EFFECTS OF ORGANIZATIONAL PURCHASING POLICIES ON THE PERFORMANCE OF A FIRM’S PURCHASING FUNCTION (A Case study of Nampak Kenya Ltd)
Abstract
Globally, organizations have realized that purchasing function has become of great importance in strategic decision making hence requiring policies for effective implementation. This study therefore aims at evaluating the effects of organizational purchasing policies on the performance of organization’s purchasing function.
The study reports the implications brought by decisions made pertaining organizational purchasing policies on the firms purchasing function. This is because purchasing policies adopted by any organization determine the overall performance of the firm as all other departments depend on purchasing to get materials to execute their mandate.
The study concentrates on the following objectives: to determine the extent to which working ethics influence the purchasing function, to find out how disposal of surplus property improves the purchasing function. The researcher has used descriptive research design, because this study focuses on individual variation. A sample of 74 employees was drawn from all the departments of the organization. Stratified random sampling technique was used to select respondents, and systematic sampling was used to draw participants from each strata and data collected with questionnaires which involved evaluation of the effects of organizational purchasing policies on the performance of firm’s purchasing function.
Data was collected using both primary and secondary data collection methods. Primary data was collected using structured and unstructured questionnaires containing both open and closed ended questions while secondary data was collected from records, statements, relevant publications and documents from all the departments.
Being an impact assessment study, the researcher collected baseline data in order to establish the pre-operation exposure conditions of the outcome and impact level of indicators. The researcher got the control group by interviewing those who were working in the purchasing department earlier but have now moved to other departments or to management levels while the experimental groups are those who are currently working in the purchasing department.
Key Words: Purchasing Policies, Strategic Decision Making, ImplementationFull Text:
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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.61426/sjbcm.v1i2.41
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