114 (Business 2015), 123-129
Sollish, F., & Semanik, J., (2012), The procurement and supply mangers’ desk reference (2nd Edition.) USA, New Jersey: Wiley & Son
Shen, L., Olfat, L., Govindan, K., Khodaverdi, R., & Diabat, A. (2013). A fuzzy multi criteria approach for evaluating green supplier's performance in green supply chain with linguistic preferences; Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 74, 170-179
Simpson, P. M., Siguaw, J. A. & White, S. C. (2012). Measuring the performance of suppliers; An analysis of evaluation processes. Journal of Supply Management, 38(4), 29-41
Treville, S., Shapiro, R.D. & Hameri, A., (2014). From supply chain to demand chain: The role of lead time reduction in improving demand chain performance’, Journal of Operations Management 21(6), 613–627
Walter N.M, Christopher M, & O. Kepha (2015), Effects of Procurement Practices on the Performance of Commercial State owned.
Weele.V. A. J., (2015) Purchasing & Supply Chain Management: Analysis, Strategy, Planning and Practice. 4th edition, London, Thomson Learning, 36
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.61426/sjbcm.v11i4.3126
Refbacks
- There are currently no refbacks.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
PAST ISSUES:
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.