The effect of procurement practices on project implementation at family guidance association of Ethiopia

Abstract

The main purpose of the study was to evaluate the effect of procurement practices on project implementation at family guidance association of Ethiopia. Procurement practices include Procurement planning, vendor selection process, contract monitoring and control, adoption of information communication and procurement ethics. Descriptive and Explanatory research design was used to examine the relationship between procurement practices and project implementation of the case organization. Both quantitative and qualitative research approaches was used in the study. Target population of the study was 120 employees of family guidance association of Ethiopia. The whole Population (Census) was used for the study. Primary data and secondary data were used as a source. Questionnaires was distributing to 120 employees of the organization was conducted with four management staffs of the organization to gain the management's view and make the data more comprehensive. The collected data was summarized and analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics using SPSS version 20.The major research findings were all the independent variables of procurement practices were found to have a positive and significant correlation with the dependent variable which is project implementation. The ANOVA test result showed that, the model fit significantly.The multiple linear regression analysis revealed that, all the independent variables (Procurement planning, vendor selection process, contract monitoring and control, adoption of information communication and procurement ethics) have statistically significant relationship to predict project implementation. Procurement planning and vendor selection process accounts the largest share to explain the variation of project implementation. The study recommends that the organization should enhance their procurement practices in order to become more efficient in their project implementation.