Partnership Sourcing And Organisational Productivity. Case Study: Pride Microfinance

Table of Contents

DECLARATION ................................................................................................................................. 4

APPROVAL. ....................................................................................................................................... 5

CHAPTER ONE .................................................................................................................................. 6

1.1 Background of the study ................................................................................................................ 6

1.2 Statement of the problem ............................................................................................................... 9

1.3 Purpose of the study ....................................................................................................................... 9

1.4 Objectives of the study .................................................................................................................. 9

1.5 Research Questions ........................................................................................................................ 9

1.6 Scope of the study ........................................................................................................................ 10

1. 7 Significance of the study ............................................................................................................. 10

1.8. Conceptual Frame work .............................................................................................................. 11

1.8.1 Theoretical frame work. ............................................................................................................ 12

CHAPTER TWO ............................................................................................................................... I 3

LITERATURE REVIEW .................................................................................................................. 13

2.0 Introduction .................................................................................................................................. I 3

2.2. Related literature ......................................................................................................................... I 3

2.2.1 Contribution of Partnership sourcing towards Organisational ................................................. 13

Productivity ........................................................................................................................................ 13

2.2.2 Ways of developing world class pm1nerships .......................................................................... 15

2.2.2.1 Building good working relationships ..................................................................................... 15

2.2.2.2 The Kettering relationship life cycle model .......................................................................... 17

2.2.3 Barriers to partnership sourcing ................................................................................................ 19

CHAPTER THREE ........................................................................................................................... 24

METHODOLOGY ............................................................................................................................ 24

3.0 Introduction .................................................................................................................................. 24

3 .1 Research Design .......................................................................................................................... 24

3.2 Population and sample ................................................................................................................. 24

3 .3 Data collection procedures .......................................................................................................... 24

3.4 Instruments of data collection ...................................................................................................... 25

3.4.1 Self administered questionnaire ................................................................................................ 25

3.4.2 Interviewing .............................................................................................................................. 25

3.5 Data analysis and procedures ....................................................................................................... 25

CHAPTER FOUR ............................................................................................................................. 26

4.0 FINDINGS, INTERPRETATION AND ANALYSIS ................................................................ 26

4. I Introduction .................................................................................................................................. 26

4.2 Contributions of partnership sourcing towards organization productivity .................................. 26

4.3 Development of world-class partnerships in Pride Micro Finance ............................................. 30

4.4 Barriers to partnership sourcing ................................................................................................... 32

CHAPTER FIVE ............................................................................................................................... 34

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5.0 DISCUSSIONS, CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS .......................................... 34

5.1 INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................................... 34

5.2 DISCUSSION .............................................................................................................................. 34

5.3 CONCLUSIONS ......................................................................................................................... 36

5.4 RECOMMENDATIONS ............................................................................................................. 37

Reference: .......................................................................................................................................... 3 8

Appendix 1 ......................................................................................................................................... 39

APPENDIX 2 ..................................................................................................................................... 40

APPENDIX 3 ..................................................................................................................................... 41