Abstract:
The main objective of this study is to examine the effect of Procurement Management on Project
success in the case of Ambo University. Many researches did not focus on this particular title,
and the researcher also personally observed failures of projects due to misuse of procurement
process; for why the researcher motivated to undertake this study. Explanatory research design
with quantitate research approach was employed. Both primary and secondary Data were used
during this research work. Primary data was collected via self-administered questionnaires from
the selected project sectors staffs of the university campuses by using non-probability sampling
approach particularly purposive sampling technique. The variables in this study were
operationalized using measurement scales adapted from prior studies. Data was analyzed using
SPSS Version 20 while the instrument was evaluated for reliability and validity with Cronbach’s
Alpha. The result of this study showed that all of the procurement management variables used in
this research have significant effect on project success. Procurement controlling process has
greater effect, followed by procurement conducting process and then procurement planning. In
conclusion, the study findings say that the procurement management has significant effect on
project success. Therefore, due attention must be given to all the stages of procurement
management and giving project procurement management training to both procurement unit and
project managers. The researcher recommends future researches to consider better sample size,
other variables that are not included here and other projects in other wide organizations to get
more reliable result.
