Examine the Effect of Procurement Management on the Success of a Project: The Case of Ambo University

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.