Evaluation of factors affecting the implementation of the public procurement role in Zimbabwe. A case of ministry of energy and industry · Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Author

Pamhare, Abel T

Title

Evaluation of factors affecting the implementation of the public procurement role in Zimbabwe. A case of ministry of energy and industry

Abstract

This study seeks to understand the factors affecting the implementation of the public procurement role in Zimbabwe. A case of ministry of energy and industry. The study had four objectives, to assess the impact of organizational culture on the Ministry of Energy and Power Industry's execution of public procurement, to assess the impact of regulation enforcement on the Ministry of Energy and Power Industry's public procurement execution, to assess the impact of strategic planning on the Ministry of Energy and Power Industry's public procurement execution, to find strategies that can be implemented to improve parastatal procurement systems. Data was collected using questionnaires and interviews, which was analyzed using a sample size of 45 organizational members including procurement, stores and management staff of ZETDC, descriptive statistics were used to analyze the objectives of the research. The study showed that factor affecting the implementation of public procurement role can rather affect it positively if implemented in a correct way. Further to that, individual factors such as culture, regulation enforcement, strategic planning and strategies are the factors affecting the implementation of public procurement roles. The research focused on factors affecting public procurement roles at ZETDC company in Zimbabwe. Therefore, the researcher recommended that similar research be conducted on a larger scale, across the industry not just ZETDC only or the public sector only, from the supply side as well as with a larger sample size, in other organizations to see if similar results can be achieved for more prudent generalization of the findings, including in other Zimbabwean industries.

Date

April 2022

Publisher

BUSE

Keywords

public procurement, strategic planning, ZETDC

Supervisor

Mr Magura