slugImplementation of Procurement planning in Parastatal Organizations: A Case Study of Tanzania Postal Bank Head Quarters in Dar-es-salaam
Journal Title: International Journal of Academic Research in Management - Year 2014, Vol 3, Issue 3
Abstract
This research paper is concerned towards implementing procurement planning in Parastatal organizations. The study was conducted at the Tanzania Postal Bank headquarters in Dar-es-salaam. The research used a descriptive statistics to analyze the strategic role in the improvement of public services of procurement planning. A sample of 32 respondents was picked from 146 user departments and Procurement Management Unit from the Tanzania Postal Bank. The results shows that implementation of procurement planning in Parastatal organizations depends more on the cooperation between the Procurement Management Unit and user departments. This has to go hand in hand with the adherence to the public procurement Act No.21 of 2004 and public procurement regulations of 2005. The results also have shown that preparation of procurement planning is a very important process to achieve the targets for organizations. This research, though limited by inadequate availability of empirical literature particularly those discussing implementation of procurement planning in Parastatal organizations. The limitation however does not substantially reduce the generalizations of the results. The findings from this study shall be of practical use to Tanzania Postal Bank.
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Frida Johnson Brahim, Othman Abada and Augustine Muhindo
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